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 continental interior
The equatorial belt
A high plateau in the tropics
The tropical desert belts
A.Tropical latitude with a temperate climate
B.Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall
C.Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest
D.Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
The high latitudes
A coast beside a cold current
A western maritime coast
A monsoon coast
A.Mild wet weather in every season
B.Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground
C.One drenching season and one dry season a year
D.Fog rather than rain, and desert inland
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Answer key — Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A continental interior — B (Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall) 2. The equatorial belt — C (Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest) 3. A high plateau in the tropics — A (Tropical latitude with a temperate climate) 4. The tropical desert belts — D (Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls)
2.1. The high latitudes — B (Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground) 2. A coast beside a cold current — D (Fog rather than rain, and desert inland) 3. A western maritime coast — A (Mild wet weather in every season) 4. A monsoon coast — C (One drenching season and one dry season a year)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
Explain why the natural world differs from one world region to another.