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