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.
The equatorial belt
A coast beside a cold current
A continental interior
A high plateau in the tropics
A.Fog rather than rain, and desert inland
B.Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest
C.Tropical latitude with a temperate climate
D.Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A monsoon coast
The high latitudes
A western maritime coast
The tropical desert belts
A.Mild wet weather in every season
B.One drenching season and one dry season a year
C.Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls
D.Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground
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Answer key — Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water
Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The equatorial belt — B (Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest) 2. A coast beside a cold current — A (Fog rather than rain, and desert inland) 3. A continental interior — D (Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall) 4. A high plateau in the tropics — C (Tropical latitude with a temperate climate)
2.1. A monsoon coast — B (One drenching season and one dry season a year) 2. The high latitudes — D (Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground) 3. A western maritime coast — A (Mild wet weather in every season) 4. The tropical desert belts — C (Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
Explain why the natural world differs from one world region to another.