What factors affect a place's climate?

The sheet names distance from the equator, elevation and nearness to an ocean. Places near the equator are warm all year, air is colder high in the mountains and being near an ocean keeps temperatures milder.

How do you read a climate graph?

Bars show rainfall and use the scale on the left. The red line shows temperature and uses the scale on the right, month by month.

6th Grade Weather and Climate Worksheets

Ages 11-12 · Free previews · Print-ready PDFs

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

Weather is what the atmosphere is doing at one place and time, while climate is the average weather of a place over a long time. These weather and climate pages hold 2 6th grade worksheets, each with an answer key. Weather or Climate has students sort 12 statements and name factors that shape a place's climate. Climate Graphs has students read rainfall bars and a temperature line for two made-up cities and decide which is the rainforest and which is the desert.

6th Grade Science Earth Systems Weather and climate Clear All

Climate Graphs

Grade6th Grade

TopicEarth Systems

Weather or Climate

Grade6th Grade

TopicEarth Systems

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Frequently Asked Questions

Climate is the average weather of a place over a long time, usually 30 years or more. That is why one cold day in a hot city is weather and does not change the city's climate.

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