Pri ma ry 2 Activity Book
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Let’s Do Science Let’s Do Science is based on the United States Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The series consists of full-color textbooks and full-color activity books for Grades K to 6. Let’s Do Science engages students with a highly visual presentation of the disciplinary core ideas in the textbooks and places an emphasis on applying scientific knowledge using NGSS practices through numerous scientific investigations. Let’s Do Science sees engineering as an essential element of science education and as such is tightly integrated into both the textbooks and activity books. The Let’s Do Science activity books include the follow features:
AB Activity
Activity 4.2
Make a Model of Materials • large container
Activities and investigations related to concepts and topics covered in the Let’s Do Science Textbook.
of baking 4. Put 2 spoonfuls liquid soda, a spoonful of of soap and a few drops cup. food coloring into the
a Volcano
cup • masking tape • plastic
• baking soda
• food coloring
• liquid soap
of vinegar 5. Put 2 spoonfuls ve into the cup and obser what happens.
Draw a Model
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Draw your model volcan
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Before es • paint and paint brush
• vinegar
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Tape the cup to the the container.
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Design and Build a Magnet
Draw a Model
Car
You have learned that magnetic force can push and pull magnetic objects at a distance. Now it’s your turn to design and build a toy car that can move up and down a ramp using magnetic force.
Goes beyond inquiry by encouraging students to design, model and build to engineer solutions to defined problems.
• tape
• art and craft supplies
• string
Procedure Write the steps you will take to move the toy car up the ramp.
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Topical questions at the end of each chapter for formative assessment.
toy car.
Suggested Materials
• assorted magnets
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Draw a model and label your
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Contents
Unit 1 – Your Healthy Body
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Unit 2 – Plants and Animals
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Unit 3 – Habitats
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Unit 4 – Earth Processes
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Activity 1.1
What’s Inside Your Body? Use the words in the box to label the body parts. heart lungs bone muscle brain
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Activity 1.2
What’s Your Pulse Rate? Materials • stopwatch
Procedure 1. Gently place two fingers on the side of your neck. Move your fingers around until you can feel your pulse.
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2. Use the stopwatch to count how many times your heart beats in one minute. Record your pulse rate in the table on the next page. 3. Carry out the activities list in the table on the next page and repeat Step 2.
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Observations Record your pulse rate in the table below. Activity
Pulse Rate (beats/min)
Sitting at desk (resting) Walking for one minute Jogging for one minute Skipping for one minute
Analyze and Interpret
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1. After which activity was your pulse rate the highest? 2. After which activity was your pulse rate the lowest? 3. How does exercise affect your pulse rate? 4
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Your Nose, Mouth and Lungs 1. Use the words in the box to label the body parts. nose mouth lungs windpipe
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2. What is the main function of these body parts?
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Activity 1.4
Your Mouth, Stomach and Intestines 1. Use the words in the box to label the body parts. small intestine large intestine stomach esophagus mouth
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2. What is the main function of these body parts?
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Activity 1.5
Your Skeleton 1. Use the words in the box to label the skeleton. skull rib cage hip bone spine
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2. List two functions of your skeleton. 7
Activity 1.6
Organ Functions 1. Label the organs. Match each organ to its function. takes in oxygen from air
protects your heart and lungs
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breaks down food
pumps blood around your body 8
2. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. breathe muscles skeleton bones blood vessels esophagus intestines blood (a) Your help you move.
work with your skeleton to
(b) Your mouth, nose, windpipe and lungs help you to (c) Your
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body its shape.
that hold you up and give your
(d) Your mouth, stomach and help your body to break down and get energy from food. (e)
carry blood throughout your body.
(f) Food travels from your mouth, through your
to your stomach.
(g) Veins are blood vessels that carry back to your heart.
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Activity 1.7
My Food Diary 1. Make a three-day food diary by keeping a tally of the different foods you eat for each meal. Day: Meal
vegetables
fruits
grains
meat
sugar
fat
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
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Day: Meal Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks
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vegetables
fruits
grains
meat
sugar
fat
Day: Meal
vegetables
fruits
grains
meat
sugar
fat
Breakfast Lunch Dinner Snacks 2. Do you think your food diary represents a healthy diet? Explain your answer.
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3. What are some ways you could improve your diet?
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Activity 1.8
A Day of Healthy Eating! 1. Cut out the foods on pages 121 to 125 and paste them on the plates to build healthy meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
breakfast
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3. Circle the unhealthy foods. Suggest some healthy options. (a)
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Activity 1.9
An Active Lifestyle 1. Check (4) the children that are keeping active. Cross (7) the children that are not keeping active.
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2. Why is it important to maintain an active lifestyle by exercising regularly?
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Healthy Habits Diary 1. Keep a healthy habits diary for five days. Color the stars each day you complete the activity.
Wash body with soap
Brush teeth twice a day
Wash hair with shampoo
Monday
Wash hands before and after meals
Get enough sleep
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Wednesday
Thursday
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Sometimes You Get Sick 1. Wyatt thinks he may have a cold or the flu. Check (4) the things he should do to get better and stop others from getting sick. Cross (7) the things he should not do.
Go for a run
Stay home and rest
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Wear a face mask
Get plenty of sleep
2. (a) Draw a picture to show a time when you were sick. When I was sick:
(b) How did you feel when you were sick?
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(c) What did you do to get better?
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Review
Your Healthy Body 1. True (
) or false (
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(a) Your lungs pump blood around your body. (b) Blood moves away from the heart in arteries. (c) All of your bones make up your skeleton. (d) Your muscles and bones help you to move. (e) Bones help to give your body its shape.
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2. Tick the meals that represent a healthy balanced diet. (a)
(b)
(c)
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3. List three things you can do to maintain a healthy lifestyle. 4. Why is it important to stay active?
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5. What is a balanced diet?
6. List three things you can do to stop the spread of germs when you are sick.
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Activity 2.1
Classifying and Comparing Animals 1. With a partner, discuss the ways in which the animals below are similar and how they are different. Use the table on the next page to classify the animals into two groups. Write a few words to tell how the animals in each group are similar.
ostrich
eagle
penguin
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bear
tiger
walrus
elephant
bat
chicken
rabbit
deer
cassowary
Animal Group 1
Animal Group 2
How they are similar:
How they are similar:
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2. Use the Venn diagram to compare an eagle to a bat.
eagle
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Activity 2.2
What Are the Characteristics of Mammals? 1. Circle the mammals.
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2. Write what you know about mammals.
Movement:
Body covering and body parts:
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Have young:
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Activity 2.3
What Are the Characteristics of Birds? 1. Circle the birds.
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2. Write what you know about birds.
Movement:
Body covering and body parts:
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Have young:
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What Are the Characteristics of Reptiles? 1. Circle the reptiles.
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2. Write what you know about reptiles.
Movement:
Body covering and body parts:
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Have young:
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Activity 2.5
What Are the Characteristics of Fish? 1. Circle the fish.
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2. Write what you know about fish.
Movement:
Body covering and body parts:
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Have young:
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Activity 2.6
What Are the Characteristics of Insects? 1. Circle the insects.
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2. Write what you know about insects.
Movement:
Body covering and body parts:
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Have young:
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Activity 2.7
What Do Plants Need to Live and Grow? Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and water to grow.
Make a Prediction Check if you think a plant will grow when it has ... • light but no water. • water but no light. • water and light.
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• no water and light.
Materials List the materials you will need.
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Procedure Write the steps you will take.
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Observations Draw pictures and describe what you observed. Light but no water:
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Water but no light:
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Water and light:
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No water and light:
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Analyze and Interpret
1. Were your predictions correct? What can you infer about the needs of plants from this investigation? 2. Farmer Joe parked his tractor on the grass for one week. Explain what happened to the grass.
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3. A drought is a long period with no rain. Why might a drought worry farmers? 42
Activity 2.8
Observing Plant Parts Materials • small pot plant
• hand lens
Procedure 1. Gently pull the plant from the pot and shake away the loose soil.
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2. Use the hand lens to observe the roots, stem and leaves. Draw and describe what you observe.
3. Use your sense of touch to observe the stem and leaves. Describe what you observe.
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Observations Draw pictures and describe what you observed. Roots:
Stem:
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Analyze and Interpret 1. The roots hold the plant in the soil and take in water. How is the shape of the roots suited to their function? 2. The stem holds up the plant. How are the properties of a stem suited to its function?
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3. The leaves absorb sunlight for the plant. How is the shape of the leaves suited to their function?
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Activity 2.9
Observing Pollen Materials • cotton swabs
• hand lens
Procedure 1. Go into your schoolyard and find a flower with pollen.
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2. Use the hand lens to closely observe the pollen.
3. Gently touch the pollen with a cotton swab. Use the hand lens to observe the pollen on the cotton swab.
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Observations 1. Draw the flower you observed. Label the pollen.
2. Draw the pollen you observed on the cotton tip. Write a few words to describe the pollen.
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Analyze and Interpret What kinds of animals might help to move pollen from flower to flower?
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Activity 2.10
How Do Animals Pollinate Flowers? Write a few words to describe how bees help to pollinate flowers.
Step 1:
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Mimic a Hummingbird! A hummingbird has a long, thin bill that helps it to feed on nectar in flowers. It helps to pollinate the flowers it feeds on when it moves pollen from one flower to another. Now it’s your turn. Design and build a flower that a hummingbird may feed on. Develop a simple model that mimics the function of the hummingbird in pollinating the flower.
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Procedure Write the steps you will take.
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Draw a Model 1. Draw and label a model of your flower.
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2. Draw and label a model of your pollinating device.
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Analyze and Interpret 1. In what ways was your flower similar to the flower a hummingbird feeds on in nature? 2. In what ways was your device similar to a hummingbird’s bill?
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3. Draw a picture and describe how your device pollinated the flower.
4. Compare your design with other groups. How could you improve your design? 53
Activity 2.11
How Do Animals Disperse Seeds? Describe the characteristics of each seed. Infer how the seed is dispersed. 1.
Description: dandelion
Seed dispersal:
2.
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Seed dispersal:
3.
Description: maple
Seed dispersal:
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Description:
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Description: coconuts
Seed dispersal:
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Spread Some Seeds! Some plants produce seeds that stick to the fur of mammals. The mammals help spread the seeds as they move from place to place. Now it’s your turn to spread some seeds. Design and build a seed that can stick to your clothes.
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Procedure Write the steps you will take.
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Draw a Model Draw and label a model of your seed.
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Analyze and Interpret 1. Describe how your seed was able to stick to clothes. 2. Compare your design with other groups. How could you improve your design?
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Review
Plants and Animals 1. True (
) or false (
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(a) All birds can fly. (b) Mammals have hair or fur. (c) Most reptiles reproduce by laying eggs. (d) Amphibians have a body covered in scales. 2. Tell how you know the wildebeest are mammals.
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3. Tell how you know an ant is an insect.
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4. True (
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(a) Plants need water but not sunlight. (b) Plants need sunlight but not water. (c) Plants need sunlight and water. 5. List two animals that are pollinators.
6. List two animals that help plants disperse seeds.
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Activity 3.1
Diversity of Life at School In this activity, you will plan and conduct an investigation to observe plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in four different habitats around your school.
Make a Plan
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1. List the habitats in your school where you will observe the diversity of living things.
2. Describe how the different plants and animals in the habitats will be observed, recorded and organized. 62
Observations Habitat:
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Habitat:
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Analyze and Interpret 1. Arrange the habitats you observed from the highest diversity of living things (1) to the lowest diversity of living things (4). 1. 2. 3.
4. 2. List some characteristics of a habitat with high diversity.
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3. List some characteristics of a habitat with low diversity. 4. What things could change the diversity of a habitat? 67
Activity 3.2
What Lives in a Home Garden?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.3
What Lives in a Temperate Forest?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.4
What Lives in a Tropical Rainforest?
Description:
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Plants:
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Shelter:
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What Lives in a Desert?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.6
What Lives in a Tundra?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.7
What Lives in a Savanna?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.8
What Lives in Ponds and Lakes?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.9
What Lives in Rivers and Streams?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.10
What Lives in Wetlands?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Activity 3.11
What Lives in the Ocean?
Description:
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Plants:
Animals:
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Shelter:
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Review
Habitats 1. What is a habitat? 2. What does it mean if a habitat has high diversity? 3. Why does a rainforest habitat have higher diversity than a desert habitat?
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4. Use the Venn diagram to compare a forest habitat to a grassland habitat. Forest
Grassland
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5. Use the Venn diagram to compare a pond habitat to an ocean habitat. Pond
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Activity 4.1
Rapid Changes to the Earth’s Surface 1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. Match each sentence to a picture. landslide flood volcano earthquake tsunami is a (a) A large and powerful wave that moves onto land. (b) A is an overflow of water onto land.
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(c) An is a shaking of the ground that occurs when the Earth’s layers rub against each other. (d) A is the falling soil and rocks from mountains or hills. (e) A is an opening in the Earth’s surface caused when magma pushes up from inside the Earth. 90
2. Describe how each event changes the Earth’s surface. Name:
How the Earth’s surface changes:
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How the Earth’s surface changes:
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How the Earth’s surface changes:
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Activity 4.2
Make a Model of a Volcano Materials • large container
• masking tape • plastic cup
• baking soda
• liquid soap
• food coloring
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• vinegar
• paint and paint brushes
Procedure 1. Tape the cup to the base of the container. 2. Attach pieces of tape from the top of the cup to the base to make a model volcano. 3. Paint the model. 94
4. Put two spoonfuls of baking soda, a spoonful of liquid soap and a few drops of food coloring into the cup. 5. Put two spoonfuls of vinegar into the cup and observe what happens.
Draw a Model Draw your model volcano before and after Step 5. Before
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Analyze and Interpret
1. Explain what happened when you put the vinegar into the volcano model. 2. What did the liquid flowing out of the model volcano represent in real life?
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3. Explain how your model showed changes to the surface of the Earth. Did the change happen slowly or quickly?
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Preventing Floods The Problem Spring Valley floods during times of heavy rain. Design two solutions to help prevent the town from flooding. Show your solutions by drawing on the map. Describe your solutions on the next page.
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The Solutions Solution 1:
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Solution 2:
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Analyze and Interpret
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of your solutions. How could they be improved? 2. Compare your solutions with your classmates. What are some other solutions to the problem?
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Preventing Landslides The Problem Heavy rain can cause landslides on Mount Warning. Design two solutions to help prevent the landslides. Draw and describe your solutions.
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The Solutions Solution 1:
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Solution 2:
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Analyze and Interpret
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of your solutions. How could they be improved? 2. Describe the properties of the materials used in your design. How were they suited to the solution?
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3. Compare your solutions with your classmates. What are some other solutions to the problem? 104
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Changes to the Earth’s Surface Over Time 1. Use the words in the box to complete the sentences. deposition weathering erosion
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(b) is the movement of broken down rocks, soil and sand to a new place. 10 5
(c) rock over time.
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2. List two things that can cause weathering and erosion.
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3. Describe the changes to the Earth’s surface. What caused the change? (a)
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Human Changes to the Earth’s Surface Describe how humans change the Earth’s surface. 1.
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Save the Town of Broadbeach The Problem In the coastal town of Broadbeach, wind and water are changing the shape of the land (see pages 114 and 115). Build a model of Broadbeach. Show how erosion and weathering can change the shape of the land. Design and build two solutions to help prevent the erosion. Use your model to test your solution.
Make a Plan
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1. How will your model show the ways wind and water can change the land? 2. How will you test your solutions? 1 12
Materials List the materials you will need.
Procedure Write the steps you will take to build your model and test your solutions.
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The Solutions Solution 1:
Solution 2:
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2. Compare your solutions with your classmates. What are some other solutions to the problem?
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Earth Processes 1. Complete the table. Change
Description
Volcanic Eruption
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Hurricane
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2. What is the difference between weathering and erosion? 3. Describe the processes that changed the coastline.
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