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Unit 1 Life cycles of flowering plants
Language Worksheet 1: Vocabulary building
Across
Fertilisation
5Seeds
8Anthers
9Pollination
10Growth
Down
1Flowering
2Germination
4Fruit
6Dispersal
7Pollinator
Language Worksheet 2: Language development
The fruits are large, round and heavy, like cannonballs and they explode when they fall.
to the ground.
The colour and scent of the flowers attract insects.
Bats are attracted by the scent of the flowers. They have very poor eyesight and visit
the flowers at night when there is no light so they cannot see the colour of the flowers.
c They carry pollen to other flowers and pollinate them.
The fruit falls to the ground and breaks open.
The smell of the fruit attracts animals that eat the fruit.
The animals eat the fruit, which contains the seeds.
The seeds pass through the animals’ bodies and are spread in their droppings.
c The tree can form 1000 fruits. Each fruit forms from the ovary of a flower, so if there
If there are 1000 flowers, there could be 1000 fruits.
Learners’ own answers, depending on your country. The cannonball tree grows in many
countries in Asia, including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. It also grows in the
Caribbean, Hawaii and the northern parts of South America – where it originated.
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Unit 2 Sound
Language Worksheet 1: Vocabulary building
1Pitch
2Decibel
3Vibrate
4Source
5Loud
6Stringed
7Quiet
8Wind
9Volume
10Sound
Language Worksheet 2: Language development
Louder than
Faster than
Higher than 3
Quieter than
Larger than
6Lower than
7 Smaller than
8Slower than
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Unit 3 States and Properties of Matter
Language Worksheet 1: Vocabulary building
1Atmosphere
Boiling point
Melting point
Water vapour
5Condenses; liquid
6Dissolves
Insoluble
Soluble
9Solvent; solute
10Uniform
Language Worksheet 2: Language development
The same water moves from the Earth’s surface into the air and back again over and over.
Evaporation
3Invisible
When water evaporates from the leaves of plants.
Clouds form from water vapor that cools and forms droplets of water.
bCondensation
6 Precipitation
In lakes and seas or underground
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Unit 4 The digestive system
Language Worksheet 1: Vocabulary building
1Mouth
2Stomach
3Esophagus
Large intestine
5Anus
Small intestine
Saliva
Balanced diet
9Carbohydrates
10Proteins
Language Worksheet 2: Language development
We get vitamins and minerals from our food.
We can take vitamin and mineral tablets (supplements).
2 aTrue
False
c False
dTrue
3 aScurvy
The sailors did not eat enough fresh fruits and vegetables/did not get enough vitamin C.
c Fruits, such as oranges and limes, and green vegetables, such as kale and cabbage
4 aVitamin K and iron
Vitamin D and calcium
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Unit 5 Forces and Magnetism
Language Worksheet 1: Vocabulary building
1Gravity
2Normal
3Satellite
4Glass
5Drag
6Alloy
7 Applied
8Iron
9Upthrust
10Magnet
11Pull
12 Air resistance
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Language Worksheet 2: Language development
A magnet has an area of magnetic force around it, but a magnetic material does not have.
an area of magnetic force around it.
Air resistance is a force that slows down things moving through air and water.
Resistance is a force that slows down things moving through water.
Gravity is a pull.
Opening a door by moving it towards you is a pull..
c Closing a door by moving it away from you is a push.
Copper is non-magnetic .
Aluminium is non-magnetic .
c Iron is magnetic.
gravity
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Unit 6 Seasons and adaptations of plants and
animals
Language Worksheet 1: Vocabulary building
1 aAxis
North Pole
c Equator
South Pole
e Summer
21 Thorns
2 Resin
3 Camouflage
4 Burrow
5 Shell
6 Speed
7 Venom
8 Teamwork
Language Worksheet 2: Language development
1 aSunrise
Southern hemisphere
c Prey
to adapt
To hibernate
c To migrate
3 aPoison
bInactive (or sleeping)
c Group
Example sentences are:
a An animal with a smooth, sleek shape is streamlined.
When an animal blends in with its surroundings, it is camouflaged.
c Chlorophyll is the green coloring in leaves.
A group working together shows teamwork.
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