Climates Around the World is a free printable Grade 3 science worksheet on combining information to describe climates in different regions, aligned to NGSS performance expectation 3-ESS2-2. 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 students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
LessonPrint · 3-ESS2-2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Climates Around the World
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. In a great desert near the tropics — B (Hot by day, cold at night, almost no rain) 2. Near the poles — A (Cold all year, with a short cool summer) 3. High in a mountain range — D (Cold for its latitude, with snow above a line) 4. On a western coast in the middle latitudes — C (Mild, with rain spread through the year)
2.1. Deep inside a large continent — B (Hot summers, hard winters, little rain) 2. On a monsoon coast — C (One drenching season and one dry season) 3. Near the equator, in a rainforest — A (Hot and wet all year round) 4. On a Mediterranean coast — D (Hot dry summers and mild wet winters)
Questions about Climates Around the World
What does the Climates Around the World worksheet cover?
It practices combining information to describe climates in different regions — 2 questions for Grade 3, all on NGSS 3-ESS2-2: Gather information to describe climates in different parts of the world. The instruction to students is “Draw a line from each region to its climate”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which NGSS performance expectation does Climates Around the World practice?
3-ESS2-2, under Earth and Space Science for Grade 3. The published performance expectation reads: “Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.” The worksheet assesses that performance expectation rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Climates Around the World is written for Grade 3, typically ages 8-9. It is one of the sheets on 3-ESS2-2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Climates Around the World come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Climates Around the World can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Climates Around the World free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Climates Around the World, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Is there a lesson plan to teach 3-ESS2-2?
Yes — “Climates Around the World” is a 55-minute Grade 3 plan for 3-ESS2-2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Climates Around the World is the practice that follows it.
More practice for 3-ESS2-2
Gather information to describe climates in different parts of the world.
Teaching this next? Climates Around the World is the 55-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.