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Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water 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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Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water

D2.Geo.10.3-5

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Draw a line from each region to what it is like.

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Answer key — Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. The high latitudes — A (Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground) 2. The equatorial belt — D (Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest) 3. A monsoon coast — C (One drenching season and one dry season a year) 4. A coast beside a cold current — B (Fog rather than rain, and desert inland)
  2. 2.1. A western maritime coast — C (Mild wet weather in every season) 2. A high plateau in the tropics — A (Tropical latitude with a temperate climate) 3. The tropical desert belts — B (Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls) 4. A continental interior — D (Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall)

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.10.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.