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Grade 5 Science — Water — the essence of life

Name the forms water takes, follow it round the water cycle, tell groundwater from surface water, and recognize the plants and animals that live in freshwater.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

A stretch of land that water has shaped, and the name of each part of it.

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  1. 1. Ice cap
  2. 2. Glacier
  3. 3. Waterfall
  4. 4. River
  5. 5. Lake
  6. 6. Forest

Water is doing the same thing at each of these: coming down off the high ground and gathering in the low. The ice cap and the glacier are it held as solid; the waterfall, the river and the lake are it moving and pooling.

  1. 1.Match each freshwater creature to what the information card says about it.

    • Dragonfly
    • Water scorpion
    • Pond heron
    • Freshwater turtle
    • Water snake
    • stands still to catch fish
    • eats fish and frogs
    • breathes through a tail tube
    • eats mosquitoes
    • has a soft shell

  2. 2.Sort each of these by the form of water it is.

    Groups: Solid · Liquid · Vapor

    • Rain
    • Steam
    • Ice
    • Snow

  3. 3.Water rises as vapor, gathers as cloud, falls again and runs back to the sea, over and over. What two-word name does this circular movement have?

  4. 4.Rain is falling on this piece of land. Tap the groundwater — the water that has sunk down and is stored deep below the surface.

    Write the number of the part.

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  5. 5.Rain falls on each of these. Sort them by whether the rain can soak through into the ground.

    Groups: Lets rainwater soak in · Keeps rainwater out

    • Ground planted with trees
    • A soak pit
    • A green lawn
    • A concrete road
    • A paved area

  6. 6.A village digs wells, borewells, tube wells and handpumps. What are these for?

    • a) Carrying rainwater away from the fields
    • b) Making salty water fit for drinking
    • c) Drawing up water stored under the ground
    • d) Holding water back to form a lake

  7. 7.Rain soaks into the soil and sinks down through soil and rock until it is stored deep below. What is that stored water called?

  8. 8.The water cycle goes round and round with no true beginning, so start it where the Sun's heat turns water into vapor and put the stages in order from there.

    • The Sun's heat turns water into vapor
    • Water goes back to rivers, lakes and oceans
    • Rain, snow and hail come down
    • The vapor forms clouds

Answer key — Grade 5 Science — Water — the essence of life

  1. 1. Dragonfly → eats mosquitoes; Water scorpion → breathes through a tail tube; Pond heron → stands still to catch fish; Freshwater turtle → has a soft shell; Water snake → eats fish and frogs
  2. 2. Ice → Solid; Snow → Solid; Rain → Liquid; Steam → Vapor
  3. 3.
    • water cycle
    • the water cycle
  4. 4. 4 — Groundwater
  5. 5. A green lawn → Lets rainwater soak in; A soak pit → Lets rainwater soak in; Ground planted with trees → Lets rainwater soak in; A concrete road → Keeps rainwater out; A paved area → Keeps rainwater out
  6. 6. c) Drawing up water stored under the ground
  7. 7.
    • groundwater
    • ground water
  8. 8. 1. The Sun's heat turns water into vapor 2. The vapor forms clouds 3. Rain, snow and hail come down 4. Water goes back to rivers, lakes and oceans