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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.No, one day's snow is weather; climate is what is usual over many years
  • B.Yes, the city has a snowy climate
  • C.Yes, snow is always climate
2.A hot desert has one day of heavy rain. Does that make its climate wet?
  • A.Yes, it is now a wet place
  • B.No, one rainy day is weather; the climate is still dry
  • C.Yes, for that year
3.Why do farmers choose crops that suit their area's climate?
  • A.Weather never matters to crops
  • B.Climate changes every day
  • C.The climate tells them what the weather is usually like through the growing season
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.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
6.Which tells you more about a place's climate?
  • A.The weather report for tomorrow
  • B.A picture of today's sky
  • C.A graph of its average rainfall for each month
7.A family is packing for a vacation next month. What should they look at?
  • A.Only today's weather at home
  • B.Last year's vacation photos
  • C.What the climate there is usually like, then the forecast just before they go
8.Which of these is a statement about weather?
  • A.The desert gets very little rain each year
  • B.This island has mild winters most years
  • C.It will be windy on Friday afternoon

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Answer key — One Day, or Many Years?

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

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

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