Belts, Currents and Heights is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on why environmental characteristics vary by region, aligned to Common Core standard D2.Geo.10.3-5. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils 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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Belts, Currents and Heights
D2.Geo.10.3-5
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Draw a line from each region to what it is like.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A western coast in middle latitudes
A monsoon coast
The interior of a large continent
The equatorial belt
A.One drenching season and one dry one each year
B.Hot and wet all year, with rainforest
C.Mild and damp, with rain in every season
D.Hot summers, hard winters and little rain
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A high mountain range
The high polar latitudes
A cold ocean current along a coast
The great deserts near the tropics
A.Colder with height, and snow above a line
B.Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls
C.Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea
D.Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees
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Answer key — Belts, Currents and Heights
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A western coast in middle latitudes — C (Mild and damp, with rain in every season) 2. A monsoon coast — A (One drenching season and one dry one each year) 3. The interior of a large continent — D (Hot summers, hard winters and little rain) 4. The equatorial belt — B (Hot and wet all year, with rainforest)
2.1. A high mountain range — A (Colder with height, and snow above a line) 2. The high polar latitudes — D (Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees) 3. A cold ocean current along a coast — C (Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea) 4. The great deserts near the tropics — B (Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
Explain why the natural world differs from one world region to another.
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