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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.It snowed in a city yesterday. Does that tell you the city's climate?
  • A.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
  • B.Yes, snow is always climate
  • C.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
2.Which of these is a statement about climate?
  • A.It was foggy this morning
  • B.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  • C.It is raining now
3.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  • B.This island has mild winters most years
  • C.The desert gets very little rain each year
4.Which would best describe a city's climate?
  • A.Tomorrow's forecast
  • B.One photograph of the sky
  • C.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
5.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.Only today's weather at home
  • B.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  • C.Last year's vacation photos
6.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • B.Yes, for that year
  • C.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
7.One summer is unusually cool. Has the country's climate changed?
  • A.Yes, at once
  • B.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  • C.Yes, for ever
8.Over about how long is a place's climate usually worked out?
  • A.About thirty years
  • B.One week
  • C.One day

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  2. 2.Most years, this town has a dry summer and a wet winter
  3. 3.It will be windy on Friday afternoon
  4. 4.Its temperature and rainfall recorded over thirty years
  5. 5.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
  6. 6.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  7. 7.Not from one summer; climate is the pattern over many years
  8. 8.About thirty years

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