Mostly water, mostly salty
Our planet looks blue from space.
Water covers most of the Earth. But nearly all of it is in the seas. Sea water is salty.
↳ Lots of water, but very little we can drink.
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Water — The Essence of Life · Class 5 EVS · Our Wondrous World
English 3 topics 66 leveled MCQs 36 flashcards 9 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Salt water and freshwater
Two kinds of water.
↳ Only freshwater is fit for drinking and farming.
How little is fresh?
One glass, one spoon.
Pour all of Earth's water into a 200 ml glass. The freshwater fills one 5 ml spoon. That is 1 spoon out of 40.
↳ Freshwater is a tiny, precious part.
Up, down, round again
Water never stays still.
The Sun turns water into vapour. The vapour rises, cools and makes clouds. Clouds send it down as rain, snow or hail.
↳ This round trip is the water cycle.
The water cycle in steps
Four steps, again and again.
↳ Then it all starts again.
The bag test
A sky in a bag.
Blue water in a sealed bag sits in the sun. Drops form at the top and slide down. The bag shows the water cycle in small.
↳ Warm makes vapour. Cool makes drops.
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1
Water on Our Earth
Most of Earth's water is salty. Only a spoonful in a glass is fresh, and every living thing needs it. Water comes as a solid, a liquid and a vapour.
- Water covers most of the Earth, but nearly all of it is salty sea water.
- If all Earth's water filled a 200 ml glass, the freshwater would fill one 5 ml spoon.
- People, animals, birds and plants all need freshwater to live.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Water on the Move
Water keeps moving. The Sun lifts it as vapour, clouds send it down, rain soaks into the ground, and rivers carry it downhill to the sea.
- The Sun heats water in seas, rivers and lakes and turns it into vapour.
- Vapour cools high up and forms clouds, which send water down as rain, snow or hail.
- This endless round trip of water is called the water cycle.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Life in and Around Water
Ponds and rivers are busy homes. Fish, frogs, herons and insects have bodies suited to water, water plants grow in different ways, and all are linked by food chains.
- Fish have fins to swim and can breathe under water; land animals cannot.
- The pond heron stands still on long legs and catches fish with its pointed beak.
- Water hyacinth floats freely; lotus and water lily are rooted; reeds grow at the edge.
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66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Which of these is a source of freshwater?
Beginner
A The Arabian Sea
B The Bay of Bengal
C A village pond
D The Indian Ocean
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A village pond
Seas and oceans are salty. A pond holds freshwater.
Read the four sentences. Which one is true?
Beginner
A Ice is water in its solid form.
B Steam is a kind of solid.
C Snow is not a form of water.
D Rain is water in its vapour form.
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Ice is water in its solid form.
Ice is solid water. Steam is vapour, snow is solid water and rain is liquid water.
Match each thing with its form of water. 1. Ice cube 2. Rain 3. Steam. Which set is correct?
Beginner
A 1-liquid, 2-solid, 3-vapour
B 1-vapour, 2-liquid, 3-solid
C 1-solid, 2-vapour, 3-liquid
D 1-solid, 2-liquid, 3-vapour
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1-solid, 2-liquid, 3-vapour
An ice cube is solid, rain is liquid and steam is vapour.
Jyoti puts ice in a dry steel glass. After ten minutes, drops appear outside. Where did the drops come from?
Intermediate
A From a hole in the glass
B From water vapour in the air
C From the steel itself
D From the ice leaking through
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From water vapour in the air
The cold glass cools the vapour in the air, and it turns into liquid drops.
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