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All About Space
Activity Book Answers
Page 3  1 1 gas 2 star 3 Eight 4 billions 5 Earth 6 Saturn 7 our planet 
2 free answers
Page 4–5  1 1 gas 2 solar, planets 3 galaxies 4 hydrogen, nuclear
5 energy 6 orbit  2 1 The universe is everything that exists.
2 Stars are made of two gases. 3 Our solar system is in the Milky Way.
4 Mercury and Venus are near the Sun. 5 A year on Neptune is a
very long time. 6 Jupiter and Saturn are gas giants.  3 1 True 2 False
3 False 4 True 5 False 6 True  4 1 There are billions of galaxies in the
universe. 2 Animals and people get their energy from the Sun.
3 All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun. 4 A year on Mercury
is the same as 88 days on Earth. 5 Each planet in our solar system is
different. 6 If you landed on Mars, you would find rocks. 7 Astronomers
have discovered five dwarf planets in our solar system.
Page 6–7  1 1 nearest, rocks 2 atmosphere 3 smallest 4 pressure
5 acid 6 oceans  2 1 The inner planets are made mostly of gas. False
2 Mercury is very cold in the daytime. False 3 Venus would be a nice
place to visit. False 4 The sky on Venus is yellow. True 5 Most of the
gas in Earth’s atmosphere is oxygen. False  3 1 Mercury 2 Venus 3 hot
4 a planet 5 red 6 canyon  4 1 Where – On Mars. 2 How many – Two.
3 Which – Venus. 4 What – Rocks and soil. 5 Why – Because it isn’t too
hot or too cold for liquid water. 6 When – About 3.5 billion years ago.
Page 8–9  1 1 cloud 2 rock 3 lake 4 ring 5 ice 6 storm  6 Astronauts can become weak in space.
2 (nearest to Sun first): 1 Mercury 2 Venus 3 Earth 4 Mars 5 Jupiter
6 Saturn 7 Uranus 8 Neptune  3 1 four 2 a thousand 3 60 4 300
5 billions 6 214  4 1 The outer planets are called water gas giants.
2 The outer planets are smaller bigger than the inner planets.
3 Jupiter has a big blue red circle of storm clouds. 4 There are
thousands of rings around Mars Saturn. 5 Titan has lakes made of
water chemicals. 6 Uranus and Neptune are far away from the Sun,
so they are very warm cold.
Page 10–11  1 1 asteroid, rocks, ice 2 Comets, hotter, tail
3 Meteors, surface, meteorites  2 1 A comet’s tail can be millions of
kilometers long. 2 Halley’s Comet will come near Earth in 2061.
3 Most meteors burn when they enter the atmosphere.
4 Big meteorites are very dangerous. 5 Dinosaurs lived on Earth
65 million years ago.  3 1 year 2 small 3 crater 4 trees 5 Mexico  3 1 planets – page 6 2 gravity – page 21 3 rings – page 14
4 1 Where do meteors come from? They come from asteroids and
comets. 2 When will we see Halley’s Comet again? In 2061.
3 When did 21 pieces of a comet hit Jupiter? In 1994. 4 Were there any
people on Earth 65 million years ago? No, there weren’t.
Page 12–13  1 1 seeds 2 astronomer 3 spacecraft 4 temple
5 telescope 6 calendar  2 (earliest first): 1 Ancient astronomers
believed that Earth was at the center of the solar system.
2 Copernicus said that the Sun was at the center of the solar
system. 3 Galileo used one of the first telescopes to look at the
night sky. 4 Isaac Newton proved that Earth orbits the Sun.
5 Edwin Hubble discovered another galaxy. 6 Astronomers started
to use spacecraft to explore the solar system.  3 1 The Ancient
Egyptians thought that the Sun was a god. 2 Gravity makes things
fall to the ground. 3 Today, astronomers use huge telescopes to
study the stars. 4 The Hubble Space Telescope has orbited Earth
since 1990. 5 Some spacecraft have visited other planets and moons.  heat and light. 4 Titan is a moon. It goes round Saturn. Maybe one
4 1 They built beautiful temples. 2 Gravity 3 Mountains and craters
4 There are billions.
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Page 14–15  1 1 UFO 2 canal 3 alien 4 bacteria  2 1 water 2 Scientists
3 ice 4 robots 5 underground 6 moons 7 planets 8 spacecraft 
3 1 A hundred years ago, telescopes were bigger smaller.
2 Now we know that there are aren’t any Martians. 3 Europa is one
of Earth’s Jupiter’s moons. 4 One day people will send scientists
robots to explore Europa. 5 Scientists are looking for people
bacteria on Mars.  4 1 astronomers, surface, canals, Martians
2 liquid, oxygen, life 3 simple, cold, rocks
Page 16–17  1 (top to bottom, left to right): spacecraft, station,
experiments, shuttle, satellites, astronaut; 1 spacecraft 2 astronaut
3 satellites 4 shuttle 5 experiments 6 station  2 1 America sent the
first rocket into space. False 2 Yuri Gagarin stepped onto the Moon
in 1969. False 3 We use satellites to study the weather. True
4 The ISS orbits Earth once every 90 days. False  3 1(earliest first):
1 Russia sent the first satellite into space. 2 Russia sent the first
person into space. 3 Apollo 8 orbited the Moon for the first time.
4 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon. 5 American astronauts drove a
special car on the Moon. 6 The space shuttle flew for the first time.
7 Astronauts visited the International Space Station. 
4 1 450 astronauts have seen Earth from space. 2 Yuri Gagarin
orbited Earth for 108 minutes. 3 In 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped
onto the Moon. 4 Space shuttles can take very big things into
space. 5 In a spacecraft, astronauts don’t feel gravity.
Page 18–19  1 1 tourists, space 2 future, hotels 3 Living, easy
4 atmosphere, suits 5 Robots, food 6 years, horse  2 1 A trip into
space costs thousands millions of dollars. 2 Space plane trips last a
few days hours. 3 The Moon Sun produces dangerous radiation.
4 The Moon has an no atmosphere.  3 1 rocket 2 engineer
3 astronaut 4 equipment 5 tourist 6 robonaut 7 scientist
8 metal; People: engineer, astronaut, tourist, scientist; Things: rocket,
equipment, robonaut, metal  4 Example answers 1 A Moon base
2 Space suits 3 About two years 4 They can do almost everything
that astronauts do. 5 By horse
Page 20–23  1 1 gas 2 star 3 Eight 4 billions 5 Earth 6 Saturn
7 our planet  2 1 comet 2 atmosphere 3 meteorite 4 orbit 5 pressure
6 Mars 7 bacteria 8 Jupiter 9 gas 10 Neil 11 UFO 12 oceans 13 energy 
4 galaxy – page 4 5 radiation – page 33 6 crater – page 18
7 Neptune – page 15 8 astronomer – page 20 9 Vostok – page 28
10 Mercury – page 8 11 telescope – page 22 12 temples – page 20 
4 1 landed, would find 2 is, will go 3 visited, would kill 4 invent, will
explore  5 1 Do you know what comets are made of? Yes, I do.
2 Did Isaac Newton discover gravity? Yes, he did. 3 Have astronauts
visited the Moon? Yes, they have. 4 Would you like to travel in
space? Yes, I would. / No, I wouldn’t. 5 Is Earth a good place for life?
Yes, it is. 6 Will astronauts visit Mars in the future? Yes, they will. /
No, they won’t. 7 Was Neil Armstrong the first person in space?
No, he wasn’t.  6 Example answers 1 Neptune is an outer planet.
It’s the farthest planet from the Sun. The temperature on Neptune is
minus 214 degrees centigrade. 2 Mercury is an inner planet. It’s the
smallest planet in the solar system. It doesn’t have an atmosphere.
3 The Sun is a star. It’s made of hydrogen and helium. It produces
day we will discover life on Titan.
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Caring for Our Planet
Activity Book Answers Page 16–17  1 1 Bacteria 2 leather 3 insects 4 pollen 5 soil 6 habitat
7 hunters 8 ivory  2 1 true 2 false 3 true 4 true 5 false 6 true 7 false 
Page 3  1 1 water 2 warmer 3 clean 4 bigger 5 beautiful 6 higher 
3 1 Because they help us in many ways. 2 They get nectar.
2 free answers
3 They make honey. 4 They will lose their habitat. 5 They can see
Page 4–5  1 1 sun 2 animals 3 coal 4 water 5 oil 6 plants  animals in their natural habitat. 6 In zoos or animal reserves. 
2 1 resources 2 renewable 3 fresh 4 fossil 5 gasoline 6 replaced 4 1 Honey is made by bees. 2 Many animals are raised for food.
7 electricity 8 pollute  3 1 Plants, animals, and people all need 3 Some animals are used to help with farm work. 4 In the past,
electricity water to live. 2 About 70% of Earth is covered with buildings many elephants were hunted for their tusks. 5 Many rare animals
water. 3 Most of the world’s water is fresh salt water in oceans. are kept in zoos.
4 We use renewable fossil fuels like coal, gas, and oil in power stations.
Page 18–19  1 (left to right, top to bottom): modern, solar, future,
5 Fossil fuels can cannot be replaced.  4 1 We must not waste water.
resources, protect, electricity; 1 modern 2 protect 3 resources
2 We must keep water clean. 3 We pollute the air when we use
4 solar 5 electricity 6 future  2 1 Some people think that we should
fossil fuels. 4 We can try to use less electricity. 5 Countries with more
live in large small villages. 2 Some new houses have solar panels
people need more electricity.
on the door roof. 3 When we go shopping, we should think
Page 6–7  1 1 USA 2 Sahara Desert 3 Bangladesh 4 Gobi Desert carefully about what we sell buy. 4 We can increase reduce waste
5 South Korea 6 China 7 Australia 8 Tuvalu 9 New Zealand  2 1 Sun by recycling as much as possible. 5 The people of Bangladesh are
2 gases 3 the USA 4 floods 5 gardens 6 deserts 7 cool  3 1 Scientists happy worried about their future.  3 1 mustn’t 2 not to use 3 must
think that Earth’s climate is changing. 2 When we use fossil fuels, we 4 can 5 mustn’t 6 can 7 have to 8 don’t have  4 1 villages, food, travel
make carbon dioxide. 3 Carbon dioxide increases the greenhouse 2 technology, clean, energy 3 everyday, lights, millions
effect. 4 Ice is melting at the North and South Poles. 5 Oceans and
Page 20–23  1 1 water 2 warmer 3 clean 4 bigger 5 beautiful 6 higher 
plants use carbon dioxide. 6 We must use fewer fossil fuels. 
2 1 bacteria 2 fresh 3 fossil 4 electricity 5 oxygen 6 vitamins 7 chain
4 1 safer 2 bigger 3 more extreme 4 worse 5 more dangerous 6 fewer
8 energy 9 exercise 10 warming 11 safari 12 ice 13 sun 14 insects 
Page 8–9  1 (left to right, top to bottom): fossil fuel, nuclear, wind, 3 1 passengers – page 19 2 waste – page 21 3 elephants – page 30
solar, water, geothermal; 1 Fossil fuel 2 wind 3 Geothermal 4 water 4 Sun – page 8 5 fish – page 34 6 plants – page 24 7 wind turbines
5 nuclear 6 Solar  2 1 We can make electricity using heat from the – page 14 8 water – page 5 9 plastic bags – page 22 10 pollen – page 29
Sun. True 2 Nuclear power stations put carbon dioxide into the air. 11 carbon dioxide – page 8 12 biofuel – page 18  4 1 to throw, using
False 3 Some people died after an accident at Chernobyl. True 2 stopping 3 to grow 4 using 5 to recycle 6 sitting  5 1 gets, will
4 Germany makes 60% of its electricity in wind farms. False have to 2 use, will have 3 have to, will use 4 reduce, will save 5 melts,
5 Steam from underground can be used to heat buildings. True  will lose  6 1 Plastic bags: They’re bad for the planet, because they
3 1 Spain 2 Ukraine 3 China 4 Germany 5 Iceland 6 France  decompose very slowly. We should try to use bags that are made
4 1 Scientists, reduce 2 dangerous, thousands 3 turbines, sunshine of natural material. Wind turbines: They’re good for the planet,
4 power, bulbs because they make clean electricity. We can build them in isolated
Page 10–11  1 1 air 2 busy 3 travel 4 walk 5 small 6 share  places. Cars: They’re bad for the planet, because they put a lot of
2 1 Most of us travel every day. True 2 Cars and buses pollute the carbon dioxide into the air. We should try to use our cars less often.
air. True 3 Carbon dioxide makes our planet cooler. False 4 Big cars Compost bins: They’re good for the planet, because they help us to
use less fuel than small ones. False 5 Some cars use fuel made from throw away less waste. We can use compost to help plants to grow
plants. True 6 The Zephyr plane carries a lot of passengers. False  better.
3 1 carbon, greenhouse 2 trees, offsetting 3 plants 4 energy,
passengers  4 Example answers 1 Why – Because they use less fuel
than big cars. 2 What – Carbon dioxide 3 How many – About
59,000 4 Why – Because exercise is good for us. 5 What – It changes
exhaust gases into cleaner gases. 6 Where – It comes from the Sun.
Page 12–13  1 (top to bottom, left to right): waste, plastic, recycle,
pollute, compost, natural; 1 plastic 2 natural 3 pollute 4 waste
5 compost 6 recycle  2 1 90 2 500 3 34 4 a billion 5 2  3 1 We should
reuse things before we throw them away. 2 We should use a
compost bin. 3 We should recycle paper and cans. 4 We shouldn’t
throw away too much waste. 5 We shouldn’t throw waste into rivers
or oceans. 6 We shouldn’t leave waste on beaches.  4 1 Every day,
people die from clean dirty drinking water. 2 It’s safe dangerous for
animals to eat waste. 3 It’s easy difficult to recycle plastic bags.
4 Paper Plastic bags are a huge problem for our planet.
Page 14–15  1 1 (left to right, top to bottom): lettuce, fish, fox, grass,
killer whale, owl; 1 lettuce, fox 2 grass 3 owl 4 fish, killer whale 
2 1 chains 2 vitamins 3 spices 4 chemicals 5 daytime 6 temperature 
3 Cereals: corn, wheat; Gases: oxygen, carbon dioxide; Food:
olives, hamburgers; Animals: mouse, sea lion  4 1 Without plants,
we would have nothing to eat. 2 Plants are at the start of all
food chains. 3 Many plants that are used for medicines grow in
rainforests. 4 Polluted water can damage plants. 5 Some charities
collect money to buy trees. 6 Finland and Canada replace the trees
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Cells And Microbes
Activity Book Answers
Page 3  1 1 smallest 2 living 3 one cell 4 trees 5 small 6 red
2 Free answers
Page 4–5  1 1 cell 2 scientist 3 tissue 4 microscope 5 microbe
2 1 Most cells are too small to see. 2 No one knew about cells until
microscopes were invented. 3 Today, microscopes can magnify
things a million times. 4 Most living things are made of tiny cells.
5 The simplest living things are made of just one cell. 6 An amoeba
is one of the biggest types of microbe. 3 1 Not all cells are the same.
2 Robert Hooke made one of the first microscopes. 3 Plants and
animals grow from one cell. 4 Different tissues work together to
make organs. 5 Roots are organs that help plants to grow in soil.
6 An elephant’s trunk is an important organ. 4 1 look 2 magnify
3 get 4 reproduce 5 make 6 move
Page 6–7  1 1 cells 2 nucleus 3 membrane 4 cytoplasm 5 code
6 fibers 2 1 The nucleus in every cell has the same code.
2 Animals need oxygen to live. 3 Red blood cells are small, round,
and flat. 4 There are up to five million red blood cells in a drop of
blood. 3 1 sizes 2 reactions 3 oxygen 4 vessels 5 cord
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Page 8–9 1 1 membrane 2 cell wall 3 vacuole 4 chloroplast 5 nucleus
6 cytoplasm 2 1 cellulose 2 wood 3 bag 4 food 5 sunlight 6 carbon
7 soil, roots 3 1 Animal cells have a cell wall. false 2 Cellulose fibers
are very strong. true 3 Some paper is made from cellulose. true
4 On a hot day, trees wilt. false 5 Leaves take in carbon dioxide
through their roots. false 6 Sugar is a type of food for plants. true
4 1 water, stand, light 2 hot, shape, wilts 3 green, food
Page 10–11  1 1 amoeba 2 slime mold 3 diatom 4 bacteria
2 1 wet, tiny, salt 2 surface, sunlight 3 Billions, living 4 cell, join, food
3 1 Some diatoms look beautiful through a microscope.
2 Some bacteria live in volcanoes. 3 An amoeba can make its body
any shape. 4 Ocean microbes make a lot of oxygen. 5 Slime molds
can eat old leaves or wood.  4 Suggested answers: 1 What does an
amoeba eat? It eats smaller microbes. 2 Where do diatoms live?
They live in water. 3 What do flagella look like? They look like tiny hairs.
4 Why do slime molds travel? They travel to find food.
Page 12–13  1 1 Mitochondria 2 muscle 3 oxygen 4 water 5 holes
2 1 e 2 c 3 a 4 f 5 b 6 d  3 1 All living things need energy to stay alive.
2 All chemical reactions make waste. 3 The cell membrane lets
carbon dioxide leave the cell. 4 Root hair cells are very long.
5 Most substances move into a cell by diffusion. 6 The cell membrane
lets in substances that are useful.  4 1 food 2 very little 3 faster
4 come into 5 Plants 6 carbon dioxide
Page 14–15  1 1 living 2 reproduce 3 bacteria 4 replace 5 divide
6 twins  2 1 An amoeba breaks in half to create two new, bigger
smaller amoebas. 2 All the new amoebas are different from the
same as the first one. 3 Bacteria cells can divide every twenty days
minutes. 4 A woman man makes sex cells called sperm. 5 When a
baby grows up, it is the same as different from both its parents.
3 1 Microbes reproduce by dividing and creating other microbes.
2 Most animals reproduce using sex cells. 3 A woman makes sex cells
called eggs. 4 Each sex cell has half the DNA that other cells have.
5 When two sex cells join, the new cell has a complete set of DNA.
6 Identical twins share the same DNA.  4 1 half, same, bigger
2 cells, old, died 3 Skin, repair, cut
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Page 16–17  1 1 infection 2 blood 3 Antibiotics 4 Dirt 5 Viruses
6 vaccination  2 1 Red blood cells can kill bacteria. false
2 White blood cells can move out of the blood. true 3 Antibiotics
can kill viruses. false 4 Viruses give people diseases like colds. true
5 Viruses move from person to person. true 6 White blood cells
know that viruses are invaders. true  3 1 5 2 3 3 6 4 2 5 1 6 4 
4 Suggested answers: 1 White blood cells are important because
they can kill bacteria. 2 Bacteria can travel into a person’s body on
the food that they eat. 3 Some white blood cells create substances
that make the bacteria weaker. 4 Alexander Fleming was studying
bacteria when he saw that something was growing on them.
5 You should wash your hands before you eat food. 6 After a virus
has been inside your body, your white blood cells remember it.
Page 18–19  1 1 useful 2 fatty 3 brown 4 important 5 tiny 
2 1 You shouldn’t eat too many sweet and fatty foods. 2 People
use some microbes to make food. 3 Carbon dioxide makes bread
become bigger and lighter. 4 Lactic acid stops food going bad.
5 Without microbes, there would be no life on Earth. 
3 1 stomach 2 microbes 3 waste 4 fuel 5 bacteria 6 compost  
4 Suggested answers: 1 Why should you eat more fruit and
vegetables? Because they help the useful bacteria in your stomach.
2 What are yeasts? Yeasts are microbes that people use to make bread.
3 What do people put inside a biodigester? People put plant and
animal waste inside a biodigester. 4 What can people use methane
for? People can use methane for cooking food and heating water.
Page 20–23  1 Answers provided 2 1 virus 2 reproduce 3 stomata
4 microscope 5 twins 6 stomach 7 bacteria 8 root 9 yeast
10 amoeba 11 wilt 12 fuel 13 nerve  3 1 oxygen – page 21
2 nucleus – page 9 3 chloroplasts – page 14 4 antibiotics – page 29
5 Robert Hooke – page 4 6 vitamins – page 33 7 water – page 22
8 red blood cells – page 10 9 compost – page 35 10 vaccination –
page 31 11 DNA – page 9 12 cell membrane – page 22 
4 1 cooking 2 to move 3 look 4 reproducing 5 come 6 making
7 to reproduce  5 1 so 2 because 3 so that 4 and 5 until 6 but
6 Suggested answers: 1 They are microbes. They have chloroplasts.
Many live near the surface of the ocean. 2 They are animal cells. They
take oxygen from the air to other cells. They look like tiny, soft cookies.
3 They are microbes. They can eat almost anything. They can live in
places where most other living things can’t survive. 4 They are plant
cells. They are very long. They grow from the root into the soil.
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Clothes Then and Now
Activity Book Answers Page 14–15  1 1 buttons 2 zipper 3 sewing machine 4 money 5 truck
6 factory  2 1 drawing 2 economy 3 Buyers 4 patient 5 children
Page 3  1 1 most 2 cold 3 best 4 a suit 5 expensive 6 factories 
6 advertisements  3 1 The designer has an idea for a piece of clothing.
2 free answers
2 A factory worker uses a sewing machine all day. 3 Buyers work for
Page 4–5  1 1 coat 2 pants 3 socks 4 scarf 5 hat 6 sweater 7 shoes stores or supermarket chains. 4 Sales clerks help people to choose
8 tie 9 shirt  2 1 fabric 2 weddings 3 synthetic 4 emperor 5 fur clothes. 5 Customers often want to try on lots of different clothes. 
6 designers  3 1 We wear our worst best clothes on the most 4 1 All buyers are good at drawing. False 2 Famous models make a lot
important days. 2 In the past, clothes were often big and light heavy. of money. True 3 Big stores buy thousands of clothes every year. True
3 Today, our clothes are made quickly in big supermarkets factories. 4 All factory workers are paid a lot of money. False 5 Fairtrade clothes
4 Tight Loose clothes can help us to stay cool. 5 Presidents and are made by children. False
politicians usually wear cheap expensive clothes.  4 1 We wear
Page 16–17  1 (top to bottom, left to right): clothes, popular,
clothes because we want to be comfortable. 2 We wear different
fashionable, traditional, personality, magazines; 1 magazines
clothes when we do different things. 3 Millions of clothes are made
2 fashionable 3 traditional 4 clothes 5 personality 6 popular 
every day. 4 We like wearing nice clothes because we want to look
2 1 Clothes are in fashion for a year or two. 2 About 100 years ago,
good.
fashion became big business. 3 T-shirts are easy to wash and quick
Page 6–7  1 1 T-shirt 2 pocket 3 fabric 4 purse 5 buttons 6 tunic to dry. 4 Cowboys wore jeans because the fabric was strong. 
7 jacket 8 spinning wheel  2 1 skins, weave, threads, sewed 3 1 Elvis Presley was a famous American politician singer. 2 In the
2 last, throw, past, paintings  3 (earliest first) 1 People started past, poor rich people chose the next fashion. 3 T-shirts are usually
wearing clothes. 2 People started to weave grass together. made of silk cotton. 4 100 years ago, you saw didn’t see people in
3 People learned to weave threads together to make pieces of fabric. T-shirts in the street. 5 The first people who wore jeans were pilots
4 People started to use many different pieces of fabric to make sailors. 6 Levi Strauss is a famous manufacturer of trucks jeans. 
their clothes. 5 The spinning wheel was invented, so making fabric 4 1 chose, could, began, became 2 wore, was, were
was easier. 6 People made the first pants.  4 1 People used looms
Page 18–19  1 1 expensive, designers 2 models, stage 3 crazy, photos
for weaving. 2 With spinning wheels, people could make thread
4 spend, victims  2 1 There have always been crazy fashions.
quickly. 3 People carried money in purses tied around their waists.
2 In the past, people wore incredible hats or wigs. 3 Today, you can
4 If you were rich, you could buy lots of different clothes. 5 The first
still see amazing clothes in big cities. 4 Your clothes say a lot about
pants were very simple. 6 You can make a T-shirt with four pieces of
you. 5 People are more important than clothes.  3 1 always 2 shoes
fabric.
3 young 4 scary 5 Japanese 6 Traditional  4 Example answers 1 Movie
Page 8–9  1 (top to bottom, left to right): newsreaders, message, stars, pop singers, and other rich people 2 In Paris, Tokyo, London,
uniform, language, doctors, similar; 1 newsreaders 2 doctors or New York 3 At fashion shows 4 To big cities
3 uniform 4 message 5 similar 6 language  2 1 true 2 false 3 false 5 Black clothes and white make-up 6 In clothes stores
4 true 5 false 6 true  3 1 serious 2 proud 3 bright 4 Traditional
Page 20–23  1 1 most 2 cold 3 best 4 a suit 5 expensive 6 factories 
5 darker  4 1 What do doctors often wear? Example answer A white
2 1 rompers 2 alpaca 3 customer 4 uniform 5 wig 6 purse 7 suit
coat 2 Where do women wear bubas? Example answer In Mali in Africa
8 cotton 9 silk 10 kimono 11 factories 12 synthetic  3 1 doctors – page 13
3 What is the traditional costume of South Korea? Example answer
2 sheep – page 20 3 sewing machine – page 25 4 badge – page 18
The hanbok 4 What do some Japanese women wear in spring?
5 China – page 22 6 Goths – page 35 7 drawing – page 24
Example answer Kimonos with pictures of flowers on them
8 South Korea – page 14 9 Fairtrade – page 27 10 yellow – page 7
Page 10–11  1 1 Millions, business, factories 2 dirty, wash, synthetic  11 oil – page 23 12 pink – page 19  4 1 had, didn’t play, wore, weren’t
2 1 Young children like bright, happy colors. 2 Children’s clothes are 2 couldn’t, were, didn’t have 3 was, could, got  5 1 Was – Yes, it was.
usually brighter than adults’ clothes. 3 In the past, life was difficult 2 Are – Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t. 3 Does – Yes, it does. / No, it
for children. 4 At some schools, children wear school uniforms. doesn’t. 4 Were – No, there weren’t. 5 Do – No, we don’t. 6 Is – Yes, it is.
5 School uniforms don’t have much decoration. 6 Rompers were 7 Did – No, they didn’t. 8 Would – Yes, I would. / No, I wouldn’t. 
invented in about 1910.  3 1 Most children’s clothes are made by 6 1: 3, designer, buyer 2: 6, factory worker, sample 3: 1, model, colors
machines. True 2 When children play, their clothes get dirty. True 4: 5, order, factory 5: 2, store, truck 6: 4, sales clerk, customers
3 In the past, life was easy for children. False 4 Clothes for babies
are a new idea. True 5 It’s traditional to dress baby boys in pink
colors. False 6 Rompers are made of heavy fabric. False 
4 1 so 2 because 3 so 4 because 5 so
Page 12–13  1 (top to bottom, left to right): sheep, chemicals,
silkworm, synthetic, waterproof, plants; 1 sheep 2 plants 3 synthetic
4 silkworm 5 chemicals 6 waterproof  2 1 silk 2 cotton 3 wool
4 polyester 5 wool 6 cotton 7 silk  3 Example answers 1 In cold countries
2 Seven 3 In China, India, and the USA 4 In China
5 About 900 meters 6 Oil  4 1 is used 2 are made 3 are picked
4 is grown 5 is mixed 6 is tested

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Earth Then and Now
Activity Book Answers 4 1 Fish were Earth’s first vertebrates. 2 Most fish have fins and a tail
to help them to swim. 3 Reptiles have scales to protect their skin.
Page 3  1 1 billions 2 planet 3 changed a lot 4 have moved 5 Some
4 When the dinosaurs became extinct, more mammals appeared.
6 two hundred thousand  2 Free answers
5 Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
Page 4–5  1 1 core 2 crust 3 mantle 4 magma 5 lava 6 islands 
Page 16–17  1 1 escapes 2 Earth 3 trapped 4 sun 5 greenhouse 
2 1 hot 2 iron 3 30 4 vents 5 the ocean 6 ash 7 travel  3 1 Our planet
2 1 Earth’s temperature has changed many times. 2 The last ice age
started as an enormous ball of fire. true 2 Scientists think that Earth
ended more than 10,000 years ago. 3 The world’s largest glacier is
is about 4.6 million years old. false 3 The Great Pyramid in Egypt is
in Antarctica. 4 When glaciers move, they cut long valleys.
about 4,600 years old. true 4 Earth’s crust is thicker at the bottom
5 The greenhouse effect keeps Earth warm.  3 1 Can glaciers
of the ocean. false 5 The mantle is the part of Earth that we live on.
become very big? Yes, they can. 2 Do glaciers form quickly? No,
false 6 Sometimes volcanic vents form under the ocean. true 
they don’t. 3 Has Earth’s temperature always been the same? No, it
4 1 cloud 2 liquid 3 solid, pressure 4 temperature 5 metals 6 erupts
hasn’t. 4 Does Earth get heat from the sun? Yes, it does. 5 Do plants
Page 6–7  1 1 ocean 2 river 3 cloud 4 glacier 5 rain 6 lake  grow well during greenhouse periods? Yes, they do. 
2 1 3 2 6 3 2 4 1 5 5 6 4  3 1 The water in our oceans is about 3.5% salt. 4 temperature, form, Poles, sunlight, reflect, colder
2 Today, water covers about 70% of our planet. 3 Billions of years
Page 18–19  1 1 Early people lived in Africa. 2 We need to care for
ago, Earth’s surface was dry. 4 Today, the air that we breathe is
natural areas. 3 People have changed our planet in many ways.
about 21% oxygen. 5 No plants or animals can live in Lake Assal.
4 Water and air are renewable resources. 5 We burn fossil fuels to
6 Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh water.  4 billion, living, bacteria,
produce energy. 6 Oil, coal, and gas are non-renewable resources. 
pools, fossils, sunlight, oxygen, atmosphere
2 1 rural 2 natural 3 air 4 energy 5 mineral 6 carefully 
Page 8–9  1 1 float 2 crystals 3 igneous 4 eruptions 5 columns 3 Example answers 1 Why: They are important because they are
6 fossils, layers  2 1 There are three types of rock. 2 Water and wind homes for many plants and animals. 2 How many: Almost seven
can cause erosion. 3 Sedimentary rock can tell us about Earth’s past. billion people live on Earth. 3 Where: People lived in Africa.
4 Sediment often forms layers at the bottom of oceans. 5 Some fossils 4 How: We can recycle more things. 5 What: People have built lots
are more than 500 million years old.  3 Example answers 1 Earth’s crust of homes and other buildings. 6 Why: We need to use oil and gas
is solid rock that’s made of minerals. 2 Amethyst crystals form in carefully because we can’t get any more.  4 1 waste 2 smoke
holes inside other rocks. 3 Igneous rock forms when hot magma 3 greenhouse 4 fuels 5 carbon 6 planet
and lava cool down and become solid. 4 Sedimentary rock is
Page 20–23  1 Answers provided  2 1 lava 2 magma 3 melt
interesting because it can tell us about Earth’s past. 5 Metamorphic
4 amphibians 5 volcanic 6 milk 7 carbon 8 tectonic 9 invertebrates
rock is sedimentary rock or igneous rock that has changed because
10 energy 11 nickel 12 ocean 13 sun 14 billion  3 1 crust, page 5
of lots of heat and pressure. 6 Marble is good for making statues. 
2 conifers, page 21 3 bats, page 27 4 oxygen, page 9 5 Poles, page 28
4 Example answers 1 What: It’s made of minerals. 2 How many:
6 marble, page 15 7 earthquakes, page 18 8 gills, page 25
There are three types of rock. 3 Where: It’s in Northern Ireland.
9 sedimentary, page 14 10 pumice, page 13 11 Rodinia, page 16
4 What: Water and wind can cause erosion. 5 When: When there’s
12 medicines, page 23  4 1 taller than, the oldest 2 the biggest
lots of heat and pressure.
3 older than 4 the most famous 5 bigger than 6 the best  5 1 Do
Page 10–11  1 1 Tectonic plates fit together like a puzzle. volcanoes produce lots of ash? Yes, they do. 2 Is Earth’s core made
2 Earth’s crust is divided into enormous pieces. 3 We sometimes see of metal? Yes, it is. 3 Was there any liquid water on Earth at first?
folds in the sides of hills. 4 Sometimes tectonic plates move away No, there wasn’t. 4 Could we live without oxygen? No, we couldn’t.
from each other. 5 Mountains can form under oceans.  5 Are our oceans salty? Yes, they are. 6 Can some rocks float on
2 1 mantle, melts 2 bend 3 push, blocks 4 underwater, tsunami water? Yes, they can. 7 Did the first animals appear in forests? No,
5 middle, Ocean  3 1 tectonic 2 continents 3 magma 4 mountains they didn’t. 8 Has Earth’s temperature always been the same? No,
5 rift 6 earthquakes  4 1 1.1 billion 2 10,000 3 10 4 76 million 5 6,962 it hasn’t.  6 Water: liquid, surface, covers, 70%. Land: billion, giant,
Page 12–13  1 1 moss 2 capsule 3 fern 4 frond 5 needles 6 cone divided, continents. Plants: mosses, cool, 80%, flowering. Animals:
7 leaf 8 flower 9 fruit 10 seed  2 1 pollinate 2 seeds 3 fronds 4 cones ocean, million, species, mammals.
5 Flowering plants  3 1 The first plants on Earth lived in the ocean.
2 The first land plants were non-seed plants, like mosses. 3 The first
land plants grew in cool places near water. 4 Conifers were taller
than ferns, so they got more sunlight. 5 The oldest living things on
Earth today are conifers. 6 Today, about 80% of the plants on Earth
are flowering plants.  4 1 conifers 2 deciduous 3 tropical 4 canopy
5 oxygen 6 medicines
Page 14–15  1 Example answers 1 When did the first animals appear
in the ocean? They appeared more than 700 million years ago.
2 Where do crabs and jellyfish live? They live in water. 3 When did
the first fish appear? They appeared about 510 million years ago.
4 How do fish take oxygen from water? They use gills.
5 What do mammal mothers produce? They produce milk for their
babies to drink.  2 1 simple 2 backbone 3 gills 4 extinct 
3 1 lizards 2 dolphins 3 penguins 4 snakes 5 people 6 ostriches
7 horses 8 crocodiles Reptiles: lizards, snakes, crocodiles Birds:
penguins, ostriches Mammals: dolphins, people, horses 

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Food Around the World
Activity Book Answers
Page 3  1 1 Thailand 2 cheese and tomato 3 potatoes 4 fruit 5 Central
America 6 India  2 1 free answers
Pages 4–5  1 1 broccoli 2 honey 3 oranges 4 eggs 5 carrots 6 rice  pastries 2 Thai noodles, peanuts, Satays 3 French fries, waffles
2 1 proteins 2 carbohydrates 3 fats 4 vitamins 5 calcium 6 iron  4 simit, lahmacun   3 1 Acai is a popular drink in Thailand. False
3 1 Yogurt is a good source of calcium. True 2 Spinach has lots of
Vitamin A. True 3 Vegetables have lots of fats. False 4 You can get
proteins from plant products. True 5 Your body digests sugar slowly.
False 6 Your body needs salt to fight diseases. False  4 1 slowly
2 quickly 3 well 4 carefully 5 easily 6 naturally
Pages 6–7  1 Example answers 1 Arable farmers grow rice, wheat, and
vegetables. 2 Farmers grow rice in wet fields called paddy fields.
3 Livestock farmers produce milk, cheese, and butter. 4 Fishermen
catch trout, tuna, and cod. 5 On fish farms, fish live in artificial ponds
or in closed areas on the coast.  2 1 Some crops grow in fields. True
2 Apple trees are grown in orchards. True 3 Livestock farmers raise
animals to produce food. True 4 Rice plants don’t need much water.
False 5 Deep-sea fishermen often use big nets. True 6 Tuna fish are
raised on farms. False  3 1 They plow their fields. 2 They take their
crops to the market. 3 They raise cows, sheep, and chickens.
4 Because this keeps them together and protects them. 5 They catch
trout in lakes and rivers. 6 They are raised on fish farms.  4 1 machines
2 harvest 3 paddy fields 4 coops 5 Example answer In fish farms, fish
live in artificial ponds. 6 Example answer Tuna and cod are saltwater fish.
Pages 8–9  1 Popcorn: invented about 5,500 years ago by Native
Americans. Chocolate: invented about 2,000 years ago by native
people of Central America. Potato Chips: invented about 150 years
ago by George Crum  2 1 fire, decorations 2 cacao, bitter 3 mix,
machine 4 joke, paper  3 1 People started growing corn for food
8,000 years ago. 2 George Crum was a cook in a restaurant in New
York. 3 People in China made desserts with ice and milk. 4 Native
American people enjoyed eating hot popcorn. 5 In 1867, a chocolate
candy made with milk was invented. 6 The first ice cream factory
opened in the USA.  4 Example answers 1 Archaeologists found
popcorn in a cave. 2 The Native people of Centre America made a
spicy drink with cacao seeds. 3 Ancient Romans brought snow and
ice from the mountains and mixed it with fruit and honey. 4 Spanish
explorers learned about chocolate when they arrived in America.
5 George Crum was a cook in a restaurant. 6 The first ice cream
factory was in Baltimore, USA.
Pages 10–11  1 1 Pizza, pasta 2 Tajine 3 rice 4 tortilla 5 Couscous
6 Kimchi 2 Example answers 1 It’s a typical food in Morocco. It’s
made from wheat. 2 It’s a thick Mexican sauce. 3 It’s a sweet drink
from Korea. 4 It’s a typical dish in Italy, made with wheat flour,
tomato sauce, and cheese. 5 It’s a hot dish made with vegetables
and meat or seafood. 6 It’s a Korean dish made with cabbage, garlic,
chili peppers, and salt.  3 1 free answers  4 1 What is the most typical
dish in Italy? Pasta 2 Why is kimchi healthy? Because it has lots of
vitamins. 3 What shape is stellini pasta? It’s a star shape. 4 What are
Mexican tortillas made with? They are made with corn flour or
wheat flour.  5 1 Pasta comes in many different shapes.
2 Pizza is made from wheat flour, tomato, and cheese.
3 Sikhye is a sweet drink. 4 Tortillas are made from corn flour or
wheat flour. 5 Tajine is made from vegetables and meat or seafood.
Pages 12–13  1 1 Gubdi is a drink from Sudan. It’s made with baobab
fruit. 2 Horchata is a drink from Spain. It’s made with tiger nuts.
3 Lassi is a drink from India. It’s made with yogurt.  2 1 summer,
savory 2 seed pods, fresh 3 refreshing, Vitamin C 4 Example answer
Horchata looks like a milk shake but it isn’t made with milk. To make
horchata, people put tiger nuts in water and then squeeze the juice
out of them.  3 T, L, L, T, L, T, T, L. Lassi recipe: To make the sweet
drink, mix some yogurt with ice and sugar in a blender. Then add
some fresh fruit. To make the savory drink, mix the yogurt with salt.
Then add pepper and other spices. Tamarind juice recipe: Put the
seed pods in water for two to three hours. Then take out the pulp
and cook it in hot water. After that, take out the seeds. Finally, add
cold water, ice, and spices.  4 free answers
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Pages 14–15  1 1 Thailand: spicy Thai noodles, sticky rice, satays, fried
fish cakes; Belgium: fries, waffles; Turkey: simit, kebab, lahmacum;
Brazil: pâo de queijo, barbecued chicken, spicy prawns, fresh fruit,
coconut pastries, popcorn with sugar  2 1 pâo de queijo, coconut
2 You can eat Belgian waffles with chocolate. True 3 Simit is a bread
ring with chili on top. False 4 Popcorn is a popular snack in Brazil.
True 5 You can see vendors on motorbikes in Thailand. True
6 Belgian people like to add sugar to their French fries. False
7 You can watch vendors fry fishcakes in Thailand. True 
4 Example answers 1 pâo de queijo is made with tapioca flour and
cheese. 2 In Thailand, there are lots of food stalls and carts.
3 Belgian people sometimes add curry sauce to their French fries.
4 Satays are pieces of meat that people barbecue on sticks.
5 Visne is a sweet drink made with cherries.
Pages 16–17  1 1 Custard is a dessert from the United Kingdom.
2 Alpokat is a drink from Indonesia. 3 Maple syrup is a syrup from
Canada. 4 Mazamorra morada is a dessert from Peru.  2 1 What is
custard made with? It’s made with eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla.
2 Where is trifle from? It’s from the United Kingdom. 3 What color
is mazamorra morada? It’s purple. 4 What is a popular milkshake in
Indonesia? Alpokat.  3 C, C, A, A, C, A, A, C. Custard recipe: You need
eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Mix all the ingredients together. Then
cook them very slowly. Eat it warm or cold. Alpokat recipe: You
need avocado, milk, and chocolate milk. Mix the avocado and milk
in a blender. Pour it into a glass. Add the chocolate milk. 
4 free answers
Pages 18–19  1 (Two from each) Baisakhi: cold salads, lentils,
potatoes, hot curry dishes, rice, flat bread, sweet cakes;
Thanksgiving: turkey, potatoes, seasonal vegetables, cranberry
sauce, pumpkin pie, apple pie; Homowo: yams, corn, beans;
Chuseok: songpyeon, rice cakes  2 1 celebrate, typical. It’s traditional
to watch American football on Thanksgiving Day. 2 harvest,
seasonal. Example answer People wear bright clothes. 3 ancestors,
family tombs. Example answer A traditional food for Chuseok is a rice
cake called songpyeon. 4 cold salads, spices. Example answer There
are big street parades in many parts of India.  3 1 Thanksgiving Day
is in May. False 2 Chuseok is a harvest festival. True 3 Songpyeon
is a traditional food for Chuseok. True 4 Potatoes are one of
Ghana’s main crops. False 5 There is lots of singing and dancing
during Homowo. True   4 1 Which sport do Americans watch on
Thanksgiving Day? American football 2 Who does a circle dance at
Chuseok? Some women. 3 Why is April important for many people
in India? Because Baisakhi is in April. 4 What is your favorite festival?
Free answers 6 How do you celebrate it? Free answers.
Pages 20–21  1 1 Thailand 2 cheese and tomato 3 potatoes 4 fruit
5 Central America 6 India  2 1 satays 2 alpokat 3 sikhye 4 yogurt
5 simit 6 seedpods 7 tajine 8 gubdi 9 turkey 10 fat 11 purple
12 maple syrup 13 minerals  3 1 The upside-down tree, page 22
2 In Rome, page 16 3 Green on the outside and orange on the inside,
page 31 4 Trifle, page 28 5 Because it smells bad, page 29
6 In Thailand, page 25 7 70%, page 5 8 Sauces, like mayonnaise, ketchup,
or curry sauce, page 26 9 Crisps, page 15 10 Tiger nuts, page 21
11 Songpyeon, page 34 12 New Zealand’s national bird, page 9
Pages 22–23  4 1 is eaten 2 are grown 3 is collected 4 is celebrated
5 are raised 6 is made  5 1 Vitamins are good for you, aren’t they?
Yes, they are. 2 Rice is popular in Korea, isn’t it? Yes, it is. 3 You make
lassi with yogurt, don’t you? Yes, you do. 4 Durian fruit doesn’t smell
nice, does it? No, it doesn’t. 5 You can buy acai in Brazi, can’t you?
Yes, you can. 6 People celebrate Baisakhi in May, don’t they? No,
they don’t.  6 free answers
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Helping Around the World
Activity Book Answers Page 18–19  1 1 planet 2 vehicles 3 fossil 4 climate 5 trees 6 crops
2 1 For thousands millions of years, there has been life on our
Page 3  1 1 all countries 2 people 3 freely 4 many different people
planet. 2 People help damage Earth with pollution that comes from
5 Doctors 6 animals 2 Free answers
cars and planes. 3 When we make electricity, we make the Earth too
Page 4–5  1 1 Doctors 2 Surgeons 3 Nurses 4 Midwives 5 Dentists cold warm. 4 Many volunteers plant new trees before after a fire.
6 Care workers  2 1 It’s important to stay healthy. 2 It’s amazing to 5 Today, most cars use gasoline that’s made from water oil.
save someone’s life. 3 We can help ourselves to stay healthy. 3 1 an oil spill 2 plants 3 the sun 4 shouldn’t 5 electricity 6 off
4 Anyone can do voluntary work.  3 1 d 2 f 3 a 4 c 5 e 6 b  4 1 Should we care for our planet? Yes, we should. 2 Are some countries
4 1 clinics 2 healthy 3 accident 4 hospice 5 born 6 Volunteers becoming hotter and drier? Yes, they are. 3 Do we use a lot of electricity
Page 6–7  1 1 art 2 mathematics 3 history 4 geography 5 science to heat water? Yes, we do. 4 Will there be fossil fuels forever? No, there
6 languages  2 1 School teachers have a very special job. won’t. 5 Can we make biogas from waste? Yes, we can.
2 Education helps people to get a better job. 3 Many people can’t have Page 20–23  1 Answers provided 2 1 Arctic 2 reservoir 3 capital
a good education. 4 Education isn’t just for children. 5 Professors need 4 dogs 5 biogas 6 Brazil 7 rain 8 professors 9 fossil 10 salt 11 oil
to know a lot about their subject. 6 Education doesn’t stop after college 12 billion 13 trainer  3 1 WWF – page 30 2 care home – page 6
or university.  3 1 classroom assistants 2 playground assistants 3 North America – page 13 4 vaccinations – page 7
3 professors 4 parents 5 trainers 6 school teachers 7 cooks 5 refugees – page 20 6 carbon dioxide – page 32 7 volunteers – page 3
4 1 children, adult 2 popular, subjects 3 Education 8 water – page 16 9 midwives – page 5 10 electricity – page 34
Page 8–9  1 1 Supermarkets 2 Healthy 3 garden, vegetables 11 shower – page 19 12 species – page 29  4 1 is needed 2 was grown
4 disaster, storm 5 expensive, feed  2 1 rice 2 North America 3 are paid 4 is lost 5 were damaged 6 are covered  5 1 very 2 too much
3 vegetables 4 billion 5 scientists  3 1 Healthy food has lots of 3 all 4 enough 5 a lot 6 too  6 Doctors: They care for people who are
important nutrients. true 2 Scientists grow most of the food that sick. Midwives: They bring babies into the world. School teachers:
people eat. false 3 In Europe, farmers grow a lot of rice. false They get children ready for adult life. Trainers: They help workers to
4 About 30% of sugar cane is grown in Brazil. true 5 People sell food do their job better. Volunteers: They give their time freely. Farmers:
on the Internet. true  4 1 charities, seeds 2 farmers, crops They grow most of the food that people eat. Conservationists:
3 stores, money 4 chemicals, clouds They work to protect species that are threatened. Environmental
Page 10–11  1 1 farming 2 industry 3 home 4 farming 5 home campaigners: They teach people about problems like pollution.
6 industry  2 1 People need dirty clean water to stay healthy. Suggested answers: Vets: They care for animals. Professors: They
2 Most of Earth’s water is fresh salt water in the oceans. teach college and university students many different subjects.
3 Only about 10 % 1% of Earth’s water can be used by people.
4 In some places, there isn’t enough water, and this makes life
easy difficult. 5 People in poorer richer countries have all the clean
water they need. 6 Today, there are about one six billion people on
our planet.  3 1 Everything on Earth needs water. 2 People build
reservoirs to store water. 3 People can use chemicals to clean dirty
water. 4 A billion people don’t have clean water to drink. 5 We can
all help to save water. 6 A lot of fresh water comes from rivers and
lakes.  4 1 Don’t use 2 Turn off 3 Put 4 Take 5 Don’t take 6 don’t fill
Page 12–13  1 1 disaster d 2 war e 3 earthquake c 4 refugee a
5 charity f 6 tsunami b  2 1 In emergencies, people need help very
quickly. 2 There are millions of refugees in the world.
3 Most refugees have had frightening experiences. 4 Refugees need
food, water, and somewhere to live. 5 Some charities help to build
refugee camps.  3 Suggested answers: 1 When: When they leave
their homes in an emergency. 2 What: They need help very quickly.
3 Where: In refugee camps. 4 How many: More than 150,000 people
died. 5 When: On January 12th in 2010.  4 1 themselves, difficult
2 doctor, hurt 3 home, safe 4 natural 5 camps, lost
Page 14–15  1 1 cat 2 fish 3 bird 4 toad 5 whale 6 hamster
7 orang-utan 8 snow leopard  2 1 Asia 2 Germany 3 Indonesia
4 Arctic 5 Pacific  3 1 animals 2 hunters 3 forest 4 oil 5 oceans
6 heavy  4 1 e 2 a 3 c 4 f 5 b 6 d
Page 16–17  1 1 species 2 Conservationists 3 medicines 4 hunters
5 seeds 6 meat  2 1 Species are important in many ways.
2 More than 150 species become extinct every day. 3 We should
always leave flowers where they grow. 4 WWF works to protect
threatened species. 5 All individual plants and animals die.
3 1 All species need each other. 2 People eat plants and animals.
3 Animal charities try to help elephants. 4 People use plants as
medicines. 5 People have taken land from elephants. 6 Scientists
keep finding new species.  4 1 species, extinct 2 eggs, hatch
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Incredible Energy
Activity Book Answers Page 16–17  1 1 Fossil fuels can change the world’s climate.
2 Greenhouse gases keep Earth warm. 3 Radioactive waste can kill
Page 3  1 1 everything 2 use 3 heat 4 energy 5 light 6 day 
living things. 4 Air pollution is bad for plants, animals, and people.
2 Free answers
5 Power stations make air pollution. 6 Fossil fuels are non-renewable. 
Page 4–5  1 1 make, destroy 2 use 3 eat 4 feel 5 run  2 1 We can can’t 2 pollution, gasoline, bicycles, cough, worse, dirty, mask  3 1 fossil
make energy. 2 When people run, most of their energy is converted 2 oil 3 cold 4 ice 5 uranium  4 Example answers 1 Fossil fuels and
to electrical heat energy. 3 Wind is moving water air. 4 Potential nuclear fuels are very useful, but there are problems with using
Kinetic energy is a type of energy that’s moving. 5 Kinetic Potential both of them. 2 Fossil fuels are made from plants and animals that
energy is stored energy. 6 We use the kinetic energy in rain wind lived millions of years ago. 3 When we have used all the fossil fuels,
to sail boats.  3 1 Do runners use energy from food? Yes, they do. there will not be any more. 4 When heat from the sun warms Earth,
2 Can energy be destroyed? No, it can’t. 3 Do we have potential some of it bounces off Earth and goes back into space.
energy stored in our bodies? Yes, we do. 4 Is Angel Falls the highest 5 Greenhouse gases are useful because they store the heat and
waterfall in the world? Yes, it is.  4 1 kinetic 2 Potential 3 potential, they keep Earth warm. 6 Radioactive waste is invisible, but it’s very
kinetic 4 potential, kinetic dangerous and it can kill living things.
Page 6–7  1 1 energy 2 temperature 3 molecules 4 conduction Page 18–19  1 1 panels 2 machines 3 blades 4 generator 5 farm
5 insulators 6 jacket  2 1 5 2 3 3 6 4 1 5 4 6 2  3 1 Heat energy makes 6 cables  2 1 Non-renewable: gas, coal, oil. Renewable: solar,
our homes warm. 2 We can get heat energy when we burn wood. hydroelectric, wind.  3 1 We need to use more renewable energy.
3 When something is cold, it has a low temperature. 4 Atoms are so true 2 People use solar energy to heat water. true 3 Photovoltaic
small that we can’t see them. 5 Molecules in ice are very near each cells convert wind into electricity. false 4 People build wind turbines
other. 6 Heat energy moves from things that are warmer to things in windy places. true 5 Winds are stronger when they are higher
that are cooler.  4 1 converted 2 frozen 3 metal 4 wooden 5 Insulators in the sky. true 6 Water that moves down mountains moves very
Page 8–9  1 1 drum 2 waves 3 vibrations 4 laser 5 beam 6 factories  slowly. false  4 1 kinetic 2 power, pipes 3 oil, bicycles 4 lights 5 future
2 1 We use light energy to hear. false 2 We can’t see sound waves. true Page 20–23  1 Answers provided  2 1 fossil 2 transparent 3 food
3 Light energy travels in straight lines. true 4 Light can move through 4 gasoline 5 greenhouse 6 vehicles 7 firework 8 cable 9 ice
opaque things. false 5 Lasers have more energy than sunlight. true 10 vibrates 11 pollution 12 power 13 miner 14 waste  3 1 insulators,
6 Lasers can cut through metal. true  3 1 Sound happens when page 11 2 kinetic, page 5 3 Batteries, page 23 4 atoms, page 9
something vibrates. 2 Sound waves are invisible. 3 Sounds get weaker 5 ice, page 31 6 oceans, page 24 7 temperature, page 8
when they move. 4 Lamps and televisions are luminous. 5 Light can 8 potential, page 7 9 uranium, page 27 10 laser, page 15
move through transparent things. 6 Windows are transparent.  11 radio, page 13 12 sun, page 18  4 1 is made 2 be converted
4 1 cell, radio 2 tower 3 base, calling 4 converts, sound 3 is frozen 4 is added 5 are burned 6 be stored 7 are built 
Page 10–11  1 1 fuel 2 gasoline 3 wood 4 rocket 5 firework 6 food  5 1 because 2 where 3 when 4 but 5 why 6 until 7 so that 
2 1 Wood and gasoline have a lot of kinetic chemical energy. 6 Oil: non-renewable; millions, rigs, gasoline. Wind: renewable;
2 Plants convert heat light energy from the sun into chemical turbines, blades, turn. Coal: non-renewable; Miners, stations,
energy. 3 Most food chains start with energy from the ocean sun. burned. Hydroelectric: renewable; power, dam, potential.
4 The rock under deep oceans is very cold hot.  3 1 The rock under
deep oceans is very, very hot. When water goes underground
through small holes, the rock makes the water as hot as the inside
of a pizza oven. The hot water dissolves some of the chemicals in
the rock. So the chemicals become part of the water. When the
water comes out of the rock, living things called bacteria feed on
the chemicals. Other animals in the ocean feed on the bacteria. 
4 Example answers 1 It is a type of potential energy. 2 It is useful
because we can convert it into many other types of energy.
3 Kinetic energy sends a firework up into the sky. 4 When copper
burns it makes blue sparks. 5 The chemical energy in our food comes
from plants. 6 Most food chains start with energy from the sun.
Page 12–13  1 1 Without electricity, machines can’t work.
2 Lightning is a type of electricity. 3 Most metals are good conductors.
4 Rubber and air are insulators. 5 Some animals make their own
electricity. 6 Batteries give us small amounts of electricity. 
2 1 atoms 2 electricity 3 ice, flash 4 factories, cables  3 1 Is gold a
good conductor? Yes, it is. 2 Can electrons move quickly? Yes, they
can. 3 Can electricity move easily through the air? No, it can’t.
4 Do calculators use batteries? Yes, they do.  4 1 toaster 2 fan
3 bulb 4 Batteries 5 wires 6 chemicals
Page 14–15  1 1 We use fossil fuels to power cars. 2 Oil and gas come
from animals that lived in the oceans. 3 Miners use machines to cut
tunnels in the ground. 4 People use oil to make gasoline.
5 Every atom has a part called the nucleus. 6 Nuclear energy doesn’t
come from fossil fuels.  2 1 4 2 7 3 2 4 5 5 1 6 3 7 6  3 1 Coal, oil, and
gas are nuclear fossil fuels. 2 Fossil fuels are made from plants and
animals that lived thousands millions of years ago. 3 Miners are
people who get oil coal from under the ground. 4 Coal is burned to
give us light heat. 5 People get coal oil from rigs in the ocean.
6 Nuclear fuel is a gas metal called uranium. 
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Wonderful Ecosystems
Activity Book Answers
Page 3  1 1 millions 2 deserts 3 large 4 dry 5 ocean 6 living 
2 Free answers
Page 4–5  1 1 grass 2 snake 3 buzzard 4 grasshopper  2 1 oxygen 2 shells 3 colorful 4 warm 5 lights  3 1 Are ocean
2 1 The different parts of an ecosystem work together.
2 Pollen helps flowers to make seeds. 3 Different ecosystems are
different sizes. 4 A dead tree can be a busy ecosystem.
5 Pandas live only in bamboo forests. 6 Many animals are adapted
to their ecosystem.  3 1 All living things need food. 2 Bees visit
plants to drink nectar. 3 Few plants grow in deserts. 4 Many trees
grow in rainforests. 5 Polar bears have thick fur. 6 Owls hunt for
rabbits at night.  4 1 sunlight, dioxide 2 Decomposers 3 chains
4 nutrients 5 share
Page 6–7  1 1 desert 2 stems, spikes 3 plants 4 venom 5 hump
6 burrows  2 1 dry 2 rain 3 fat 4 nectar 5 year 6 sleeps  3 1 It’s easy to
live in a hot desert. false 2 Birds can’t make nests on a cactus plant.
false 3 Most desert animals don’t drink water. true 4 Desert tortoises
can store water inside their body. true 5 Fennec foxes are nocturnal
animals. true 6 Most desert animals hunt in the day. false  4 1 adapted
2 predators 3 insects 4 kill 5 food 6 hump
Page 8–9  1 1 Grasslands are places with many few trees.
2 Grasses have long, thin leaves that lose more less water than big
leaves. 3 Most big grassland animals, like zebras, eat insects grass.
4 Prairie dogs are a type of horse squirrel. 5 Termites are birds insects,
and they are important decomposers. 6 Termites use mostly grass
soil to build their mounds.  2 1 zebras 2 herd, run 3 sunlight, grow
4 nutrients, soil  3 Example answers 1 Where are grasslands often
found? They are often found between deserts and forests.
2 What do butterflies and grasshoppers eat? They eat grass and
other plant leaves. 3 Why do animals live in herds? They live in
herds to be safe. 4 Where do prairie dogs live? They live in burrows
in grassland soil.  4 Example answers 1 If it rained more, grasslands
would become forests. 2 If it rained less, grasslands would become
deserts. 3 When prairie dogs leave a burrow, other animals live in it.
4 Prairie dog droppings add nutrients to the soil. 5 The highest
termite mounds are about 13 meters tall. 6 There can be more than
a million termites inside a termite mound.
Page 10–11  1 1 vole 2 cougar 3 leaves 4 raccoon  2 1 cold places
2 tropical rainforests 3 mild places 4 tropical rainforests 5 cold places
6 mild places 7 mild places 8 cold places 9 tropical rainforests  6 Example answers 1 They live in frozen ecosystems. They sleep and
3 1 Tropical 2 snow 3 conifer 4 fall 5 winter, spring  4 Example answers
1 What are forests? They are large areas of land that are covered in trees.
2 What do squirrels collect and store? Squirrels collect and store nuts.
3 Why do rainforest trees grow very tall? They grow very tall
because they get lots of water, sunlight, and air. 4 Where do most
rainforest animals live? They live in the trees. 5 Why do people
cut down rainforest trees? They cut down rainforest trees so that
farmers can use the land.
Page 12–13  1 Fish: archer fish, piranha. Plants: water lily. Insects:
dragonfly, diving beetle. Amphibians: frog  2 1 Most young insects
eat little pieces of plants. true 2 All insects live in the air when they
are adults. false 3 Fish are perfectly adapted to living underwater.
true 4 The archer fish shoots water at other fish. false 5 Some large
fish catch and eat other fish. true 6 Amphibians start life on land.
false  3 1 mountains, ocean 2 roots, stems 3 hatch, adults
4 bubbles, breathe 5 gills, oxygen  4 1 5 2 2 3 6 4 1 5 4 6 3
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Page 14–15  1 1 The water in the oceans is salt water. 2 Almost 75%
of earth is covered by oceans. 3 Seaweed uses light to make
its food. 4 Most coral reefs grow near coasts. 5 Anemones have
tentacles that sting animals. 6 Clownfish live near anemones. 
ecosystems important? Yes, they are. 2 Do corals have a skeleton?
Yes, they do. 3 Are most animals scared of anemones? Yes, they are.
4 Is there any light in very deep water? No, there isn’t. 5 Are plant
plankton very large? No, they aren’t.  4 1 coast 2 seaweed 3 skeleton
4 sunlight 5 largest
Page 16–17  1 1 polar bear 2 shrimp 3 seal 4 plant plankton 
2 Example answers 1 They grow very fat in fall. 2 They hibernate in
winter. 3 They use their teeth. 4 They eat plankton from the sea.
5 They sleep on the ice. 6 They hunt seals.  3 1 Seals catch fish with
their sharp teeth. 2 Lemmings stay in burrows all winter.
3 Squid eat plankton from the water. 4 Polar bears hunt seals that
come up from their holes. 5 Most plants grow in summer.
6 Arctic foxes change color in different seasons.  4 1 den 2 flippers
3 tundra 4 moss 5 fur
Page 18–19  1 1 protect 2 clear 3 damage 4 starve 5 plant 6 teach 
2 1 balanced 2 wood 3 pollution 4 carbon 5 warm  3 1 It’s important
to protect our ecosystems. 2 When temperatures change, this
can change ecosystems. 3 By protecting ecosystems we are also
protecting ourselves. 4 Parts of the ocean are protected. 5 The Great
Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world.  4 Example answers
1 When people change one part of an ecosystem, they can damage
other parts of it. 2 If new animals are brought into an ecosystem,
they can kill animals that already live there. 3 Temperatures on earth
are slowly becoming warmer. 4 Rainforest plants give people food,
medicines, and oxygen. 5 In 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico, a giant oil
rig broke, and it put lots of oil into the ocean.
Page 20–23  1 Answers provided  2 1 atmosphere 2 hibernate
3 camouflage 4 amphibian 5 herd 6 coast 7 roots 8 insects
9 carbon 10 tiny 11 leaves 12 termite 13 venom 
3 1 plant plankton, page 26 2 desert, page 8 3 oceans, page 24
4 burrows, page 30 5 decomposers, page 5 6 camel, page 10
7 pollen, page 4 8 winter, page 28 9 nocturnal, page 11
10 blue whales, page 27 11 predators, page 9 12 gills, page 22 
4 1 to make 2 drinking 3 to cut 4 to grow 5 cutting 6 fishing 
5 1 because 2 so that 3 and 4 but 5 When 6 where 7 until 
eat on the ice. They hunt seals that come up from their holes to
breathe. 2 They live in grassland ecosystems. They are important
decomposers. They help to clear dead plants off the grassland.
3 They live in desert ecosystems. They are nocturnal. They have
large eyes to help them to see at night. 4 They live in ocean
ecosystems. Many corals grow together. They are small, soft
animals, but they have a skeleton that’s as hard as rock.
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Your Amazing Body
Activity Book Answers Page 16–17  1 1 cerebrum 2 cerebellum 3 brain stem 4 spinal cord
5 vertebrae  2 cells, irregular, dendrites, axon, electrical, signals 
Page 3  1 1 amazing 2 tiny 3 air 4 food 5 sick 6 reproduce 
3 1 The smallest part of your brain is the cerebrum. False
2 free answers
2 The cerebellum is at the front of your brain. False 3 The cerebellum
Page 4–5  1 1 smallest 2 trillion 3 holes 4 food 5 irregular 6 reproduce  helps you to keep your balance. True 4 The brain stem controls
2 1 The tiniest living things have only one cell. 2 Your cells work to your lungs and heart. True 5 The brain stem is where you do most
keep your body strong and healthy. 3 Different types of cell are of your thinking. False 6 The spinal cord is protected by vertebrae.
different shapes. 4 Each cell lives for about 120 days. 5 Each cell divides True  4 1 diseases, medicines, cures 2 muscles, wheelchair
to make two new cells. 6 Human babies grow from two tiny cells.  3 confused, forget
3 1 sperm 2 egg 3 new 4 embryo 5 fetus 6 baby  4 1 Children
Page 18–19  1 1 fever 2 seat belt 3 nutrients 4 clot 5 plaster cast
2 birthday, born 3 independent 4 adolescents, adults 5 Older, wrinkles
6 white blood cells 7 scab 8 X-ray machine  2 1 strong, accident
6 working, family
2 broken, straight 3 germs, skin 4 defend 5 infection, high 
Page 6–7  1 1 dermis 2 follicles 3 melanin 4 epidermis 5 pores 3 1 You cut yourself. 2 The cut bleeds a lot. 3 Your body closes the
6 fat cells 7 keratin  2 1 Your skin covers the outside of your body. capillaries around the cut. 4 Platelets stick together to make a clot.
2 Skin is elastic, so you can move your body easily. 3 Sweat glands 5 The clot forms a scab. 6 New skin starts to grow under the scab.
produce sweat when you get too hot. 4 When sweat dries, it helps 7 The scab falls off. 8 You can see the new skin.  4 1 Give 2 Eat 3 Do
to cool your body. 5 Hair is important because it helps to keep you 4 Protect 5 Get 6 Keep 7 Brush 8 Wear
warm.  3 1 protects, temperature 2 glands, waterproof 3 surface
Page 20–23  1 1 amazing 2 tiny 3 air 4 food 5 sick 6 reproduce 
4 light 5 sunscreen  4 1 Your hair is isn’t made of living cells.
2 1 infection 2 white 3 tiny 4 temperature 5 blood 6 egg 7 gastric
2 Dark hair contains less more melanin than fair hair. 3 Hair helps to
8 calcium 9 adolescent 10 ribs 11 fever 12 femur 13 skeleton 
keep you cool warm. 4 You lose the most heat from your hands head.
3 1 cartilage – page 13 2 protein – page 15 3 arteries – page 21
5 It usually takes from three to six weeks months to grow a new
4 skull – page 12 5 saliva – page 25 6 carbohydrates – page 24
fingernail.
7 ossicles – page 12 8 oxygen – page 16 9 vertebrae – page 30
Page 8–9  1 1 skull 2 ribs 3 hand 4 hip 5 femur 6 knee 7 foot  10 dermis – page 9 11 insulin – page 27 12 kidneys – page 23 
2 1 skull 2 hip 3 hand 4 knee 5 foot 6 ribs 7 femur  3 1 Ossicles 4 1 b 2 c 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 a  5 1 from 2 under 3 to 4 into 5 with 6 inside
2 marrow, cells 3 Joints, cartilage 4 tendons 5 voluntary, involuntary  7 through  6 Your heart is a muscle. It pumps blood around your
4 1 Your skeleton has 106 different bones. False 2 The ossicles are body. Your skull is very hard. It protects your brain. Your kidneys take
tiny bones in your ears. True 3 A muscle is made of thousands of waste from your blood. They make urine. Your vertebrae form your
long cells. False 4 Some of your muscles work automatically. True backbone. They protect your spinal cord.
Page 10–11  1 1 air 2 trachea 3 lung 4 bronchi 5 alveoli 6 bronchioles 
2 1 Fish get oxygen from the air water. 2 Your cells produce a
waste gas called oxygen carbon dioxide. 3 You have millions of
alveoli in each of your arms lungs. 4 It’s difficult to breathe at low
high altitudes. 5 Mountain climbers need to breathe more slowly
faster. [or more quickly] 6 Smoking kills about five thousand million
people every year.  3 1 4 2 8 3 5 4 1 5 3 6 7 7 2 8 6  4 1 hold, divers,
tank, mouthpiece 2 asthma, irritated, contract, breathing, inhaler,
relaxes
Page 12–13  1 (top to bottom, left to right): operations, waste,
nutrients, arteries, capillaries, diseases; 1 operations 2 diseases
3 Arteries 4 Capillaries 5 waste 6 nutrients  2 1 Your blood circulates
around your body. 2 Your blood takes nutrients to your cells.
3 People can donate blood at the hospital. 4 Your heart is divided
into four parts. 5 The right ventricle pumps blood to your lungs.
6 Your kidneys need water.  3 1 When - When you are sick or when
you have an infection. 2 What color - It’s dark red. 3 What - It gets
oxygen. 4 Which - The left side. 5 Where - To your kidneys.
6 Why - To keep your blood clean.  4 1 millions 2 tubes 3 bright
4 body 5 kidneys 6 clean
Page 14–15  1 1 esophagus 2 stomach 3 large intestine
4 small intestine 5 pancreas 6 rectum 7 liver  2 1 proteins
2 vegetables 3 carbohydrates 4 milk 5 mouth 6 sugar  3 1 You bite
and chew your food with your teeth. 2 Your mouth produces saliva.
3 The food goes into the esophagus. 4 Your stomach mixes the food
with gastric juices. 5 The wet paste goes into your small intestine.
6 The nutrients go into your blood. 7 The large intestine takes away
most of the water.  4 1 Your body gets nutrients from your food.
2 Fruit and vegetables give you vitamins. 3 Sweet foods aren’t good
for your teeth. 4 Some sugar is stored in your liver. 5 Your pancreas
is under your stomach. 6 Your body needs fats to keep warm.
7 Your small intestine is about 5 meters long.

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