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.
1.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A monsoon coast
A continental interior
The equatorial belt
The high latitudes
A.Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall
B.Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground
C.Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest
D.One drenching season and one dry season a year
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
The tropical desert belts
A high plateau in the tropics
A coast beside a cold current
A western maritime coast
A.Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls
B.Fog rather than rain, and desert inland
C.Mild wet weather in every season
D.Tropical latitude with a temperate climate
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Answer key — Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A monsoon coast — D (One drenching season and one dry season a year) 2. A continental interior — A (Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall) 3. The equatorial belt — C (Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest) 4. The high latitudes — B (Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground)
2.1. The tropical desert belts — A (Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls) 2. A high plateau in the tropics — D (Tropical latitude with a temperate climate) 3. A coast beside a cold current — B (Fog rather than rain, and desert inland) 4. A western maritime coast — C (Mild wet weather in every season)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
Explain why the natural world differs from one world region to another.