Year 6 in England
5th grade earth and rocks
3 5th grade earth and rocks skills, each with a worked example, free practice that checks every answer, and a printable worksheet. Start with a mixed review, or jump to the skill you need.
Mixed review
Ten questions drawn from every skill below.
Earth's four spheres and how they interact
CCSS NGSS.5-ESS2-1England: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphereEngland: KS2 Geography links
Example
Which of Earth's spheres does this belong to: a pebble?
- The geosphere is Earth's solid rock, soil and the hot rock inside.
- So the answer is: geosphere (rock and land)
Answer: geosphere (rock and land)
Builds on: Land and water on Earth
Graph where Earth's water is: salty, frozen and fresh
CCSS NGSS.5-ESS2-2England: KS2 Geography linksEngland: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere
Example
About 97% of Earth's water is salty and 3% is fresh. If all of Earth's water were shrunk into 1000 litres, about how many litres would be fresh water?
- 3 × 1000 ÷ 100 = 30
- So the answer is: 30 L
Answer: 30 L
How communities protect Earth's land, water, air and life
CCSS NGSS.5-ESS3-1England: KS2 Y4 Living things and their habitatsEngland: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere
Example
Which action best tackles this problem: plastic waste in the ocean?
- So the answer is: banning single-use plastics and beach clean-ups
Answer: banning single-use plastics and beach clean-ups
Builds on: Environments change: human impact
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