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I Sunng
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2 Roing
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Inlrges): Science I)ll(no l,il)rnry pp.5 (lirry
I :l (hurricine/linr li(l(ls).
l:rnclolli),
Whqt do gou do when it's sunng?
Do gou like roing weqther?
$[hot tgpes of weqther do Uou know?
Nowreodonddiscover
more
oboutthe weother!
Some ploces ctrewqrm ond sunng
oll geor, ond theg hove no seosons.
Some ploceshqve seqsons.In
summer, there's more light from the
sun, so it's worm. In winter, there's
lesslight from the sun, so it's cold.
Is it worm ond sunnu where Uou live?
The sun is o stor. It's veru, veru hot!
The sun hqs lots of heot ond light.
Heqt ond light from the sun come
to Eqrth. The heqt ond light moke
Eqrth worm so we cctnlive here.
Lightfromthe suncomes
to Eorthin eightminutes!
) Goto pogesz0-zLforoctivities.
When roin folls, woter goes into
rivers.Wqter in rivers goes into
oceons.\il7henit's sunnu, woter ot
the top of the oceqn gets worm.
Some of the wqter goes up into the
sku.\ilfqterin the skg mokes clouds.
Then rqin fqlls ogoin! This is cqlled
the wqter cgcle.
Roin fqlls from clouds in the sku.
There ore mong roindrops in q
cloud.\fhen smoll roindrops meet,
theg moke one big roindrop. $(/hen
there qre lots of big rqindrops, roin
fqlls to Eorth.
GO
,^
plonts,ondonimoLs
People,
usewoterto liveondto grow.
I Goto poges22-23for octivities.
tl-,!}il,,,*
,.
Do Uou seeclouds in the skg where
Uou live?Some clouds ore grog ond
some clouds ore white. Grog clouds
hqve mong roindrops.SThiteclouds
don't hqve mcrnu roindrops.
$7hen it's cloudg, big clouds stop
some light from the sun coming
to Eqrth.
Cumulonimbuscloudsore veru,veru
big.When Uou seethis tupe of cloud,
get Uour umbrellq! Cumulonimbus
cloudshqve lots ond lots of rqindrops,
ond theg moke verg big storms.
Cu m u l o n i m b ucsl o u d sc o n
moke Lightning.Lightning
isverg,veruhot!
I
Goto p0ges24-25for octivities.
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Snowy
When it's verg cold in the sku, woter
in clouds is ice. Some ice fqlls to
Eorth. $7hen it folls, the ice is snow.
When snow folls on worm ground,
the snow melts.Then the snow is
wqter ogoin. Somewqter goesinto
the ground ond it helps plonts to
grow. Some woter goes into rivers.
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$7hensnow folls on cold ground, it's
lots of snow
white everuwhere!tWhen
folls on mountoins,peoplecon go
skiing.When lots of snow folls on
housesond streets,peoplecqn't drive
their cors.Then theg con't go to
schoolor work.
)
-ll
Goto poges26-27for octivities.
J
I
Windy
Do gou know the sun mokes wind?
til7ind is qir thot moves. In the skg
there's qir. The sun mqkes the qir
wqrm. Wqrm oir goes up into
the skg. In the skg it's veru cold,
so the oir gets cold.When the
qir is cold, it goes down ogoin.
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I
:
\(rind blows.A breezeis wind thot
blows slowlg.A breezeccrnblow flogs
in the skg. Somewinds blow fqst.
A hurricqne is wind thot blows veru
fqst.\il(rhenthere'sq hurricqne, people
qre sccrred.A hurricqne cqn blow
down treesqnd houses!
ItfqrrnqndWet
In someroinforests
there's3 centimeters
of roin evergdog !
F.
In the Tropics, it's
worm ond wet oll geor.
Mong rqinforests grow
in the Tropics. In q
rqinforest, trees get lots
of light qnd roin, qnd
theg grow veru tqll.
Mong qnimols live in wqrm, wet
roinforests.Monkegs live in trees
qnd theg eqt nuts ond fruit. Birds
flg from tree to tree. Birds eqt
minibeqsts.Theg eot nuts qnd fruit,
too. Smqll frogs drink rqindrops on
the big leovesof rqinforest trees.
Goto poges30-3Lfor octivities.
There oren't mcrng onimols in the
Arctic ond the Antqrctic. There ore
no leqves,fruit, or nuts for onimols
to eot.
In the Arctic qnd the
Antorctic it's verg cold
ond drg. A lot of the
wqter is ice or snow.
There ore no trees plonts cqn't grow in thes.
ploces.There's white ice
qnd snow evergwhere!
Seols swim in the oceon to find fish.
Theg eot lots of fish ond theg g et
verg fqt. This helps them to be worm.
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V(rhenit's sunnu, people con get hot.
Mong buildings hove windows with
shutters.\U(rhen
it's sunnu, the shutters
stop the heqt qnd light going in the
buildings.Then people in the
buildings don't get hot.
\Whenit's sunng,
mqnu people
weqr o hot. Then
their heod doesn't
get hot.
\Whenit's rqinUrpeople cqn get wet.
Buildings hove roofs.The rqin fqlls
off the roofs qnd it doesn't go in the
buildings.Then people in the
buildings don't get wet.
tWhen it's roing,
mqnu people use
qn umbrello. Then
theg don't get wet.
\Whqt do gou do
when it's rqing ond
when it's sunnu?
) Goto poges34-35for octivities.
lll sunny
3 Completethe sentences.
seosons worm
cold svn'n"U
$ Recdpoges4-5.
L Somep[ocesore wo rm Qpi
1 Findondwrite the words.
o U r e S i
t I b t n U
d bt s u n tLl
q h t
u t
s r t W e k
q c h e o t
e a r t h z
p
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h e a r n 5
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2 Someploceshove
r&
3 I n s um m e rt,h e r e 'sm o r eL i g h ft r o mt h e s u n ,
so it's
4 In winter,there'sLessLightfrom the sun,
so it's
2
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winter cotd wsfitl
summer
4
2 Writetrueorfalse.
L T hesunis o sto r.
3
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2 T hesunis ve rg,ve rgco [d.
3 H eotond L igh fro
t mth e sunc om e
to Eorth.
4 Theheotond LightmokeEorthcol-d.
4
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3 Completethe sentences.
th e n u mbers.
Rqiny
$ Reodpoges6-7.
sku oceons clouds roin rivers s u n n 9
I Circlethe correctwords.
1 Whenroinfo[Ls,
wotergoesinto
oca
2 Woterin riversgoesinto
,,,,
cloud/ river
roin/cloud
riverf oceon
3 Whenit's
oceongetsworm.
, woter of the top of the
4 Someof the wotergoesup intothe
5 Woterin the skgmokes
@
6 Then
oceonI skg plontsI onimols plonts/ onimo[s
2 Writetrueorfalse.
1 R oinf o[Lsfro m th e su nin the s k g.
2 W henbig ro ind ropmee
s
t,t heg
mokeon esmoLro
[ ind rop .
3 Whenthereore lots of big roindrops,
roinfo[[sto Eorth.
4 People,
p[onts,ond onimo[suse
woter to liveond to grow.
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the puzzLe.
Thenwritethe secretword.
€Xsudy
$ Reodpoges8-9.
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Someclouds-\
q:-^t
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mong roindrops.
Somecloudsore
\
Grogcloudshove
Whitecloudsdon't
hovemong roindrops.
\-
oreg ro4.
Thesecretword is:
white.
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It
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2
3
4 Circlethe correctwords.
4
2 Findondwritethe words.
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ffi,ubto
ht
1
2
@
m#qy
3
5
4
6
L Cumulo n i mb culso u d so r ev e r u ,
verubig'/smo[[.
2 Cumulo n i mb culso u d sm o k e
bigI smo[tstorms.
CumuLo n i m bcul os u d s
stop/mokeLightning.
isverg,verghot/ cold.
Lightning
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mountoin snow house
cloud skiing cor
$' Reodpoges10-L1.
X Motch.
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in order.
[_J Thenthe snowis woterogoin.
[ _JWhenicefoltsto Eorth,the iceis snow.
Ij
Whensn owfo[[so n worm gr ound,
the snowmelts.
[*_1Whenit'svergcoldin the skU,woter
in cloudsis ice .
1
4
2
5
3
6
4 Writetrueorfalse.
1 W hens n o wf o l t so n c o l dg r o u n d ,
the snowmelts.
W hens n o wf o L [ so n m o u n t o i n s ,
peopt ec o n 'tg o s k i i n g .
Whensnowfo[Lson streets,PeoPLe
c on' tdr i v et h e i rc o r s .
B Windy
3 Writethe words.
breeze house tree
sku hurricone flog
$ ReodpogesL2-L3.
1 Circlethe correctwords.
&w
1 W o r mo i rgoesup/d own.
2 Airgetshot lco[d.
3 CoLdoir goes
up / down.
Complete the sentences.
1
2
3
4
5
6
4
skg cold sun down oir
1 In the skgthere's
2 The
mokesthe oir wor m .
2 Whichwind blowsfost?
3 Wormoir g oe sup in toth e
4 I n t h e s kU,th oir
e gets
5 Whenthe oir is co [d,it g oe s
3 Whot con 0 hurricone do?
ogotn.
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3 Motch.Thenwritethe sentences.
Wqrrn e&?d
Wet
M ongonim o L s
live in
nutsondfruit,too.
Monkegseot nuts
on bigleoves.
roindrops
L In the Tropics,
it'sco[dond drg.
Birdseot
m inibeos tosn d
worm,wet roinforests.
2 Mong roinforests
grow in the Tropics.
Sm o[ [f r og sd r i n k
$ ReodpogesL4-L5.
1 Writetrueorfalse.
ondfruit.
3 In o roinforest,
treesgrow vergsmo|"[.
L
2 Findondwrite the words.
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t h
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U I h u L e
z r u q p c
m o n k e 9
m i n i b e
b i r d P
n z o t t
o V e 5 X
n t X k
V f r o I
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5
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1
2
3
4
4 Answerthe questions.
t
1 W heni s i t w o r m o n dw e t i n t h e T r o p i c s ?
2 Wheredo monkegstivein a roinforest?
3
2l
5
6
tr
3 W hot d o b i r d sd o i n o r o i n f o r e s t ?
Coldqnd Dry
2 Findondwritethe words.
oce0 n rluts Iceseolfishtree
$ ReodpogesL6-L7.
I Completethe sentences.
L In the
5
3
L
onimo[s snow woter
Arctic ice Antorctic ptonts
ffie
6
ondt he
it'svergco[dond
I
dra.
A Lotof the
l
3 Circtethe correctwords.
I
L Seolswotk / swimin the oceon.
1 5r ce
2 SeoLs
eot fish / fruit.
or Snow.
3 Seolsorefot / thin.
3 Thereore no treescon'tgrow in theseploces.
4 SeoLs
orefot to helpthem to beworm I coLd.
4 Answerthe questions.
4 There's
white
ond
evergwhere!
L Howdo seotsgetvergfot?
5 Thereoren'tmonu
2 W hot h e l p ss e o [ st o b ew o r m ?
in the Arcticondthe Antorctic.
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2 Whenit'sroing,peopte
3 Whenit'ssunnU,
4 Whenit'sroing,
the Puzzle.
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conget wet.
ccnget hot.
peopleuse
on umbretto.
peopleweor
o hot.
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