Orange Band 6
The
Equator
Letters and Sounds Phase 5
Phonemes covered: /ai/ a, eigh, /ee/ y, e-e, e, ey, /igh/ y, /j/ ge, g, /l/ le, /z/ se, /ch/ tch, t, /w/ wh, /v/ ve, /c/ ch, t, /s/ se, /f/ ph
The
How do animals, humans and plants adapt to extreme life on the equator?
Equator
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What is the Equator? If you look closely on n a globe, you will observe the line of the Equator. or. People navigate usingg this imaginary line that goes oes around the middle of the earth.
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What is the weather like? The earth bulges in the middle which means the land along the Equator is closest to the sun. The weather is extremely hot, and the heat makes rain clouds so it’s also very wet.
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The earth is wider at the Equator.
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In the dry season, the land becomes parched and crops don’t grow.
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When the heavy rain arrives, the rivers overflow and wash everything away.
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