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
A western coast in middle latitudes
The great deserts near the tropics
A cold ocean current along a coast
A.Mild and damp, with rain in every season
B.Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea
C.Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls
D.One drenching season and one dry one each year
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
The high polar latitudes
The interior of a large continent
A high mountain range
The equatorial belt
A.Hot and wet all year, with rainforest
B.Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees
C.Colder with height, and snow above a line
D.Hot summers, hard winters and little rain
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Answer key — Belts, Currents and Heights
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A monsoon coast — D (One drenching season and one dry one each year) 2. A western coast in middle latitudes — A (Mild and damp, with rain in every season) 3. The great deserts near the tropics — C (Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls) 4. A cold ocean current along a coast — B (Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea)
2.1. The high polar latitudes — B (Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees) 2. The interior of a large continent — D (Hot summers, hard winters and little rain) 3. A high mountain range — C (Colder with height, and snow above a line) 4. The equatorial belt — A (Hot and wet all year, with rainforest)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
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