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 monsoon coast
The high polar latitudes
The interior of a large continent
A high mountain range
A.Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees
B.Hot summers, hard winters and little rain
C.Colder with height, and snow above a line
D.One drenching season and one dry one each year
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A cold ocean current along a coast
A western coast in middle latitudes
The great deserts near the tropics
The equatorial belt
A.Mild and damp, with rain in every season
B.Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea
C.Hot and wet all year, with rainforest
D.Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls
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Answer key — Belts, Currents and Heights
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A monsoon coast — D (One drenching season and one dry one each year) 2. The high polar latitudes — A (Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees) 3. The interior of a large continent — B (Hot summers, hard winters and little rain) 4. A high mountain range — C (Colder with height, and snow above a line)
2.1. A cold ocean current along a coast — B (Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea) 2. A western coast in middle latitudes — A (Mild and damp, with rain in every season) 3. The great deserts near the tropics — D (Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls) 4. The equatorial belt — C (Hot and wet all year, with rainforest)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
Explain why the natural world differs from one world region to another.
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