This Grade 3 weather basics worksheet introduces young scientists to temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud types like cumulus, stratus, and cirrus. Students practice sentence correction to fix mistakes about weather facts, fill in the blank with key vocabulary words like hail and temperature, and answer true or false questions about the sun, moon, and clouds. It builds a strong foundation for understanding daily weather conditions and atmospheric science vocabulary.
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Weather and Climate
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
Rain and snow is types of climate.
Rewrite: Rain and snow are types of precipitation.
2. Fix the sentence:
Cumulus clouds is thin and wispy high in the sky.
Rewrite: Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy high in the sky.
3. Fix the sentence:
The sun cools the Earth during the day.
Rewrite: The sun warms the Earth during the day.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Frozen rain that falls as small ice balls is called hail.
2. Moving air is called wind.
3. Puffy white clouds that look like cotton balls are cumulus clouds.
4. How hot or cold the air is measures the temperature.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. Sleet is rain that freezes into ice as it falls through cold air.
True False
2. Stratus clouds are tall and bring thunderstorms.
True False
3. The moon gives off its own light to warm the Earth at night.
True False
Weather and Climate
★ Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1) Fix the sentence:
Rain and snow is types of climate.
Rewrite: Rain and snow are types of precipitation.
2) Fix the sentence:
Cumulus clouds is thin and wispy high in the sky.
Rewrite: Cirrus clouds are thin and wispy high in the sky.
3) Fix the sentence:
The sun cools the Earth during the day.
Rewrite: The sun warms the Earth during the day.
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Frozen rain that falls as small ice balls is called hail.
2) Moving air is called wind.
3) Puffy white clouds that look like cotton balls are cumulus clouds.
4) How hot or cold the air is measures the temperature.
★ Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1) Sleet is rain that freezes into ice as it falls through cold air.
True
False
2) Stratus clouds are tall and bring thunderstorms.
True
False
3) The moon gives off its own light to warm the Earth at night.
True
False
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