STUDY SHEET UNIT 6: THE EARTH

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1. THE EARTH:
Our planet is the Earth. It is round. It is called the Blue Planet.
The Earth has three parts: water, land and air.

• Water covers most of the Earth.

Oceans, seas, lakes and rivers are called the hydrosphere.

• Dry land is the part of the Earth above water.

There are continents and islands.

• Air the Earth. It is called the atmosphere

2. LIFE ON EARTH
Our planet has air and water. The Sun gives us heat and light.
• Many animals and plants live in water.
• Human beings, animals and plants live on dry land.
• Animals like butterflies move through the air.

3. SOLIDS, LIQUIDS AND GASES

Everything is made up of matter.

Matter is in one of three states: solid, liquid or gas.

Solids Liquids Gases

SHAPE always keep their shape. ●do not have a shape. ●do not have a shape.
●Their shape depends ●Their shape depends
on the container they on the container they
are in. are in

EXAMPLES Rocks and metals Water and perfume Air

4. TYPES OF CHANGE
Things are continually changing.

• Sometimes objects change, but the matter stays the same. When we drop a
bottle, it breaks. However, the pieces are still glass.

• Sometimes matter changes and becomes something else. When we make a

fire, wood burns and becomes ash, water vapour and gas.
5. CHANGES IN STATE
Matter also changes when it goes from one state to another.

• When we heat water, it becomes water vapour. This is a gas.

The water has evaporated.

• When we freeze water, it becomes ice. This is a solid.

The water has solidified.

• When we heat ice, it becomes liquid water again.

The ice has melted.

heat heat

freeze freeze

or
SOLIDIFICATION
SOLIDIFICATION