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: Tonight will be frosty, The rainforest is hot and wet all year round, Most years, the first frost here comes in October, Yesterday afternoon was very windy

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: Summers here are usually hot and dry, This coast gets rain in every season of the year, A thunderstorm hit the coast on Tuesday, Snow fell on Saturday

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: Over thirty years, July has been the warmest month here, It is raining in town this morning, It reached 31 degrees in the city today, The desert gets almost no rain in most years

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 21. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Most years, the first frost here comes in October — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 2. The rainforest is hot and wet all year round — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 3. Tonight will be frosty — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 4. Yesterday afternoon was very windy — Weather: what the air is doing on one day
2.1. A thunderstorm hit the coast on Tuesday — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. Snow fell on Saturday — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 3. Summers here are usually hot and dry — 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
3.1. It is raining in town this morning — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 2. It reached 31 degrees in the city today — Weather: what the air is doing on one day 3. Over thirty years, July has been the warmest month here — Climate: what it is usually like over many years 4. The desert gets almost no rain in most years — 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.