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One Day, or Many Years? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on reasoning about what evidence shows weather and what shows climate, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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One Day, or Many Years?

3-ESS2-2

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1.Why do farmers choose crops that suit their area's climate?
  • A.Climate changes every day
  • B.Weather never matters to crops
  • C.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
2.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
  • B.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  • C.Yes, snow is always climate
3.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.It was foggy this morning
  • B.It is raining now
  • C.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
4.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  • B.One photograph of the sky
  • C.Tomorrow's forecast
5.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  • B.The desert gets very little rain each year
  • C.This island has mild winters most years
6.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.Last year's vacation photos
  • B.Only today's weather at home
  • C.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
7.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.One day
  • B.About thirty years
  • C.One week
8.Which tells you more about a place's climate?
  • A.The weather report for tomorrow
  • B.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
  • C.A picture of today's sky

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 5. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
  2. 2.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  3. 3.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  4. 4.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  5. 5.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  6. 6.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  7. 7.About thirty years
  8. 8.A graph of its average rainfall for each month

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 3-ESS2-2 of the Next Generation Science Standards.