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

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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