Greenhouse Effect Reading

This worksheet supports students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 as they build science literacy through an informational reading passage about the greenhouse effect and Earth’s atmosphere. Learners strengthen reading comprehension, climate science understanding, and critical thinking as they explore how greenhouse gases trap heat, how human activities influence this process, and why the greenhouse effect can be both beneficial and harmful.

Learning Goals

• Informational Reading Comprehension (Grades 4-6) – Students recall key details and ideas from a nonfiction science passage.
• Understanding the Greenhouse Effect – Learners explain how gases like carbon dioxide and methane warm Earth’s atmosphere.
• Climate Change Connections – Reinforces how fossil fuel use and human actions contribute to global warming.
• Scientific Reasoning & Inference – Students analyze processes such as infrared radiation and greenhouse gas buildup.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary science and literacy standards.
• Integrated Science & ELA Practice – Combines climate science content with close reading and written response skills.
• Balanced Question Types – Includes recall, inference, and analysis questions for deeper understanding.
• Flexible Classroom Use – Ideal for independent reading, guided practice, homework, or formative assessment.

This greenhouse effect reading worksheet helps students connect scientific explanations to real-world environmental impacts through thoughtful reading and analysis. By understanding how the greenhouse effect works and why it matters, students strengthen science literacy, critical thinking, and awareness of climate-related issues. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool setting, this printable resource offers meaningful, low-prep practice that supports comprehension of essential climate science concepts.

This worksheet is part of our Greenhouse Effect Worksheets collection.