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