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
A high plateau in the tropics
The high latitudes
The equatorial belt
A.Tropical latitude with a temperate climate
B.Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground
C.Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall
D.Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest
2.Draw a line from each one to its match.
A coast beside a cold current
The tropical desert belts
A monsoon coast
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.One drenching season and one dry season a year
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Answer key — Sun, Sinking Air and Cold Water
Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. A continental interior — C (Hot summers, hard winters, and low rainfall) 2. A high plateau in the tropics — A (Tropical latitude with a temperate climate) 3. The high latitudes — B (Low sun all year, ice, and treeless ground) 4. The equatorial belt — D (Constant heat and heavy rain, with rainforest)
2.1. A coast beside a cold current — B (Fog rather than rain, and desert inland) 2. The tropical desert belts — A (Sinking dry air, so almost no rain falls) 3. A monsoon coast — D (One drenching season and one dry season a year) 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.