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Language worksheet 1
Vocabulary building
1 Write the correct word or words for each of these descriptions.
a To look at what is the same and what is different about two or more things.
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b What everything around us is made of.
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c When a substance changes form but the type of substance does not change.
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d When substances that are mixed together change and make a new substance.
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e When heating or cooling makes a substance change its form.
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f What a substance or material is like, or how it behaves.
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g A pattern with the same amount of space between each particle.
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2 Write one word for each of the underlined parts in the following sentences.
a Glass is an example of a certain type of matter.
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b Water is an example of a pure type of solid, liquid or gas.
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c Solids are made of very small bits of matter that are packed very closely together.
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d Cement powder, sand, water and limestone change when they are mixed together
to make concrete.
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e Flour is an example of a solid that can flow like a liquid.
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3 Write the correct words in the spaces in the sentences below. Use the words in the box.
You will need to use some of these words more than once.
particles liquid melt solidify solid state matter
a Everything consists of _______________.
All matter consists of _______________.
If the _______________ are closely packed, so that they can only move a little bit, the
substance is a _______________.
b If the _______________are more loosely packed so that they can slide over each other,
the substance is a _______________.
c Heating causes a solid to _______________ and change state from solid to _______________.
d Cooling causes a liquid to _______________. For example, water changes into ice.
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Language worksheet 2
Skills development
Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow.
Frozen oranges
During the spring, orange farmers in Florida in the USA carefully watch the fruit when
temperatures drop close to freezing. When the temperatures fall below 0°C, the juice in the
orange freezes. The oranges become soft and mushy inside when the frozen juice melts.
To prevent this, farmers spray the oranges with water just before the temperature reaches 0°C.
The water loses heat and freezes on the outside of the oranges. The heat lost from the water
moves into the oranges. In this way, the layer of ice prevents the inside of the oranges
from freezing.
1 What happens to the juice inside the oranges when the temperature is lower than 0°C?
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2 Use words and arrows to show the change of state when the frozen juice melts.
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3 Why do you think the farmers do not want soft, mushy oranges?
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4 Write down a word from the reading that means to stop something from happening.
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5 a What change of state happens when water freezes?
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b Use words and arrows to show this change of state.
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6 a How does the layer of ice on the orange help the oranges? Explain in your own words.
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b Draw an energy chain to show the energy transfer that takes place.
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