Weather or Climate? is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on telling one day's weather from a region's climate over many years, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-2. It prints 3 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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Weather or Climate?

3-ESS2-2

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Sort each sentence into weather or climate.

1.Sort each one: Weather: what the air is doing on one day or Climate: what it is usually like over many years?

Sort: Snow fell on Saturday, Winters in the far north are long and very cold, Summers here are usually hot and dry, Tonight will be frosty

Weather: what the air is doing on one dayClimate: what it is usually like over many years

2.Sort each one: Weather: what the air is doing on one day or Climate: what it is usually like over many years?

Sort: The fog lifted by eleven o'clock, The rainforest is hot and wet all year round, Over thirty years, July has been the warmest month here, It reached 31 degrees in the city today

Weather: what the air is doing on one dayClimate: what it is usually like over many years

3.Sort each one: Weather: what the air is doing on one day or Climate: what it is usually like over many years?

Sort: It is raining in town this morning, A thunderstorm hit the coast on Tuesday, Most years, the first frost here comes in October, This coast gets rain in every season of the year

Weather: what the air is doing on one dayClimate: what it is usually like over many years

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Answer key — Weather or Climate?

Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Snow fell on Saturday — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. Summers here are usually hot and dry — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 3. Tonight will be frosty — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 4. Winters in the far north are long and very cold — Climate: what it is usually like over many years
2.1. It reached 31 degrees in the city today — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. Over thirty years, July has been the warmest month here — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 3. The fog lifted by eleven o'clock — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 4. The rainforest is hot and wet all year round — Climate: what it is usually like over many years
3.1. A thunderstorm hit the coast on Tuesday — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. It is raining in town this morning — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 3. Most years, the first frost here comes in October — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 4. This coast gets rain in every season of the year — Climate: what it is usually like over many years

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