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 high latitudes
A continental interior
A monsoon coast
A high plateau in the tropics
A.Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall
B.One drenching season and one dry season a year
C.Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground
D.Tropical latitude with a temperate climate
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A coast beside a cold current
The equatorial belt
The tropical desert belts
A western maritime coast
A.Mild wet weather in every season
B.Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest
C.Fog rather than rain, and desert inland
D.Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls
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Answer key — Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. The high latitudes — C (Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground) 2. A continental interior — A (Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall) 3. A monsoon coast — B (One drenching season and one dry season a year) 4. A high plateau in the tropics — D (Tropical latitude with a temperate climate)
2.1. A coast beside a cold current — C (Fog rather than rain, and desert inland) 2. The equatorial belt — B (Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest) 3. The tropical desert belts — D (Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls) 4. A western maritime coast — A (Mild wet weather in every season)
More practice for D2.Geo.10.3-5
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