🔬 5th Grade Science · Unit 5
Earth's Systems
16 short narrated lessons in 3 chapters, each with pictures, a quiz with a hint and a second try, and an explanation for every answer.
Standards: 5-ESS2-1 5-ESS2-2
What your child will learn
Earth's four spheres
- The Geosphere: Earth's Rocks and LandDescribe the geosphere as Earth's rocks, soil and landforms.
- The Hydrosphere: All of Earth's WaterDescribe the hydrosphere as all of Earth's water.
- The Atmosphere: Earth's Blanket of AirDescribe the atmosphere as the layer of air around Earth.
- The Biosphere: All Living ThingsDescribe the biosphere as all living things on Earth.
- Earth's Four Spheres Review ReviewReview the four main systems that make up Earth.
Spheres work together
- Water Shapes the LandExplain how the hydrosphere shapes the geosphere through erosion.
- Air, Water and WeatherDescribe how the atmosphere and hydrosphere interact to make weather and climate.
- Living Things Change the LandExplain how plants and animals affect soil, air and water.
- Modeling a Rainstorm on a HillDevelop a model showing at least two spheres interacting, such as a rainstorm on a hillside.
- Spheres Work Together Review ReviewReview how the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere interact.
Water on Earth
- Salt Water and Fresh WaterExplain that most of Earth's water is salty ocean water.
- Where Fresh Water Is FoundDescribe how fresh water is stored in glaciers, groundwater, lakes and rivers.
- Graphing Earth's WaterUse a graph to compare the amounts of water in different places on Earth.
- The Water CycleDescribe how water moves through evaporation, condensation and precipitation.
- Water on Earth Review ReviewReview how much of Earth's water is salty or fresh and where fresh water is found.
- Unit 5 Test: Earth's SystemsShow what you learned in the whole unit (Earth's four spheres, Spheres work together, Water on Earth) by answering mixed questions.
Try a question from this unit
From the lesson “The Geosphere: Earth's Rocks and Land”
What is the geosphere?
Show the answer
The solid part of Earth, like rocks, soil and landforms. The geosphere is the solid part of Earth, including rocks, soil, sand and landforms.
Hint kids see after a wrong try: “Think about the ground under your feet.”
Key words
- geosphere
- hydrosphere
- atmosphere
- biosphere
- interact
- erosion
- weather
- climate
- model
- salt water
- fresh water
- groundwater
- glacier
- graph
- percent
- evaporation
- condensation
- precipitation
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