Scope and Sequence Science, Engineering, and Technology Units Lessons Lesson 1: What is a machine? Unit 1: Technology and the Design Process EB TH IG How can technology affect our lives? Lesson 2: What is the design process? Unit 2: Plants EB TH IG How do plants change and grow? Unit 3: Living Things Life Science EB TH IG How do living things grow and change? Lesson 1: How do plants use roots and stems to grow? Lesson 2: How do plants use flowers and cones to reproduce? Lesson 1: What are the life cycles of some animals? Lesson 2: How can you classify animals? Lesson 1: What is an ecosystem? Unit 4: Ecosystems EB TH IG How do living things interact? Lesson 2: How do living things get energy? Lesson 3: How do ecosystems change? Unit 5: Body and Illness Lesson 1: What causes different diseases? EB TH IG How can I keep my body healthy? Lesson 2: How can you avoid getting diseases? Lesson 1: What is the water cycle? Earth Science Unit 6: Earth and Weather EB TH IG How do forces cause changes on Earth’s surface? Lesson 3: What are weathering and erosion? Unit 7: Earth and Our Universe EB TH IG Lesson 1: What are Earth’s patterns? How do objects in space affect one another? Physical Science Lesson 2: How do we describe features of Earth’s surface? Unit 8: Energy and Its Forms Lesson 2: What is known about the moon? Lesson 1: What are some forms of energy? EB TH IG How can energy change? Lesson 2: What are heat and light energy? Lesson 1: What is motion? Unit 9: Forces and Motion EB TH IG What forces cause motion? Lesson 2: How does force affect motion? Lesson 3: What is gravity? x Scope and Sequence I will learn... Key Words • about simple and complex machines. • work, wheel and axle, wedge, lever, inclined plane, pulley, screw • the steps of the design process. • design process, engineer, research, prototype • how plants use roots and stems to grow. • roots, stems, ground, leaves, nutrient, cactus • how some plants use flowers and cones to reproduce. • reproduce, pollen, pollinate, germinate, cones, life cycle • the life cycles of different animals. • larva, pupa, metamorphosis, amphibian, gills, lungs • how to classify animals. • trait, vertebrate, scales, cold-blooded, warm-blooded, invertebrate, arthropod • what an ecosystem is. • ecosystem, habitat, population, community • how living things get energy. • producer, consumer, decomposer, food chain, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore • how ecosystems change. • resources, drought, adaptation • what causes some diseases. • infectious disease, microorganism, noninfectious disease, abnormal, pathogen, toxin, immune system, allergen • how to avoid getting some diseases. • Salmonella, antibiotic, vaccine, antibodies, symptoms, chronic • about the water cycle. • water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation • features and changes on Earth’s surface. • landform, landslide, volcano, lava, earthquake, faults • about weathering and erosion. • weathering, erosion, mudflow, rockslide • what causes daytime, nighttime, and the seasons. • axis, rotation, revolution, seasons, shadow • what causes the phases of the moon. • moon phase, telescope, crater, new moon, full moon • about different forms of energy. • energy, electrical energy, mechanical energy, sound energy, potential energy, kinetic energy • what heat and energy are. • matter, particles, thermal energy, spacecraft, solar panel, generator • what motion is. • position, motion, speed • how force affects motion. • force, friction, magnetism, iron, magnet, steel • what gravity is. • gravity, weight, matter, mass Scope and Sequence xi Unit 1 Technology and the Design Process How can technology affect our lives? I will learn about simple and complex machines. ō the steps of the design process. ō 1 Look and label. can opener seesaw 2 3 4 axe wheel scissors screw What are each of the machines used for? Discuss with a partner. How can machines help you solve problems? Discuss as a class. Unit 1 T hi nk ! How will this tiny robot help people in the future? Key Words Lesson 1 . What is a machine? 1 Read and complete the graphic organizer. Write details about work. Work Is kicking a soccer ball work? To a scientist it is. In science, work means the use of a force to move an object across a distance. You do work when you rake leaves, pedal a bike, or kick a soccer ball. work ō wheel and axle ō wedge ō lever ō inclined plane ō pulley ō screw ō It may be hard to solve a math problem. But it is not work. You may push hard to move a large rock. But it is not work if the rock does not move. You only do work when you move an object. The amount of work you do depends on how much force you use and how far you move the object. Main Idea Detail Detail Detail Let’s Explore! Lab Unit 1 5 A wheel and axle is made of a round object, a wheel, attached to a post, called an axle. Turning the wheel causes the axle to turn. The axle turns a small distance as the wheel turns a greater distance. 3 Read and write the names of the six machines shown on pages 6 and 7. Simple Machines Do you recognize any of the objects in the pictures? They are all simple machines. Simple machines have just one or two parts. These machines do not lessen the amount of work you do, but they help make work easier. Six kinds of simple machines help you do work. A wedge is a simple machine made from two slanted sides that end in a sharp edge. As a wedge is pushed through material such as wood or food, it cuts or splits the material. A lever is a stiff bar that rests on a support. A lever is used to lift and move things. When you push down on one end, the other end lifts up. 6 Unit 1 I Will Know... 5 Look at this shape . Draw an on the simple machine that has this shape. How does the shape help this machine work? Discuss with a partner. 6 Which simple machine would you use for each task below? Discuss with a partner. A screw is an inclined plane wrapped around a center post. Screws can be used to hold things together and to raise and lower things. A. Raise a flag on a pole. B. Open a can of paint. C. Cut an apple. 7 How is a jar lid a screw? Discuss as a class. An inclined plane, or a ramp, is a slanted surface. It connects a lower level to a higher level. Less force is needed to move an object over a longer distance. A pulley can make work easier in two ways. It can decrease the amount of force needed to move an object. It can also change the direction that the force is applied. Unit 1 7 8 Read and look at the machines on pages 6 and 7. Complete the captions with words from the box. Complex Machines Simple machines are often put together to do bigger jobs. These complex machines are made up of simple machines that work together. The can opener below is a complex machine. Find the simple machines that it is made of. These simple machines work together to grip, turn, and slice through a can lid. wedge 9 axle levers Complex Machines Search your home for one complex machine. Draw and label the complex machine. Identify each simple machine in the complex machine. The sharp edge that cuts the top of the can is a . Write a list of three complex machines that you and your family have used this week. With a partner, compare your lists. 1. Possible answers : 2. bicycle, can opener, 3. stapler, scissors The winding handle is an T hi nk ! that turns the gears. How do you know when a complex machine is at work? The handles are made of . 8 Unit 1 10 Read. Where would you find a wedge inside a lawn mower? Discuss with a partner and write your answer. Lawn Mowers Engineers design and develop large and small machines. These machines are made of simple and complex machines. A simple machine can be a lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, inclined plane, or screw. Simple machines are often put together to make a complex machine, such as a lawn mower. It is made of different parts. Some of these parts are simple machines, such as a wheel and axle. A wheel and axle is used in a lawn mower to help it move. A screw is another simple machine. Screws are used to hold the lawn mower pieces together. Lawn mowers have wedges that end in sharp edges. Where would you find a wedge inside a lawn mower? Bicycles The bicycle is a complex machine, too. What simple machines make it up? How does each simple machine help make the bicycle work? 11 Draw a line from each simple machine to its correct part on the bicycle. A. lever B. pulley C. wheel and axle Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 1 9 Lesson 2 . What is the design process? 1 Look at the pictures. How are the two computers similar? How are they different? Discuss with a partner. Design Process When people design something new, they follow the steps of the design process. The design process is a step-by-step method used to solve a problem. People use the design process to find a solution. A solution is an answer to a problem. The design process allows engineers to produce and test possible solutions. An engineer is any person who designs new technologies. 2 10 Why is it important for engineers to follow the steps of the design process? Discuss as a class and write the answer. Unit 1 Let’s Explore! Lab Key Words design process ō engineer ō research ō prototype ō Saved Solution Save some items instead of throwing them away. Think of a simple problem. Use the items to build something to solve your problem. Test what you build to see if it works. Evaluate your solution. Share your results with someone in your class. T hi nk ! Why do engineers sometimes research problems in different ways? 3 Read and complete the information related to Kramer’s 1. Problem: invention. Check your answers with a partner. Identify the Problem Engineers identify the problem during the first step of the design process. Before producing a design, engineers consider if there is a need for it. In 1979, there were only large music players that needed tapes or records to play music. British inventor Kane Kramer identified this as a problem. Kramer wanted to design a smaller music player that did not need tapes or records. His idea led to the invention of the digital audio player. 2. Research: a. b. Do Research The next step is to research the problem. Research means to look for facts about something. People can research problems in different ways. Some engineers research by talking to other people and reading articles. Kramer researched ways to make a digital audio player. Kramer took notes about what he learned. Unit 1 11 car prototype T hi nk ! How can this car prototype help engineers? Someone may test an inner part of a computer to see how well it works. prototype worked. 12 Unit 1 I Will Know... 6 Read and answer the questions. Communicate Results Engineers communicate results about their tests to people working with them. Engineers may share how they designed and built the prototype. They also explain how the experiment was carried out. After testing it, Kramer sent a report of his invention to a group of people. He hoped the people would invest money in his invention. The report described the way his invention worked. It also explained how the player could change the way people listened to music. 1. How did Kramer communicate his results? . 2. What did the report say? Evaluate and Redesign The final step is to evaluate and redesign the prototype. Evaluate means to find out how well something works. People try to make a prototype better by redesigning it. When people heard about Kramer’s idea of the digital audio player, they designed their own versions. The first digital audio player became available to the public in 1997. It could play about one hour of music. Newer digital audio players can hold enough music to play for more than 100 days! 7 Look at the photos. How are these audio players different? Discuss with a partner. Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 1 13 Let’s Investigate! Materials What makes a bridge strong? ruler 4 books 1. Place two stacks of books 25 centimeters apart. 2. Make a model of a bridge between the books. Use stir sticks, tape, and a note card. Brainstorm potential solutions. 3. Place the cup on the bridge. 10 craft sticks 10 stir sticks note card tape coins plastic cup 4. Predict how many coins the bridge will hold. Record your prediction. 5. Put coins in the cup one at a time. Record how many coins the bridge holds before it falls. 6. Repeat Steps 2 to 5. Use craft sticks this time. Model Number of Coins Prediction Stir sticks Craft sticks 14 Unit 1 Let’s Investigate! Lab Result Unit 1 How can technology affect our lives? Review Lesson 1 What is a machine? 1 The nail clippers are a complex machine made up of two simple machines. Label each simple machine. Lesson 2 What is the design process? 2 The first working product that uses a design is called a . a. method b. technology c. redesign prototype 3 d. After you test a prototype, you communicate information to other people. This information is called . a. a hypothesis b. the results c. a story d. an investigation Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 1 15 Unit 2 1 Plants How do plants change and grow? Look and label. pollination stem cactus pine cone roots seeds 2 With a partner, say three other plant parts. 3 What do plants need to grow? Discuss as a class. 16 Unit 2 T hi nk ! How can cypress trees live and grow in water? I will learn how plants use roots and stems to grow. ō how some plants use flowers and cones to reproduce. ō Lesson 1 . How do plants use roots and stems to grow? 1 Key Words Read and label the parts of the tree. roots ō stems ō ground How Roots Help Plants Look at all the roots of the fir tree in the picture. Plants need roots and stems to take in and move materials plants need to live and grow. The root system of a plant is often below the ground. You usually cannot see it. Roots keep the plant stable in the ground. Roots store food made by the plant’s leaves. Roots also take in water and materials called minerals from the soil. The plant gets nutrients from the water and minerals. A nutrient is any material needed by living things for energy, growth, and repair. Plants need nutrients to live and grow. 2 ō leaves ō nutrient ō cactus ō 1. 2. 3. Write three ways that roots help plants. 1. They keep . 2. They store . 3. They take . 3 Circle, in different colors, the roots, stems, and leaves of the mangrove trees. Let’s Explore! Lab Unit 2 17 4 Read and write the names of the two types of roots. Types of Roots Many plants have one large root called a taproot. Carrots are examples of taproots. Taproots grow deep into the soil toward Earth’s center due to gravity. Taproots take in water and nutrients from the soil. The roots also store food made by the plant. In some plants, such as grass and pine trees, roots spread out in many directions. This type of root is called a fibrous root. Fibrous roots of the same plant are all about the same size. They grow longer than taproots. Fibrous roots also grow close to the surface to take in water after it rains. How Stems Help Plants Stems support the leaves, flowers, and fruits of plants. Stems often grow up toward the light, plants’ main source of energy. Most plant stems have tiny tubes that move water and minerals from the roots to the leaves. Other tubes move food from the leaves to the stems and roots. root hair Types of roots: 1. 2. pumpkin stem Some stems are thin and grow along the surface of the ground. The stem of a pumpkin can grow roots and a new plant. Other stems, called vines, grow parts that wrap around objects that support the plant. 5 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). With a partner, correct the false statements. 1. Stems support the roots of plants. T / F 2. Roots move water to the leaves. T / F 3. Pumpkin stems grow under the ground. T / F 18 Unit 2 I Will Know... 6 Read and match the columns. Types of Stems Plant stems come in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Some stems grow below ground. Other stems, such as these cactus stems, grow above ground. Notice how thick cactus stems can grow. Cactus stems swell up to store water. Cactus stems are thick and waxy. This keeps them from losing water. Cactus stems help them survive in a desert. Parts of some stems grow below ground. When you eat a potato, you eat the part of the stem that stored food below ground. Stems that grow below ground can make new stems from buds, like the potato’s “eyes.” These buds grow up out of the ground and become new plants. a) Cactuses and potatoes become new plants. b) Cactus stems grow below the ground. c) Potatoes have different types of stems. d) Potato’s “eyes” grow above the ground. 7 With a partner, research three more examples of underground stems. Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 2 19 Lesson 2 . How do plants use flowers and cones to reproduce? 1 Read. Which is the best summary for the paragraph? Discuss with a partner. Reproduction Most plants make seeds that grow into new plants. Some plants grow stems or roots that grow into new plants. Plants can reproduce in all these ways. When plants reproduce, they make more of the same kind. For example, maple trees produce seeds. These seeds can grow into new maple trees. Key Words reproduce ō pollen ō pollinate ō germinate ō cones ō life cycle ō seeds with parachutes Each seed carries information from the parent plants. The seed uses this information and food stored from the parent plant in the seed to grow into a new plant. The new plant will be like its parents. After seeds are produced, they may scatter or move away from the parent plant. This gives the new plant more room to grow. a) Only seeds can make new plants. b) Only stems and roots can make new plants. c) Seeds, stems, and roots can grow into new plants. 2 20 Each seed in the picture above has a tiny parachute. How do these parachutes help the seeds scatter? Discuss as a class and write your answer. Unit 2 Let’s Explore! Lab 3 Read and underline two sentences in the text that describe the picture below. Parts of a Flower Flowering plants grow flowers that make seeds. Flowers have different parts. One part makes pollen. Another part, the petals, attracts bees and other animals to the flower. Animals or wind can pollinate, or carry pollen to, another flower. Pollination happens when wind or animals move pollen to the part of the flower that makes seeds. After pollination, seeds form near the center of the flower. Another part, fruit, often grows around the seed to protect it. A peach is an example of a fruit. 4 Read and complete the captions with words from the box. pollen seeds petals bees I Will Know... Unit 2 21 5 Read and label the parts of the seed. How Seeds Grow Seeds have different shapes, sizes, and colors. All seeds have the same parts. Every seed has material inside it that can grow into a new plant. The seed is covered by a seed coat. The seed coat protects this material. Many seeds have one seed leaf or two seed leaves. As the tiny plant grows, it uses food from the seed leaves. Seeds need air, the right amount of water, and the right temperature to germinate, or begin to grow. With the right conditions, the young plant, or seedling, germinates. As the seedling grows, it grows out of the soil. Leaves grow from the stem. The leaves use sunlight to make sugar. The plant uses the sugar for food. The seedling can grow into an adult plant that has flowers. The flowers are pollinated, and new seeds form. If these new seeds germinate, they can grow into new plants. Then the cycle begins again. seed leaf seed coat developing plant leaf Food and Energy Energy and resources are needed to grow food. The food must be moved from the farm to the store. This also uses energy. Think of ways you can avoid wasting food. Make a list. Share your list with your classmates. seed germinating seed T hi nk ! Why does a seed need a seed coat? 22 Unit 2 6 Read and number the stages (1–3) in order. Then check your answers with a partner. How Cones Help Plants Cones are made by conifer plants. Conifer plants grow cones instead of flowers to make seeds. Conifers make two types of cones. One cone is a small pollen cone. The other cone is a large seed cone. Wind blows pollen from small pollen cones to large seed cones. When pollen sticks to the large seed cones, seeds begin to grow inside. A seed grows under each scale of the conifer forest seed cone. When the seeds are fully developed, they float to the ground. If conditions are right, each seed can grow into a new plant. 2 3 1 Unit 2 23 7 Read and label the stages in the life cycle of a flowering plant. Plant Life Cycles Living things change during their lives. Most living things begin their lives small and then grow larger. They may develop certain features as they change into adults. They reproduce to make more living things of the same kind. Eventually, living things die. The stages through which a living thing passes during its life are called a life cycle. Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant A pumpkin plant is a kind of flowering plant. The life cycle of a pumpkin plant has several stages, as shown in the diagram. Pollination Adult Plant Seed 1 Growth 2 4 3 24 Unit 2 8 Read and compare the two life cycles shown on these two pages. Write titles for stages 2 and 3. Life Cycle of a Conifer Plant Pine trees are a type of conifer. Conifer plants grow cones instead of flowers to make seeds. 1 2 4 3 9 Life Cycle Length Some plants live for only a short time. For example, many desert plants grow, flower, and make seeds over a period of a few weeks. Many trees can live longer than humans do. The chart to the right shows the average life cycle length of some of these trees. Lesson 2 Check Read the table. With a partner, name the trees in order from the shortest life cycle to the longest. Type of Tree Average Length of Life Cycle American elm 175 to 200 years Bristlecone pine 3,000 years Douglas fir 300 years Redwood 500 years Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 2 25 Let’s Investigate! Materials How does water move through celery? stalk of celery scissors hand lens water with blue food coloring 1. Cut a thin slice from the end of a celery stalk. Observe it with a hand lens or microscope. In the chart, draw what you see. 2. Put the stalk into the water with blue food coloring. Wait 24 hours. 3. Cut 2 cm off the stalk’s end. Then cut a thin slice from the new end. Observe it with a hand lens or microscope. Draw what you see. 4. Observe the whole stalk. Draw what you see. 5. Compare the slices. How are they different? metric ruler microscope (optional) 6. During this investigation what happened to the celery stalk in the blue water? 7. Which parts of plants move water to the leaves? Observations of Celery Slice before Dye 26 Unit 2 Let’s Investigate! Lab Slice after Dye Whole Stalk after Dye Unit 2 How do plants change and grow? Review Lesson 1 How do plants use roots and stems to grow? 1 Match the columns. a) Roots is an example of plants with fibrous roots. take in water and minerals from the soil. support the leaves, flowers, and fruits. are examples of taproots. b) Stems c) Carrots d) Grass 2 Write two types of stems. Lesson 2 How do plants use flowers and cones to reproduce? 3 Mark () the items that play a role in the process of pollination. roots fruit 4 petals pollen bee stem Write the four stages of a flowering plant life cycle. 1. seed 2. growth 3. pollination 4. Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 2 27 Unit 3 1 Living Things How do living things grow and change? Look and match. Label. caterpillar joey kangaroo How is each baby animal different from the adult? Describe with a partner. 3 What do baby animals need to grow? Discuss as a class. Unit 3 the life cycles of different animals. ō how to classify animals. ō frog butterfly tadpole 2 28 I will learn T hi nk ! Why do kangaroos carry their young? Lesson 1 . What are the life cycles of some animals? 1 Read and number the photos (1–3) to show the sequence in the life cycle of a bald eagle. Life Cycles An animal’s life starts out as an egg. Sometimes the egg develops into a young animal inside the mother’s body. Then the mother gives birth to a live young. For other animals, the mother lays an egg outside of her body. Eagles have their young in this way. First, the mother eagle lays an egg. Next, the eaglet, a young eagle, develops inside the egg. Finally, the eaglet hatches when it is ready. Key Words larva ō pupa ō metamorphosis ō amphibian ō gills ō lungs ō After birth, an animal begins to grow. It develops into an adult, and then it can reproduce. Eventually, it dies. Its life cycle is complete. 2 With a partner, complete the graphic organizer to sequence the steps in an eagle’s birth. First Next Finally Let’s Explore! Lab Unit 3 29 3 Read and label the stages in a butterfly’s life. Life Cycle of a Butterfly The life cycle of a butterfly has four stages, as shown in the diagram. A butterfly looks very different at each stage of its life. It also behaves in different ways. Adult Larva Egg Pupa 2 The butterfly larva is called a caterpillar. It hatches from the egg. The caterpillar eats plants. It must eat a lot to grow and store energy. The caterpillar sheds its skin several times as it grows. 1 A butterfly begins life in a tiny egg. The egg in this picture has been magnified, or made to look bigger. 4 The adult butterfly breaks out of the chrysalis. It has wings, long legs, and antennae. It flies away to find a mate. It will lay eggs if it is a female. Some adult butterflies feed on the nectar of flowers. Some do not feed at all. Eventually, the butterfly will die. 4 30 Unit 3 I Will Know... 3 A hard covering, or chrysalis, forms around the larva. The larva is now called a pupa. As a chrysalis, the insect does not eat, and it hardly moves. During this stage, the insect grows wings and long legs. During which stage does a butterfly eat the most? Why does it eat so much during this stage? Discuss with a partner. 5 Read, look, and circle the stage during which a frog lives on land. Life Cycle of a Frog Some animals change form as they develop. This change in form during an animal’s life cycle is called metamorphosis. Many insects go through metamorphosis. Frogs do, too. Frogs are amphibians. Amphibians live in water during some parts of their lives. They live on land during other parts of their lives. 1 2 Egg Mother frogs often lay hundreds or thousands of eggs in the water. The eggs are surrounded by a jelly-like material. 4 Adult Frog The adult frog lives on land and in water. It returns to the water to lay its eggs. Some frogs reproduce many times before they die. Tadpole A tadpole hatches from each frog egg. Tadpoles live underwater and breathe with gills. 3 Growing Tadpole The tadpole changes as it grows. Its tail becomes shorter, and its legs begin to grow. It develops lungs for breathing, and its gills disappear. 6 Write a list of the parts of a tadpole’s body that are similar to a fish’s body. a) b) Unit 3 31 7 Read, look, and number the stages in order. Life Cycle of a Mammal Unlike amphibians and insects, young mammals do not change very much as they become adults. Many mammals look like their parents when they are born. Like you, they grow as they get older. 1 2 4 3 Kitten Young bobcats are called kittens. The mother bobcat’s body makes milk. The kittens drink the milk. 8 32 Adult When the young bobcats grow to be adults, they can reproduce. Egg Young bobcats develop from eggs inside the mother’s body. They are born when they are ready to live outside the mother’s body. Growth The young bobcats grow bigger. The mother bobcat takes care of them. With a partner, name two ways a young bobcat is similar to an adult bobcat. Name two ways they are different. Unit 3 Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Lesson 2 . How can you classify animals? 1 Key Words ōtrait Read and circle three ways that animals are classified. ōvertebrate ōscales Classify Animals ōcold-blooded Animals are classified into groups. Animals can be classified by what we want to learn about them. Animals can also be classified by how they look. ōwarm-blooded ōinvertebrate ōarthropod Scientists identify body features, such as long ears or short fur, to classify animals. A trait is a feature passed on from a parent. Traits can include an animal’s behavior or its physical characteristics. Animals can also be classified by where they live or how they act. One animal can be placed into different groups. For example, a group of animals that eat mice can include snakes, hawks, and owls. A group of animals that fly can include hawks and owls, but not snakes. 2 Read and circle the best title for the paragraph. One main characteristic scientists use to classify animals is the presence or the absence of a backbone. An animal with a backbone is called a vertebrate. For example, cats, birds, and fish are vertebrates. Vertebrates may look different, but they all have a backbone and other bones. Bones grow as the animals grow. Bones support the body. This allows some vertebrates to grow very big. a) Bones Are Important b) Animals with Backbones c) Cats, Birds, and Fish T hi nk ! What allows a giraffe to grow so tall? Let’s Explore! Lab Unit 3 33 3 Read, look, and number to match. Groups of Vertebrates 1 Fish Fish are vertebrates that live in water. Most fish have slippery scales, breathe through gills, and lay eggs. Most fish are cold-blooded vertebrates. 2 Amphibians Amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates. They have smooth, moist skin. They hatch from eggs. Frogs, toads, and salamanders are amphibians. Most young amphibians live in water. They get oxygen through their gills and skin. Most amphibians develop lungs to breathe air when out of the water. 3 Reptiles Snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles are reptiles. Reptiles are cold-blooded vertebrates. They have dry, scaly skin. They breathe air through lungs. Most reptiles lay eggs. 4 Birds Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates with feathers and bills. Feathers help birds stay warm. Wings and light bones help most birds fly. They breathe air through lungs. All birds hatch from eggs. 5 Mammals The vertebrates you probably know best are mammals. Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates. They usually have hair that keeps them warm. Mammals breathe air through lungs and feed milk to their young. Most mammals are born alive instead of hatching from eggs. 34 Unit 3 4 Read and label the invertebrates. Animals without Backbones Most animals do not have bones or skeletons inside their bodies. Animals without backbones are called invertebrates. Sea stars, butterflies, and spiders are invertebrates. Invertebrates have other structures to give them their shape. A soft sac filled with liquid supports worms and sea jellies. A hard shell supports clams and crabs. Insects have a hard covering on the outside of their bodies. These kinds of structures cannot support very big animals. Most invertebrates are smaller than most vertebrates. Classify Different Animals Draw an animal. Describe two features, such as how the animal moves and what it eats. Draw another animal. Compare the features. Write how the animals are alike and different. Then classify them. You may not notice some invertebrates because many are very small. Yet invertebrates live all over Earth. In fact, there are many more invertebrates than vertebrates. For example, several million tiny roundworms may live in one square meter of soil. 5 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements. 1. Invertebrates have bones. T / F 2. Some invertebrates have hard shells or coverings. T / F 3. Most large animals are invertebrates. T / F Unit 3 35 6 Read and match. Groups of Invertebrates Sea Jellies Sea jellies have soft bodies and long, stinging body parts. The body of a sea jelly is made mostly of water. A sea jelly stuns its prey before pulling it into its stomach. Most sea jellies live in the ocean. Worms Worms are animals with long, soft bodies and no legs. These invertebrates help keep soil healthy. Mollusks Mollusks have soft bodies. Many mollusks have hard shells and eyes. Some mollusks include octopuses, squids, clams, and snails. Arthropods Arthropods are the largest group of invertebrates. An arthropod is an animal that has a hard covering outside its body. The bodies of arthropods have more than one main part, and their legs have joints. Insects, spiders, and crabs are all arthropods. 7 Look and classify each animal in your notebook. Spider Orangutan Slug invertebratmollusk 36 Unit 3 I Will Know... Dolphin 8 Read and fill in the chart. Then brainstorm with a partner to complete it. Classification by Animal Birth Another trait that helps scientists classify animals is the way they give birth. Most animals begin life as small eggs. The eggs grow to different sizes. The young animals are then born in different ways. Eggs Many animals hatch from eggs. For example, all birds hatch from eggs. Most fish, amphibians, and reptiles also hatch from eggs. Crocodiles lay eggs, as do most other reptiles. After growing in the eggs for two or three months, young crocodiles hatch from the eggs. Animals That Lay Eggs 1) 2) 3) 4) Live Birth Most mammals have live births. This means that the young animal is born instead of hatching from an egg. You may have seen images of a lion with her young cubs. She gave live birth to the cubs after being pregnant for about four months. 5) Animals That Have Live Births 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 3 37 Let’s Investigate! Materials What do leaves have in common? 1. Spread out the leaves. Observe them. Which ones have similar shapes? 2. Make a yarn circle for each kind of shape. You may have from 3 to 5 groups. 10 leaves or leaf pictures 3. Place leaves with similar shapes in the same circle. 4. Draw each leaf in its group. Explain how the shapes of each group are alike. 5 yarn circles D A B C G E F J I H 38 Unit 3 Let’s Investigate! Lab Unit 3 How do living things grow and change? Review Lesson 1 What are the life cycles of some animals? 1 During this stage in a butterfly’s life, a hard covering forms around the caterpillar. a) egg b) larva d) adult 2 Compare the birth of a baby eagle to the birth of a baby cat. How are they different? Lesson 2 How can you classify animals? 3 Compare amphibians and reptiles. List one way they are the same and one way they are different. Same: . Different: 4 Read the classifications and match. a) invertebrate, arthropod eagle b) vertebrate, warm-blooded, lays eggs clam c) vertebrate, cold-blooded, lays eggs frog d) vertebrate, warm-blooded, live birth spider e) invertebrate, mollusk bobcat Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 3 39 Unit 4 Ecosystems How do living things interact? I will learn what an ecosystem is. ō how living things get energy. ō how ecosystems change. ō 1 Look and label. grassland sunlight coral reef rain forest marsh soil 2 With a partner, name three living things that you can find in a marsh, in a rain forest, and on a coral reef. 3 What do living things need to live? Discuss as a class. 40 Unit 4 T hi nk ! How do bison help grassland plants grow and stay healthy? Lesson 1 . What is an ecosystem? 1 Read and list two living and two nonliving things mentioned in the text. Places for Living Things Key Words ecosystem ō habitat ō population ō community ō How is the place where a bear lives different from the place where an earthworm lives? Each kind of living thing needs a certain environment. A living thing’s environment is everything around it. An environment has living and nonliving parts. The living parts include plants, animals, and other living things. Sunlight is a nonliving part of an environment. The sun’s rays warm other nonliving parts, such as the air, water, and soil. Because of the sun’s heat, Earth’s air, water, and soil are warm enough for living things. Living Things 2 Nonliving Things Say two living and two nonliving things that appear in the photo below. 3 With a partner, compare where a bear lives and where earthworms live. List one way they are the same and one way they are different. Same: Different: Explore My Planet! Unit 4 41 4 Read and underline the names of all the living things mentioned in the captions. Parts of an Ecosystem The living and nonliving parts of an environment interact. Interact means to act together. These interacting parts make up an ecosystem. The pictures on this page show a marsh. A marsh is a type of wetland ecosystem. The living parts of an ecosystem depend on nonliving parts. For example, plants need sunlight, soil, air, and water to grow. The living parts also depend on one another. For example, animals eat other living things. Some animals use plants for shelter. 5 With a partner, list three more animals that you might find in this wetland. 1. 2. 3. 42 Unit 4 I Will Know... Read both texts. What is the habitat of the bluespot butterflyfish in the picture below? Discuss with a partner. 6 Habitats The place where a living thing makes its home is its habitat. A habitat has everything that a plant or animal needs to live. A habitat can be the water in a wetland. It can be the soil beneath a rock. Groups within Ecosystems This monkey’s habitat is the trees in a rain forest. All the living things of the same kind that live in the same place make up a population. The coral reef ecosystem shown below includes many different populations. For example, all of the bluespot butterflyfish living around the reef make up one population. A coral reef also may have populations of crabs, clams, sharks, and other animals. All the populations that live in the same place make up a community. Populations in a community depend on one another. Read and complete the sentences. Then check your answers with a partner. 7 community population 1. All the red squirrels in a forest are a . 2. Squirrels, birds, and insects that live in the same forest form a community Th in k! How do fish in the sea interact with nonliving things? . Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 4 43 Lesson 2 . How do living things get energy? 1 Key Words producer ō consumer ō decomposer ō food chain ō herbivore ō carnivore ō omnivore Read and match the columns. ō Energy Roles in Ecosystems Every living thing needs energy to stay alive and grow. Living things get energy in different ways. Green plants use sunlight along with air and water to make sugar. The sugar is the plants’ food. It gives plants the energy they need. A living thing is called a producer if it makes, or produces, its own food. Many living things cannot make food. They get energy from food that they eat, or consume. A living thing that eats other organisms is called a consumer. Th in k! How are a consumer and When plants or animals die, their stored-up energy is unused. a decomposer similar? Decomposers use this energy. A decomposer is a living thing that breaks down waste and dead plant and animal matter. a) Producers need to eat to get their energy. b) Consumers break down dead plants and animals for energy. c) Decomposers make or produce their own energy. 2 Read and label each living thing as a producer, consumer, or decomposer. Then check your answers with a partner. Mushrooms break down a dead tree for energy. 44 Unit 4 Let’s Explore! Lab Puffins eat fish to get energy. A fern plant takes in sunlight to make food. 3 Read and look at the diagram. Circle the consumer that is a carnivore in red and the consumer that is a herbivore in green. Food Chains A food chain shows the transfer of energy from one living thing to another. In a food chain diagram, arrows show the flow of energy. The first link in the food chain on these pages is the sun. A producer, such as grass, is the next link. The producer uses the sun’s energy to make food. Next, a consumer, such as a prairie dog, eats the producer. The producer passes energy to the consumer. That consumer may then be eaten by another consumer, such as an eagle. In this way, energy from a producer can be passed from one consumer to another. Some consumers eat only plants. They are called herbivores. Some consumers eat only other animals. They are called carnivores. Other consumers eat both plants and animals. They are called omnivores. Grassland Ecosystem I Will Know... Unit 4 45 4 Read and complete the lists with words from the captions. Then check your answers with a partner. Animals that eat grass: 1) Food Webs 2) Do you eat the same food at every meal? Some animals do not always eat the same things either. Ecosystems have many food chains. Food chains combine to form a food web. A food web is a system of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem. Food webs show that energy flows in many different ways in an ecosystem. Energy can flow from one producer to many consumers. One consumer can be eaten by many other consumers. 3) 4) Animals that eat prairie dogs: 1) golden eagle 2) black-footed ferret 3) coyote badger golden eagle snake black-footed ferret mouse grasshopper cattle coyote prairie dog energy from the sun grasses 46 Unit 4 Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Lesson 3 . How do ecosystems change? 1 Key Words resources ō drought ō adaptation Read and match each cause with its effect. ō Ecosystem Change Ecosystems are always changing. Think about what happens when a 200-year-old tree falls in a storm. Throughout its life, the tree shaded the forest floor. Now the forest floor will receive much more sunlight. Seedlings that require a lot of sunlight will have a chance to grow. Other plants that grow best in shade might not survive. The change may affect animals, too. Birds that nested in the tree may need to find a new home. But the fallen tree may provide a habitat for salamanders and other animals. a) A tree falls down and birds lose their home. It will provide a new habitat for other animals. b) The forest floor receives more sunlight. Birds will have to find a new home in another tree. c) The tree lies down on the forest floor. Plants that need sunlight will grow. 2 With a partner, discuss another cause and effect of a tree falling down in a forest. Explore My Planet! Unit 4 47 3 Read and label the effects of groundhogs. Living Things Cause Change All living things need resources like water and food. Living things get what they need from their environments. As they do this, they cause changes in their environments. Look at the groundhogs in the pictures. Groundhogs live underground in tunnels, or burrows. As they dig their burrows, they change the environment. These changes can be harmful. Groundhogs can damage crops, lawns, and the roots of trees. But some living things benefit from changes that groundhogs cause. Foxes, rabbits, and other animals often live in burrows made by groundhogs. Groundhogs also improve soil by mixing it as they dig. This benefits plants that grow in the soil. Positive effect 48 Unit 4 Negative effect I Will Know... 4 Read and underline four changes that natural events can cause in ecosystems. Natural Events Cause Change Natural events can also change ecosystems. Fires can burn forests. Hurricanes can wash away beaches and cause floods. Floods can knock down trees and destroy animal habitats. Droughts, or the lack of rain, can cause animals and plants to die. Not all living things are harmed by changes to ecosystems. A forest fire may destroy many trees and animals’ homes. But the fire also clears dead plants and wood from the forest floor. Then trees that were not harmed by the fire have more space to grow. Plants that need more sunlight can also grow. Ash from the fire makes soil healthy. Ash contains minerals that plants need. Seasonal Change In some ecosystems, the cycle of the seasons brings major changes. For example, winters may be very cold and snowy. Some plants die in winter. Food may be hard to find for some animals. Many plants and animals have adaptations that help them survive these changes. An adaptation is a trait that helps a living thing survive in its environment. For example, some trees shed their leaves before winter. This reduces the amount of water they need to take in during winter. Some animals, such as bats and ground squirrels, hibernate, or sleep, through the winter. 5 In which different ways can seasons affect the tree in the pictures? Discuss as a class. Lesson 3 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 4 49 Let’s Investigate! Materials What can you find in your local ecosystem? 1. Use 3 strings to divide a square meter of land into 4 squares. Measure the length of each side to make sure the sections are squares. Use index cards to label the squares A, B, C, and D. 2. Use a hand lens to look for living things in Square A. Record the living things you observe. 3. Observe the nonliving things. Record the nonliving things you find. 4. Repeat for each square. square meter of land 3 pieces of string hand lens 4 index cards meterstick Observations Square Living Things A B C D 50 Unit 4 Let’s Investigate! Lab Nonliving Things Unit 4 Review How do living things interact? Lesson 1 What is an ecosystem? 1 Describe how a raccoon in a marsh interacts with a living part and a nonliving part of the ecosystem. a) b) Lesson 2 How do living things get energy? 2 Mark () the things that are not part of a prairie food chain. shark cow prairie dog sun grasses bear butterflyfish eagle puffin Lesson 3 How do ecosystems change? 3 List four things that can make ecosystems change. 1. 2. 3. 4. Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 4 51 Unit 5 1 Body and Illness How can I keep my body healthy? Look and label the pictures. sneeze fever I will learn what causes some diseases. ō how to avoid getting some diseases. ō microscope vaccine mosquito bacteria 2 Which of the above things can make you sick? Discuss with a partner. 3 Why is it important to cover your nose and mouth when you sneeze? Discuss as a class. T hi nk ! Why is it hard to catch a cold at the North Pole? 52 Unit 5 Lesson 1 . What causes different diseases? 1 Key Words infectious disease ō microorganism ō noninfectious disease ō abnormal ō pathogen ō toxin ō immune system ō allergen Read and complete the graphic organizer. ō Infectious and Noninfectious Diseases As you already know, exercising, eating well, getting enough sleep, and washing your hands can help you stay healthy. Sometimes, though, you still might become sick. There are two types of diseases that you might get. The first are infectious diseases. They are caused by organisms invading and growing in your body. Most of these organisms are so small you can only see them with a microscope. That’s why they’re called microorganisms. The second kind of diseases are called noninfectious diseases. They are not caused by an organism infecting your body. They happen when parts of your body start to work in an abnormal, or unusual, way. Asthma is a noninfectious disease. Chickenpox is an infectious disease. Main Idea 2 Why is a broken arm called an injury and not a disease? Discuss as a class. Let’s Explore! Lab Unit 5 53 3 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements with a partner. Causes of Infectious Diseases Any organism that can cause a disease is called a pathogen. There are four major types of pathogens. These bacteria cause strep throat. This virus causes the common cold. 1. All organisms are pathogens. T / F 2. Some bacteria can attack your cells directly. T / F 3. Viruses are nonliving organisms. T / F 4. Viruses produce toxins that damage your cells. T / F 4 In small groups, pick one of the pathogens below and research it. Tell the rest of the class whether it is a bacterial or viral pathogen and what disease it causes in humans. rabies 54 Unit 5 staphylococcus I Will Know... H1n1 listeria 5 Read and underline three diseases caused by parasites or fungi. This parasite causes hiker’s disease. Fungi like these can cause athlete’s foot. 6 Put the pathogens in order from smallest to largest. parasites viruses bacteria 7 smallest largest Read and underline the type of blood cells that make up your immune system. Immune System The white blood cells in your blood make up your immune system. Your immune system attacks pathogens when they infect your body. Your immune system is your body’s natural defense against disease. When you are sick, your body makes more white blood cells to fight the disease. Unit 5 55 8 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements with a partner. Noninfectious Diseases Noninfectious diseases are not caused by pathogens. A person cannot pass a noninfectious disease to another person. Here are some of the more common noninfectious diseases. Many people are allergic to flower pollen. The medicine in an inhaler can help stop an asthma attack. 1. Noninfectious diseases can be passed from one person to another. T / F 2. An allergy is caused by your immune system being too sensitive. T / F 3. Allergies are never very serious. T / F 4. Asthma causes your airways to open up. T / F 9 Label each either A (allergen) or P (pathogen). P A flu virus 56 Unit 5 tobacco smoke A dust P Salmonella bacteria 10 Read and underline the different types of diabetes. Discuss as a class. People with diabetes have to check the sugar in their blood by pricking their fingers. Eating sugary foods can cause type 2 diabetes. 11 Fill in the blanks. sugar develop exercise type 2 Diabetes is a noninfectious type 1 disease because it is not caused by a pathogen. When someone has diabetes, they have too much in their blood. If you are born with diabetes, you have type 1 type 2 diabetes if they don’t eat diabetes. People can well or get enough suar exercise . More and more people are getting diabetes because they drink too much soda pop and eat too many sugary foods. Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 5 57 Lesson 2 . How can you avoid getting diseases? 1 Read and underline three ways you can get sick from a sick person. How Infectious Diseases Spread Pathogens can infect you in many ways. When you come close to or touch an infected person, they can infect you. Pathogens in soil, food, water, or contaminated objects also can infect you. Sometimes even an animal bite can cause a pathogen to infect you. Infected People: A person can pass pathogens to another person when they touch, for example, when they kiss or shake hands. Some pathogens also spread without people touching each other. When a person with a cold sneezes, the cold viruses can spread into the air. Then, someone else can breathe in those viruses and develop a cold, too. Soil, Food, and Water: Some pathogens can live in the soil. Other pathogens live in the water or in food. For example, Salmonella bacteria are very common in chicken. When you eat chicken that hasn’t been cooked long enough, you can get food poisoning, which can cause you to Drinking dirty water throw up or have diarrhea. like this might make you sick. 2 58 Why is it important to wash fresh vegetables and fruit before you eat them? Discuss with a partner. Unit 5 Let’s Explore! Lab Key Words Salmonella ō antibiotic ō vaccine ō antibodies ō symptoms ō chronic ō Covering your nose when you sneeze will help pathogens not spread. Read and underline three diseases that can be spread by objects or animals. 3 Contaminated Objects: Some pathogens can live for a while outside of a person’s body. These pathogens can infect people when they use an object that an infected person used. The fungus that causes athlete’s foot spreads this way sometimes. If someone who has athlete’s foot walks barefoot in a place that you later walk barefoot in, you might get athlete’s foot. Infected Animals: When an animal that is infected with a pathogen bites a person, sometimes the pathogen can infect that person. For example, rabies, a serious disease that can attack the brain, can pass to humans when an infected animal bites them. In tropical areas, people can develop malaria if mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite bite them. Bites from infected raccoons or dogs can spread rabies to humans. 4 Match the beginning to the ending of each sentence. a) Colds can be spread by contaminated food. b) Food poisoning can be caused by infected mosquitoes. c) Athlete’s foot can spread by an infected person’s sneeze. d) Malaria can spread by fungi on contaminated objects. I Will Know... Unit 5 59 5 Read and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. How Some Infections Are Treated If someone has a bacterial infection, doctors will often treat them with antibiotics. Antibiotics are medicines that will kill the bacteria in your body. It is important to always take all the antibiotics that a doctor prescribes. If you stop taking antibiotics early, some of the strongest bacteria might survive and make you sick again. Parasites and fungi are also living pathogens. A doctor might treat them with antiparasitic or antifungal medications. One common antibiotic is made naturally by a mold. How Vaccines Prevent Diseases Viruses are nonliving, so antibiotics do not work against them. Instead, doctors use your body’s own immune system to attack viruses. Doctors do this by giving you a vaccine before you get infected. A vaccine contains a weakened form of a virus. When this weakened virus is injected into your bloodstream, your immune system becomes ready to produce many antibodies, which are special molecules in your blood that attack viruses. That way, if you are infected by that virus again, the antibodies protect you from getting sick. Vaccines are very specific. That’s why you need separate vaccines for different viral diseases, like measles and the flu. 1. Antibiotics kill 2. Viruses are 3. A vaccine contains a 60 in your body. , so antibiotics do not work against them. form of a virus. are special molecules in our body that will attack viruses. 4. 6 Vaccinations can prevent many viral infections. Why do we have to get separate vaccines for different diseases? Discuss with a partner. Unit 5 7 Read and number the steps for how a cold can spread from a sick person to you. Some Ways to Keep Your Body Healthy Did you know that washing your hands is the most effective way of preventing the spread of many illnesses? You should wash your hands several times a day. It is especially important to wash your hands before eating, after going to the bathroom, and if you are sick with an infectious disease or spend time with a sick person. The virus that causes colds can stay on your hands. If you touch your eyes, nose, or mouth, the virus can infect you. Washing your hands inactivates the virus so you don’t spread it to yourself or other people. 8 Read and underline two things a doctor can do even if you don’t seem to be sick. How Going to the Doctor Can Keep You Healthy Your doctor can give you antibiotics to treat some infections and vaccines to avoid some viral infections. Even if you don’t have symptoms, or signs that you are sick, seeing your doctor regularly is important. Your doctor can check your overall health and can discover if you have a noninfectious disease and treat it. Some noninfectious diseases, like diabetes, are called chronic because they last a long time and can come back again and again. Your doctor can monitor these types of diseases and make sure they don’t get worse or cause other problems. 9 What are some other ways to stay healthy? Discuss as a class. Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 5 61 Materials Let’s Investigate! How much sugar is there in a can of soda pop? 1 can of soda pop sugar 2 clear plastic cups scale 1. Put a plastic cup on the scale. Turn the scale on. Make sure the scale reads 0. 2. Add how much sugar you think is in a can of soda pop. 3. Record the weight. 4. Read the back of the can of soda pop to see how many grams of sugar it has. 5. Repeat step 1 with the second cup. 6. Add sugar to the cup until you have the same number of grams that you found in step 4. 7. Compare your prediction to your observation. Grams of Sugar Prediction Observation The nutrition label will tell you how much sugar is in the can. 62 Unit 5 Let’s Investigate! Lab Unit 5 How can I keep my body healthy? Review Lesson 1 What causes different diseases? 1 Circle the true statements. Correct the false ones. Some bacteria are pathogens. c) Viruses are living microorganisms. b) 2 Match the two columns. a) The flu is caused by b) Food poisoning is caused by bacteria. c) Allergies are caused by an immune system that is too sensitive. d) Diabetes can be caused by Lesson 2 How can you avoid getting diseases? 3 Mark () the ways that pathogens can spread. antibiotics asthma 4 shaking hands dirty water flower pollen contaminated objects Complete these statements with the words in the box. viruses malaria antibiotics chronic kill bacteria. a) Medications called b) A vaccine helps your body to destroy . disease can last a long time and come back. c) A if an infected mosquito bites you. d) You can get Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 5 63 Earth and Weather Unit 6 How do forces cause changes on Earth’s surface? I will learn about the water cycle. ō features and changes on Earth’s surface. ō about weathering and erosion. ō 1 Look and label. landslide snow clouds earthquake Earth hail 2 What do the clouds, snow, and hail have in common? Discuss with a partner. 3 How can earthquakes change Earth’s surface? Discuss as a class. 64 Unit 6 T hi nk ! How could a tree break apart rock? Key Words Lesson 1 . What is the water cycle? 1 Read and complete the graphic organizer to show the cycle of a water particle. Water on Earth water cycle ō evaporation ō condensation ō precipitation ō You could call Earth “the blue planet.” That is because nearly three-fourths of Earth’s surface is covered by water. Most of that water is in the ocean. Earth’s water is found in different forms. It can move from one place to another. Suppose you follow a particle of water for a year. First, you might find the water particle crashing on a beach as part of an ocean wave. Next, you might find it drifting in the sky as part of a cloud. Finally, you might find it floating down as snow. First Next A water particle crashes The water particle drifts . 2 Finally The water particle might float . . With a partner, number the photos (1–3) to show the forms of the water particle described in the graphic organizer. Reduce Water Use There is only a certain amount of fresh water on Earth. It must be used again and again. Think about how you use water. Describe three ways that you could use less water. I Will Know... Explore My Planet! Unit 6 65 3 Read and label the stages in the water cycle. Water Cycle The movement of water from Earth’s surface into the air and back again is the water cycle. The water cycle is important because it gives Earth a constant supply of fresh water. Most of Earth’s water is salty ocean water that you cannot drink. Water changes form, or state, as it moves through the water cycle. After water moves through the stages of the water cycle, the cycle begins again. Read the captions and follow the arrows to find out more. Storage 66 Unit 6 Condensation Lesson 1 Check Precipitation Got it? Evaporation 60-Second Video T hi nk ! Why is the sun important to the water cycle? Lesson 2 . How do we describe features of Earth’s surface? 1 Read and underline three landforms in the text. Landforms The outer surface of Earth is a layer of rock called the crust. The crust covers all of Earth. The crust can have different shapes, such as mountains, hills, and valleys. Each shape is an example of a landform. A landform is a solid feature of Earth’s crust. Key Words landform ō landslide ō volcano ō lava ō earthquake ō faults ō Landforms are constantly changing. Some changes happen quickly. For example, during landslides, rocks and dirt move rapidly down a slope. Other changes happen slowly. Mountains can take millions of years to form. 2 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). With a partner, correct the false statements. Bodies of Water Bodies of water are another type of feature found on Earth’s surface. Moving water is one of many forces that can shape landforms. Rivers can act like saws, cutting through rock. Flooding rivers deposit sediment on their banks. Ocean waves break apart rocks and move sand. These processes are constantly changing Earth’s crust. 1. Rivers, mountains, and oceans are bodies of water. T / F 2. Moving water cannot change Earth’s surface. T / F 3. Rivers and ocean waves can break apart rocks. T / F 3 What bodies of water exist near your school? Discuss as a class. Explore My Planet! Unit 6 67 4 Read the captions. With a partner, list the features that are NOT landforms. Features on Earth’s Surface Features on Earth’s surface that are not landforms: 1. lacier 2. ocean 3. lake 4. river 68 Unit 6 I Will Know... 5 Read and number the events (1–4) to show the sequence of a volcano erupting. Rapid Changes to Earth’s Surface When magma flows onto Earth’s surface, it is called lava. Volcanoes Volcanoes begin in the layer below Earth’s crust called the mantle. Here, melted rock called magma forms. First, magma collects in a pocket called a magma chamber. Next, magma pushes up through weak spots in the crust. Then, magma erupts through a bowl-shaped crater. Magma that flows onto Earth’s surface is called lava. Finally, the lava cools and hardens, forming igneous rock. crater The lava cools and hardens, forming rock. Earthquakes Earth’s crust is broken into large pieces that move. Most of the time these pieces move very slowly, but sometimes they can shift suddenly. The sudden shift can make the ground shake. This shaking is an earthquake. Most earthquakes happen along faults, or large cracks in the crust. An earthquake’s shaking can make new cracks appear in Earth’s surface. It can also cause landslides. Magma pushes upward through weak spots in Earth’s crust. Magma collects in a magma chamber. magma chamber 6 Lesson 2 Check Why do volcanoes cause rapid and dangerous changes to Earth’s surface? Discuss as a class. Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 6 69 Lesson 3 . What are weathering and erosion? Key Words weathering ō erosion ō mudflow ō rockslide ō 1 Read and complete the sentences. Weathering by Plants Landforms are the solid features found on Earth’s surface, such as mountains and valleys. Landforms change constantly. For this to happen, rocks in landforms must first break apart. Weathering is any process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces. Weathering can be very slow. Some changes might take centuries. Others may take less than a year. Weathering goes on all the time. Plants sometimes cause weathering. Their roots can grow into cracks in rocks. As the roots get bigger, they can split and break up the rocks. roots landforms weathering 1. Valleys, hills, and mountains are examples of . 2. takes place when rocks are broken down into smaller parts. Weatherin 3. When the of a tree get bigger and stronger, they can break up rocks. 2 70 Unit 6 Let’s Explore! Lab What might happen as the tree roots in the picture continue to grow? Discuss as a class. 3 Read both texts. With a partner, label each of water’s effects with the words from the box. Weathering by Water Water can cause weathering, too. Water changes the minerals in some rocks. The rocks become weakened and may begin to break apart. Water can also cause weathering when it freezes and thaws. Water can get into cracks in rocks. When water freezes, it expands, or grows larger. The ice pushes against the sides of the cracks. Over the years, the rocks may break apart. Erosion by Water Sometimes weathered material stays in place. Sometimes it is picked up and slowly or quickly carried to other places. The movement of weathered material is called erosion. Water is one of the causes of erosion. Rainwater can carry away soil from farm fields. Waves cause erosion along shorelines. Rivers carry bits of rock from one place to another. Sand and mud flow over a river’s banks during a flood. Glaciers can also cause erosion. Glaciers are huge bodies of ice and snow that move slowly over Earth’s crust. As a glacier moves, it wears away bits of rock and soil and carries them off. Weathering Water can get into rocks. If it freezes, it expands and breaks the rocks. Ocean waves move sand and form shorelines. Erosion When it rains, water washes soil away from mountains. When rocks stay in water for a long time, they can break down or dissolve. I Will Know... Unit 6 71 Read and number the effects (1–4) to show the sequence of erosion by wind in deserts. Then check your answers with a partner. 4 Erosion by Wind Erosion by wind is common in dry regions, such as deserts. Wind can carry dry sand and soil to other places. Few tall plants grow in deserts. This means there is little to stop the particles of sand and soil from blowing around. Sand and soil particles can also cause weathering when blown by the wind. The particles bump into rocks and break off tiny grains. Over time, more grains are broken off. The rocks slowly change. Sand particles break off tiny grains from rocks. First, wind blows sand particles to other places. Over time, the rocks slowly change. Then sand particles bump into rocks. 5 Read and underline two other causes of erosion. Other Causes of Erosion Gravity also causes erosion. Gravity pulls rocks and soil downhill. The material moves slowly if the slope is gentle. It can move quickly on steep slopes. A mudflow is the quick movement of very wet soil. A rockslide is the quick movement of rocks down a slope. Living things can cause erosion, too. For example, ground squirrels tunnel through soil. The tunneling allows water and air to move into the ground. This continues the process of erosion. 72 Unit 6 6 Read and write two examples of landforms produced by deposition. Deposition The rock and soil that erosion carries away must go somewhere. The placing of pieces of Earth’s surface in a new place is called deposition. New islands can form as a result of deposition. This happens when rivers carry rock and bits of soil to the ocean. These particles build up over time and can form islands just off the coast. Wind can also cause deposition. Wind can blow sand into mounds. These mounds are called sand dunes. Landforms produced by deposition: 7 Read and match the columns. Weathering, Erosion, and Soil Soil is made up of tiny pieces of rock, air, water, and humus. The tiny pieces of rock come from larger rocks that have broken up. Rocks are broken up and moved about through weathering and erosion. Small plants sprout in the rock and eventually die. The remains of these plants break down and form humus. Soil develops from different kinds of rocks and plants. This is part of the reason soil is not alike everywhere in the world. 1. Weathering moves weathered material. 2. Erosion is formed partly by small rocks. 3. Soil breaks down rocks. Lesson 3 Check Got it? T hi nk ! How do plants help to form soil? 60-Second Video Unit 6 73 Let’s Investigate! Materials What can cause rock to crack? plastic cup with plaster 1. Push the foil end of the sponge into the plaster. Keep the other end out. Wait 1 day. 2. On Day 2, pull the sponge out. Observe how the plaster has changed. Record. 3. Fill the foil with water. Put the cup in a freezer. Wait 1 day. 4. On Day 3, observe how the plaster has changed. Record. sponge with foil plastic cup with water Plaster Observations Day 2 Day 3 74 Unit 6 Let’s Investigate! Lab Unit 6 How do forces cause changes on Earth’s surface? Review Lesson 1 What is the water cycle? 1 List the stages of the water cycle. Lesson 2 How do we describe features of Earth’s surface? 2 3 Write one example of a slow change to Earth’s surface. Write one example of a rapid change to Earth’s surface. Lesson 3 What are weathering and erosion? 4 Compare weathering and erosion. Write one way they are the same and one way they are different. Same: Different: Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 6 75 Unit 7 Earth and Our Universe How do objects in space affect one another? I will learn 1 fall nighttime daytime winter ō spring summer 2 Why does the sun appear to rise in the sky in the morning? Discuss with a partner. 3 Why is the moon so bright in the night sky? Discuss as a class. 76 what causes daytime, nighttime, and the seasons. ō what causes the phases of the moon. Look and label. Unit 7 T hi nk ! Where are the stars during the day? Lesson 1 . What are Earth’s patterns? 1 Read and write two details about Earth’s axis. axis Key Words axis ō rotation ō revolution ō seasons ō shadow ō How Earth Moves As you read this, you may not feel like you are moving. But you are. Earth is always moving. One way Earth moves is that it spins around its axis. Earth’s axis is an imaginary line that runs between the North Pole and the South Pole. Find Earth’s axis in the diagram. Notice that the axis is not straight up and down. It is tilted. If you could look down at the North Pole, you would see that Earth turns in a counterclockwise direction. This direction is opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move. You could also say that Earth turns from west to east. Th in k! If you were at the North Po le, would you see Earth’s axis? Why or why not? Let’s Explore! Lab Unit 7 77 3 Read. What does Earth’s spinning cause? Complete the answers with a partner. Day and Night Seattle 6:00 A.M. Earth’s spinning causes day and night. Earth makes one complete spin on its axis, or rotation, every 24 hours. During this time, half of Earth faces the sun. That half of Earth has day. The half of Earth that is not facing the sun has night. As Earth spins, or rotates, a different part of Earth turns to face the sun. Earth’s spinning also causes changes in the sun’s position in the sky. In the morning, the sun appears to rise in the east. During the day, the sun seems to move across the sky and then set in the west. You might think the sun moves around Earth. Actually, Earth is moving. axis Look at the diagram. When it is still nighttime in Honolulu, Hawaii, the sun is rising in Seattle. In Mexico City, it is daytime. Honolulu 3:00 A.M. 78 Unit 7 I Will Know... Mexico City 8:00 A.M. 5 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). With a partner, correct the false statements. Revolution around the Sun You know that Earth rotates on its axis. Earth also moves, or revolves, around the sun. Earth makes one revolution when it makes one complete trip around the sun. One revolution takes about one year. As Earth revolves around the sun, Earth’s tilted axis always points in the same direction in space. 1. The sun moves around Earth. T / F 2. It takes Earth about 365 days to revolve around the sun. T / F 3. A revolution is one complete trip of the sun around Earth. T / F 4. Earth’s axis points in different directions. T / F 6 Draw an on the position of Earth where the northern half receives the most direct sunlight. June Earth’s northern half is tilted toward the sun. It is summer in the northern half of Earth. December March Earth’s northern half is tilted away from the sun. It is winter in the northern half of Earth. sun September T hi nk ! How are a rotation and a revolution different? Unit 7 79 7 Read and answer the two questions. Compare your answers with a partner. Seasons A year is divided into four seasons––spring, summer, fall, and winter. The seasons are caused by the tilt of Earth’s axis and the planet’s revolution around the sun. As Earth moves around the sun, different parts of the planet tilt toward the sun. Look at the position of Earth in June on page 79. The northern half of Earth is tilted toward the sun. The northern half receives more direct rays of sunlight than the southern half and heats up more. It is summer in the northern half and winter in the southern half. Now look at Earth’s position in December. The northern half of Earth is tilted away from the sun. The northern half gets less sunlight and has colder temperatures than the southern half. It is winter in the northern half and summer in the southern half. In March and September, neither end of Earth’s axis points toward the sun. Both halves of Earth get about the same amount of sunlight. 80 Unit 7 1. In September, the northern United States gets about 12 hours of daylight each day. About how many hours of daylight do you think the northern United States gets each day in March? 2. What is the result of the revolution and tilt of Earth? morning 8 Read and draw a small circle to show where the sun would be in each picture. Shadows during the Day On a hot summer day, you might escape the heat by standing in the shade of a tree. Did you know you are standing in a shadow? A shadow forms when an object blocks the light that hits it. The shadow has about the same shape as the object that blocks the light. midday The length and direction of shadows change during the day. Find the shadows made by the tree in the pictures. Notice that the morning shadow is long. The shadow stretches in the opposite direction from the sun in the eastern sky. As the sun appears to move higher in the sky, the shadow becomes shorter. Around midday, the sun is at its highest point in the sky. The shadow is very short. afternoon As the sun continues moving across the sky, the shadow becomes longer. Look at the length of the shadow in the third picture. The afternoon shadow stretches in a different direction than the morning shadow did. As the sun moves toward the horizon in the west, the shadow stretches toward the east. Shadow Length during the Year The length of a shadow changes during the year. This is because the sun’s position in the sky changes with the seasons. In the northern half of Earth, the sun is higher in the sky in summer. The sun is lower in the sky in winter. For that reason, the shadows at noon are shorter in the summer and longer in the winter. Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 7 81 Lesson 2 . What is known about the moon? Key Words moon phase ō new moon ō full moon ō telescope ō crater ō moon sun Earth Motions of the Moon 1 Read and write a caption for the illustration above. 2 Draw an on the full moon. How does the moon’s shape seem to change? Discuss as a class. If you go outside on a clear night, you can usually see the moon. The moon is Earth’s closest neighbor. You know that Earth orbits the sun. But did you know that, as Earth moves around the sun, the moon travels along with it? The moon revolves around Earth while Earth revolves around the sun. The moon takes about 27 days to complete one revolution around Earth. The moon also rotates on its axis about once every 27 days. Because these two motions happen at the same rate, the same side of the moon always faces Earth. 82 Unit 7 Explore My Planet! Read and number the captions (1–4) according to the pictures of the moon phases. 3 1 2 new moon 4 4 first quarter phase 3 3 full moon phase 4 third quarter phase 1 2 Read. Why is the moon the brightest object in the night sky? Discuss with a partner. Moon Phases The moon is the brightest object in the night sky. But the moon does not make light. It reflects light from the sun. When you see the moon shining, you are seeing reflected sunlight. Half of the moon is always lit by the sun. But the moon’s lit half cannot always be seen from Earth. Every day, you can see different amounts of the lit half. These changes are caused by the movements of Earth and the moon. The shape the moon seems to have at a given time is called a moon phase. The moon’s phases change in a cycle that repeats every 29 1/2 days. At first, no part of the moon’s lit half is visible. This is called a new moon. During the next two weeks, more of the moon’s lit half becomes visible. The full moon phase is when the moon looks like a complete circle. During the weeks after the full moon, you see less and less of the moon’s lit half. Then there is another new moon. 5 Why is the moon harder to see during the day? Discuss as a class. I Will Know... Unit 7 83 6 Read the caption and look at the diagram. Draw an on the moon phase where the sunlit side does not face Earth. first quarter Half of the moon is always lit by the sun. A person standing on Earth sees different parts of the sunlit half as the moon moves in its orbit. new moon full moon third quarter 7 Read and underline two uses of a telescope and one different use of the Hubble Space Telescope. Telescopes You can use tools to help you see the moon better. One tool is a telescope. A telescope makes objects that are far away look like they are nearer and larger. You can use a telescope to see more details of the light and dark areas on the moon’s surface. People have used spacecraft to put telescopes in outer space. For example, the Hubble Space Telescope began orbiting Earth in 1990. Scientists use it to observe and take pictures of planets, stars, moons, and other space objects. 84 Unit 7 8 Read and look at the picture of the moon. Is the area in the picture part of the highlands? Discuss with a partner. Characteristics of the Moon The moon is the closest natural object to Earth. It is 384,000 kilometers (239,000 miles) away. The moon is smaller and has much less mass than Earth. In fact, Earth’s volume is 49 times greater than the moon’s. Earth has 81 times more mass. The moon’s surface has many craters. A crater is a bowl-shaped hole on the surface of an object in space. Most of the moon’s craters formed when large objects, such as asteroids, smashed into the moon. When you look at the moon, you see that there are light and dark areas on it. The light areas are mountains and highlands. There are many craters in these areas. The dark parts of the moon are flat areas with some craters. Billions of years ago, volcanoes erupted on the moon. Lava from these eruptions spread out and hardened. It formed the dark areas. The temperature on the moon’s surface varies. During the day, the temperature can rise as high as 127 °C (260 °F). At night, it can get as cold as -173 °C (-280 °F). Lesson 2 Check Got it? Air Pollution Every year, air pollution makes it harder to see the moon and the stars in the night sky. Pollution is released into the air when people burn fuels to make electricity or to run cars. Make a list of things you and your family can do to help reduce air pollution. 60-Second Video Unit 7 85 Let’s Investigate! Materials Why do you see phases of the moon? scissors black paper box with holes 1. Make a model of the night sky. Glue black paper to the inside of the box and lid. 2. Poke holes in the paper where there are holes in the box. Use crayons to label the small holes. 3. Push the flashlight into the large hole in the side. Tape it in place. tape and glue 4. Attach the thread to the ball with the tack. Tape the thread in the center of the lid. 5. Put the lid on the box. Turn on the flashlight. Look through each hole. Record your observations in your notebook. Draw the four moon phases you observe through every hole and write their names. flashlight table tennis ball, black thread, thumbtack B C black and white crayons A metric ruler D about 4 cm 86 Unit 7 Let’s Investigate! Lab Unit 7 How do objects in space affect one another? Review Lesson 1 What are Earth’s patterns? Match each word with its description. 1. axis 2. rotation 3. revolution 1 Answer the questions. 1. How long does it take for Earth to make one 2 2. Lesson 2 What is known about the moon? 3 The shape the moon appears to have at a given time is called a . c. orbit d. revolution Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 7 87 Unit 8 1 Energy and Its Forms How can energy change? I will learn Look and label. about different forms of energy. ō what heat and energy are. ō recorder smartphone light bulb candles sun solar panel 2 3 88 What kinds of energy does each object in the pictures represent? Discuss with a partner. Where does the energy your body uses come from? Discuss as a class. Unit 8 T hi nk ! How does this runner use energy? Lesson 1 . What are some forms of energy? 1 Read and circle any place you see energy in this photo. 2 Read and complete the graphic organizer. Write the effects of the sun’s energy. Then compare your answers with a partner. Key Words energy ō electrical energy ō mechanical energy ō sound energy ō potential energy ō kinetic energy ō Energy The ability to do work or to cause change is called energy. Work is done when a force moves an object. The sun is the main source of energy on Earth’s surface. Energy from the sun causes many effects. Energy from the sun makes Earth a place where we can live. Light from the sun helps plants grow. Energy from the sun causes winds to blow and water to move through the water cycle. T hi nk ! How does the sun’s energy affect humans? Effects Cause Explore My Planet! Unit 8 89 3 Read and look at the pictures. With a partner, list five things that use electrical energy. Energy at Home You use many forms of energy every day in your home. The living and nonliving things in the home below use many forms of energy. Electrical energy is the movement of electric charges. It powers things that use electricity, such as a lamp. Things that use electrical energy: 1. Possible answers: 2. television, electric guitar, 3. air conditioner, lam, 4.smartphone, refrigerator, 5.microwave, toaster, clock, Light energy is energy we can see. Light energy comes through windows and brightens rooms. Heat is the transfer of energy from a warmer object to a colder object. Heat is used to cook food in the kitchen. 4 90 Read and draw an on three things that use heat energy. Unit 8 I Will Know... 5 Read and look at the four rooms in the house. Circle five things that use mechanical energy. 6 Mechanical energy is energy that motion or position gives to an object. You use mechanical energy every time you move or lift an object or use a machine with moving parts. Sound energy is energy we can hear. Musical instruments produce sound energy. Mark () the things that produce sound energy. plant lamp clock guitar bed recorder cat towel 7 With a partner, list some common forms of energy used in your school. 8 Why is a simple toothbrush considered a machine? Discuss as a class and write the answer. Because it uses mechanical energy to do work. Unit 8 91 9 Read and answer the questions with a partner. Stored Energy Energy can be stored. As you stand ready to jump, run, or snowboard, your body has stored energy. Stored energy makes movement possible. Stored energy is potential energy. Potential energy changes into another kind of energy if you use it to do work or cause a change. A raised object has potential energy due to gravity. For example, the snowboarder at the top of the hill in the photo below has potential energy because of his high position. Potential energy is also gained from stretching or compressing objects. For example, you can stretch or compress a spring to store potential energy. The stored energy in food, fuels, and batteries is chemical energy. Stored chemical energy can change into a form that can do work. For example, the stored energy in food is released to help you move. It can also keep your body warm. 92 Unit 8 92 Unit 8 1. What kind of potential energy do you put inside your body in order to live? 2. How do you use the stored chemical energy in batteries? 3. How do people use the stored chemical energy in fuels? 11 Read and underline the words that tell you about kinetic energy. Energy of Motion Potential energy can change to kinetic energy, or the energy of motion. A car moves when the chemical energy stored in gasoline changes to kinetic energy. Potential energy changes to kinetic energy when you release a stretched spring. The potential energy the snowboarder has at the top of the hill in the photos changes to kinetic energy as he moves down the hill. He moves down the hill because gravity pulls him. Energy can be used to lift objects. When a snowboarder carries a snowboard to the top of a hill, he and the snowboard gain potential energy. They now have the potential to slide to the bottom of the hill. At the bottom of the hill, the snowboarder may have enough kinetic energy to lift him and his snowboard to the top of the next hill. 12 Read the paragraph and circle with different colors one cause and one effect. How Energy Travels Energy can travel from one place to another. Suppose a moving object strikes another object. Some kinetic energy passes to the second object. Have you ever gone bowling? When the bowling ball hits the group of pins, the ball slows down and the pins begin moving. Before hitting the pins, the bowling ball has all of the kinetic energy. The pins have no kinetic energy. When the ball hits the pins, some kinetic energy transfers to the pins. Heat is also produced, which causes some energy to be lost. The total amount of energy does not change. Unit 8 93 13 Read and complete the sentences with words from the box. Then check your answers with a partner. Using Energy Sometimes people use machines to change forms of energy. You use kinetic energy to turn on a light switch, a common machine. When the light switch is turned on, electrical energy changes to light energy. A cable car, another machine, changes potential energy to kinetic energy. An electric toothbrush is another machine. It has an electric cord that plugs into an outlet. Electrical energy is stored as chemical energy in the battery of the toothbrush. The chemical energy changes back to electrical energy when the toothbrush is turned on. The electrical energy then changes to kinetic energy as the toothbrush moves. Energy does not change completely from one form to another. Energy does not go away, either. Some energy always produces heat. After you turn on a light bulb, it becomes warm. This is because some of the energy produces heat. chemical potential kinetic light 1. When we turn on a lamp, electrical energy changes lht energy. to 2. When a cable car moves, energy transforms into kinetic energy. 3. When we turn on an electric toothbrush, energy in its battery changes to electrical energy. 4. When the electric toothbrush moves, electrical energy kinetic changes to energy. T hi nk ! cable car How does the cable car gain potential energy? 94 Unit 8 Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Lesson 2 . What are heat and light energy? 1 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). Then correct the false statements with a partner. Thermal Energy and Heat Matter is made of very small moving particles. Each particle of matter moves because it has energy. The energy of moving particles is called thermal energy. Thermal energy is the kinetic energy and potential energy of particles in matter. Energy from the sun makes the particles in objects move faster. The objects become warmer. That is why sunlight feels warm on your skin. When the sun’s energy no longer reaches the matter, its particles slow down and the matter cools. That is why you feel cooler when you are in the shade. Key Words matter ō particles ō thermal energy ō spacecraft ō solar panel ō generator ō Heat is the transfer of energy from one place to another. Heat can take the form of thermal energy traveling from warmer objects to cooler objects. When you place a metal spoon into a pot of cooking food, heat travels from the warmer pot through the cooler spoon. In a short time, the top of the spoon will feel warm. 1. Thermal energy is produced when the particles of matter do not move. T/F 2. The sun’s energy makes the particles in objects move faster. T/F 3. Objects exposed to the sun’s energy get cooler. T/F 4. Heat is produced when energy stays in one place. T/F Th in k! What causes the candles to melt? Explore My Planet! Unit 8 95 2 Read and underline three ways people can heat their homes. Heat and Light When energy changes form, one result is heat. For example, heat is produced when you rub two objects together. You can investigate heat by rubbing your hands together. Your hands warm up because kinetic energy is transformed into thermal energy. Energy heats your home. Some people heat their homes with natural gas. Some people use electricity. Other people use solar panels that collect energy from the sun. When energy changes form, some energy is always given off in the form of heat. Think about light. Energy changes form when light is produced. This means that sources of light are also sources of heat. Burning is a chemical change that can produce light and heat. For example, candles, campfires, and matches give off light that helps heat the space around them as they burn. 96 Unit 8 I Will Know... 5 Read and circle the word that correctly completes each sentence. Electricity can also be a source of light and heat. Electricity makes the wire in a light bulb get so hot that it gives off light. Bulbs in heat lamps can be used to keep food warm. Making Electricity from Light You know your home needs electricity. How do you think a spacecraft gets electricity? While in orbit, a spacecraft spends part of its time in sunlight. Solar panels gather light and change it to the electricity used to run the ship. The spacecraft spends the rest of its time in the shadow of Earth, where there is no sunlight. How does it get electricity then? Spacecraft have generators that make electricity. One kind uses a heavy wheel called a flywheel. While in sunlight, motors make this wheel spin quickly. The kinetic energy from the spinning generates electricity while the spacecraft is in the dark. 1. Sunlight / Solar panels get light from the sun and transform it into electricity. 2. Flywheels / Spacecraft are generators that produce electricity. 3. Generators / Solar panels produce energy when there is no sunlight. Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 8 97 Let’s Investigate! Materials He^gVaEViiZ gc How does heat cause motion? Copyright © by Pearson Education, Inc., or its affiliates. All rights reserved. 1. Cut out the spiral. scissors Spiral Pattern tape lamp 2. Tape one end of the string to the middle of the spiral. 3. Predict what will happen if you hold the spiral over the lamp before the bulb is turned on. Record. 4. Predict what will happen if the bulb is turned on. Record. 5. Test your predictions. Record your observations. Motion of Spiral Predictions Lamp off Lamp on 98 Unit 8 Let’s Investigate! Lab Observations string Unit 8 How can energy change? Review Lesson 1 What are some forms of energy? 1 2 Match the sentence halves. a) Electrical energy is used when objects are moved or lifted. b) Mechanical energy is produced by musical instruments. c) Sound energy powers things that use electricity. List three objects in your home that use or produce each form of energy below. Electrical Mechanical Sound Lesson 2 What are heat and light energy? 3 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. light sun heat a) Rubbing your hands together produces b) Candles and matches give off . c) Solar panels collect energy from the 4 . and . Write two ways heat and light energy can affect matter. Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 8 99 Unit 9 1 Forces and Motion What forces cause motion? I will learn Look and label. what motion is. ō how force affects motion. ō what gravity is. ō shopping cart slide magnet kite crane roller coaster 2 Which of the objects above have you used? Discuss with a partner. 3 How can a crane with a magnet be used? Discuss as a class. T hi nk ! How do you know the biker is moving, and not the trees? 100 Unit 9 Lesson 1 . What is motion? 1 Key Words Read both paragraphs and look at the picture on the right. With a partner, discuss the answer to the question below the picture. position ō motion ō speed ō When Objects Move Look at the picture of the children playing. How would you describe the position of the boy? Position is an object’s location, or where something is. You might say the boy’s position is on the ladder or beside the slide. Now look at the girl sliding down the slide. The girl is in motion. Motion is a change in the position of an object. Motion describes the girl’s movement from the top of the slide toward the bottom. 2 Read. With a partner, describe the position of the yellow race car in the picture. An Object’s Position The position of an object often depends on how a person looks at it. Suppose you wanted to tell a friend about a car in the picture. How would you describe its position? You could use numbers to describe distances. You could also use position words, such as in front of, behind, left, right, and beside. The words you use might change if you were riding in the car. You could also draw a map. A map models the position of objects in relation to each other. T hi nk ! How can a map help you describe the location of an object? Explore My Planet! Unit 9 101 3 Read and look at the picture. Answer the three questions with a partner. Positions of Moving Objects Objects on a map are fixed in place. How do you describe the position of moving objects? The cars and the boat in the picture are in motion. The way you describe their position may change depending on the position and motion of other objects. First, the boat will be in front of the car. Then, it will be behind the car. 102 102 Unit 9 I Will Know... 4 Read and underline the main idea of the first paragraph. How Fast Objects Move How can you describe how fast objects move? You can say their speed. Speed is the rate at which, or how fast, an object changes its position. A jet plane’s speed is about 900 kilometers per hour. Your speed on a bike might be about 15 kilometers per hour. The jet plane changes position faster than your bike, so its speed is greater. T hi nk ! How can a moving object increase or decrease its speed? Constant Speed Sometimes moving objects move at a constant speed. A plane that flies steadily at 900 kilometers per hour is moving at a constant speed. The plane does not change how fast it moves. Variable Speed A roller coaster would not be fun if it moved at a constant speed. The thrill of the ride comes from slowly climbing up and then quickly moving down the steep track. The roller coaster moves at a variable speed. It changes speed as it moves. 5 Write three examples of objects that move at a variable speed. 1. 2. 3. Lesson 1 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 9 103 Key Words Lesson 2 . How does force affect motion? Read and complete the sentences in the graphic organizer. Then check your answers with a partner. 1 force ō friction ō magnetism ō iron ō magnet ō steel ō Causes of Motion Crack! A baseball player hits a ball. The bat pushes against the ball. The bat has all the power of the player’s swing. A force causes the motion, speed, and direction of the ball to change. A force is a push or a pull. Most of the forces you use are contact forces. When you hit a baseball with a bat, the bat’s force changes the speed and direction of the ball. If the bat does not make contact with the ball, these changes cannot occur. Fact Fact Fact 104 Unit 9 Conclusion Let’s Explore! Lab 2 Read and look at the pictures below the text. Circle the picture where the man is pushing more mass. Then put an on the picture where he must use more force to change motion. Effects of Mass and Friction A force can change an object’s position or the direction of its motion. A push by the man can cause the shopping cart to start moving. If he then pushes to the right, the moving cart will change direction to the right. How much an object changes its direction and speed depends on how much force is used. A large force will cause a greater change in motion than a smaller force. The cart will go faster if the man pushes harder. How an object moves also depends on its mass. When the man starts shopping, his cart is empty. He does not need much force to push it. As the man shops, he puts objects in the cart. Each time he does, the mass gets larger. The man must then use more force to push the cart. While the man’s grocery cart moves down the aisle, its wheels rub against the floor. This causes friction. Friction is a contact force that opposes the motion of an object. Friction can cause a moving object to slow down or to stop. The amount of friction between two objects depends on their surfaces. Pushing a grocery cart over smooth tiles in a store is pretty easy. You need more force to push a cart across an asphalt parking lot. The smooth tile produces less friction than the asphalt does. I Will Know... Unit 9 105 4 Read and underline two forces that act on the kite. Motion and Combined Forces weight wind the girl pulls the string As a kite flies through the air, it dips, and it dives. What forces act on the kite? The force of the wind pushes it up. Weight is one of the forces pulling it down. The girl also pulls down on the string. An object’s motion depends on all the forces that act together. Balanced Forces Sometimes a kite hangs in the air. It is almost motionless. This is because the forces acting on the kite balance each other. Forces that work together and make no change in motion are called balanced forces. You can see balanced forces all around you. Think of two strong football players pushing against each other. If they each push with the same force, but in opposite directions, neither player moves. Unbalanced Forces If the forces acting on an object are not balanced, the motion of the object will change. 6 106 Read the last paragraph again and look at the picture on the right. Which way do you think the rope is moving? Why? Discuss as a class. Unit 9 You might compare the forces acting on an object to a game of tug-of-war. In tug-of-war, two teams pull a rope in opposite directions. If the forces are equal, the rope does not move. To win, one team must pull with greater force than the other team. The rope will then move in the direction of the greater pull. Less force More force 7 Read and circle T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements with a partner. Magnetism A noncontact force can push or pull an object without touching it. Magnetism is a noncontact force that pulls on, or attracts, metal objects containing iron. If you place some metal paper clips near a magnet, the magnet will pull the paper clips toward it. A very strong magnet might pull a steel paper clip from halfway across your desk. Steel is a metal that has iron in it. Magnets do not attract wood, plastic, paper, or other objects that do not contain iron. Magnets work because they have a magnetic field around them. The field is strongest near the magnet’s poles. Each magnet has a north pole and a south pole. The north pole of one magnet will attract the south pole of another magnet. Poles that are the same will push away from each other. Th in k! Why is magnetism a noncontact force? Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 9 107 Key Words Lesson 3 . What is gravity? gravity ō weight ō matter ō mass ō T hi nk ! Why do skydivers fall back to Earth? 1 Read and complete the sentences with the words from the box. Law of Gravity There are different forces acting on people all of the time. A force is any push or pull. One kind of force is a noncontact force. A noncontact force is a push or pull that affects an object without touching it. Gravity is a noncontact force that pulls objects toward one another. The law of gravity states that all objects are pulled toward one another by gravity. Skydivers and water from this fountain are pulled toward Earth by gravity. Without gravity, they would float away. Gravity pulls you and everything else on Earth toward Earth’s center. center gravity force noncontact is a push or a pull on people and objects. 1. A 2. Gravity is a kind of force. 3. Skydivers would float away without . 4. Gravity pulls people and objects toward Earth’s 108 Unit 9 Let’s Explore! Lab I Will Know... . 2 Read and complete the sentences with a partner. Gravity and Weight The pull of gravity on an object gives an object its weight. An object’s weight depends on where it is. When the pull of gravity is weaker, the object’s weight is less. For example, the moon has less gravity than Earth. So, you weigh less on the moon. The pull of gravity is also less the farther you are from Earth’s center. So, you weigh less on a mountaintop than in a valley. An object’s weight also depends on the amount of matter in an object. Objects with more matter have more mass. So, the pull of gravity is greater on an object with more mass. For example, the pull of gravity is greater on an elephant than on an apple. Even if the pull of gravity changes, the object’s mass stays the same. Your mass on Earth and on the moon is the same, but your weight is different. Gravity is a force that can be overcome. For example, when you toss a ball in the air, the ball overcomes gravity for a few moments. Then it falls back to Earth. If your push is stronger than the pull of gravity, the ball will go up. Gravity pulls the ball back down. It is easier to overcome gravity with a light object than with a heavy object. 1. You are heavier on Earth than on the moon because . 2. The pull of gravity is greater on an elephant than on an apple because the elephant has more mass . 3. Gravity can be overcome for a few moments when . Lesson 2 Check Got it? 60-Second Video Unit 9 109 Materials Let’s Investigate! books How can you describe motion? 1. Measure 2 meters from a wall and place one end of the chute there. 2. Place 2 books under the other end of the chute. 3. Release the ball at the top of the chute. Start timing when the ball reaches the floor. 4. Record the time when the ball hits the wall in the chart below. 5. Stop the timer when the ball comes back to the bottom of the chute. Record in the chart below. 6. Stack 4 books and repeat steps 2 to 5. meterstick ball timer chutes 2m Ball Movement Results Time (seconds) Number of Books From Bottom of Chute to Wall (Time A) From Bottom of Chute to Wall and Back (Time B) 2 books 4 books 110 Unit 9 Let’s Investigate! Lab From Wall to Bottom of Chute (Time C = Time B – Time A) Unit 9 What forces cause motion? Review Lesson 1 What is motion? . . Motion is Lesson 2 How does force affect motion? 2 Read the question and underline the correct answer. How does the amount of force affect motion? a. A smaller force causes a bigger change in motion. b. A larger force causes a bigger change in motion. Lesson 3 What is gravity? 3 Match each word with its definition. 1. force A force that pulls objects toward Earth. 2. weight The amount of matter an object has. 3. gravity A push or a pull. 4. mass The amount of the pull of gravity on an object. Got it? Quiz Got it? Self Assessment Unit 9 111