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.
Set 17 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
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.
The great deserts near the tropics
A high mountain range
The equatorial belt
The interior of a large continent
A.Hot summers, hard winters and little rain
B.Colder with height, and snow above a line
C.Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls
D.Hot and wet all year, with rainforest
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A western coast in middle latitudes
A monsoon coast
The high polar latitudes
A cold ocean current along a coast
A.Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea
B.One drenching season and one dry one each year
C.Mild and damp, with rain in every season
D.Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees
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Answer key — Belts, Currents and Heights
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The great deserts near the tropics — C (Dry air sinking, so very little rain falls) 2. A high mountain range — B (Colder with height, and snow above a line) 3. The equatorial belt — D (Hot and wet all year, with rainforest) 4. The interior of a large continent — A (Hot summers, hard winters and little rain)
2.1. A western coast in middle latitudes — C (Mild and damp, with rain in every season) 2. A monsoon coast — B (One drenching season and one dry one each year) 3. The high polar latitudes — D (Sun low all year, ice, and almost no trees) 4. A cold ocean current along a coast — A (Fog, and desert on land that faces the sea)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
Explain why the natural world differs from one world region to another.
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