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5th grade earth and rocks

5th grade (Year 6 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.5-ESS2-1, NGSS.5-ESS2-2, NGSS.5-ESS3-1 · England: KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere, KS2 Geography links, KS2 Y4 Living things and their habitats

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  1. Question 1

    Which action best tackles this problem: air pollution from traffic?

    • A. more buses, bike lanes and electric vehicles
    • B. planting strips of plants along riverbanks
    • C. planting trees and protecting forest areas
    • D. recycling and composting schemes

  2. Question 2

    What does this chart of Earth's fresh water show?

    Where Earth's FRESH water is (%)01020304050607069ice and glaciers30groundwater1lakes, rivers, soil and air
    • A. Most fresh water is frozen or underground, not in rivers and lakes.
    • B. Most fresh water is in rivers and lakes.
    • C. Groundwater is the largest store.
    • D. There is more fresh water in the air than in ice.

  3. Question 3

    Which two spheres are interacting here: fish breathe oxygen dissolved in a lake?

    • A. geosphere and atmosphere
    • B. biosphere and hydrosphere
    • C. hydrosphere and geosphere
    • D. biosphere and geosphere

  4. Question 4

    Which of Earth's spheres does this belong to: lava from a volcano?

    • A. geosphere (rock and land)
    • B. hydrosphere (water)
    • C. atmosphere (air)
    • D. biosphere (living things)

  5. Question 5

    The ozone layer was being damaged by chemicals called CFCs. Countries agreed to ban them. What happened?

    • A. Nothing changed.
    • B. The ozone layer disappeared.
    • C. The Sun got weaker.
    • D. The ozone layer has slowly started to recover.

  6. Question 6

    True or false? Individual actions never make any difference.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  7. Question 7

    True or false? People are part of the biosphere.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  8. Question 8

    About 97% of Earth's water is salty and 3% is fresh. If all of Earth's water were shrunk into 100 litres, about how many litres would be fresh water?

    AnswerL

  9. Question 9

    Which water store is the largest on Earth?

    • A. glaciers
    • B. the oceans
    • C. rivers
    • D. groundwater

  10. Question 10

    Which action best tackles this problem: loss of forests?

    • A. planting strips of plants along riverbanks
    • B. more buses, bike lanes and electric vehicles
    • C. planting trees and protecting forest areas
    • D. banning single-use plastics and beach clean-ups

  11. Question 11

    The chart shows where Earth's fresh water is found. What percentage is ice and glaciers?

    Where Earth's FRESH water is (%)01020304050607069ice and glaciers30groundwater1lakes, rivers, soil and air

    Answer%

  12. Question 12

    Which two spheres are interacting here: waves crash against a cliff and wear it away?

    • A. biosphere and hydrosphere
    • B. biosphere and atmosphere
    • C. hydrosphere and atmosphere
    • D. hydrosphere and geosphere

  13. Question 13

    Which of Earth's spheres does this belong to: oxygen gas in the air?

    • A. geosphere (rock and land)
    • B. hydrosphere (water)
    • C. atmosphere (air)
    • D. biosphere (living things)

  14. Question 14

    The ozone layer was being damaged by chemicals called CFCs. Countries agreed to ban them. What happened?

    • A. Nothing changed.
    • B. The ozone layer has slowly started to recover.
    • C. The Sun got weaker.
    • D. The ozone layer disappeared.

  15. Question 15

    True or false? Recycling saves raw materials and energy.

    • A. True
    • B. False

  16. Question 16

    True or false? The biosphere is only animals.

    • A. True
    • B. False

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  1. more buses, bike lanes and electric vehicles
  2. Most fresh water is frozen or underground, not in rivers and lakes.
  3. biosphere and hydrosphere
  4. geosphere (rock and land)
  5. The ozone layer has slowly started to recover.
  6. False
  7. True
  8. 3 L
  9. the oceans
  10. planting trees and protecting forest areas
  11. 69 %
  12. hydrosphere and geosphere
  13. atmosphere (air)
  14. The ozone layer has slowly started to recover.
  15. True
  16. False