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