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2 Roing 6

3 Cloudg 8

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8 People ond Weother ].8

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lntroductionCon Uou see the sun in the skg?Cqn Uou see rqin? Is it sunnu outside,or is it roing?\Whqt is gour fovoritetupe of weqther?

Whqt do gou do when it's sunng?Do gou like roing weqther?$[hot tgpes of weqther do Uou know?

Now reod ond discover moreobout the weother!

The sun is o stor. It's veru, veru hot!The sun hqs lots of heot ond light.Heqt ond light from the sun cometo Eqrth. The heqt ond light mokeEqrth worm so we cctn live here.

Light from the sun comesto Eorth in eight minutes!

Some ploces ctre wqrm ond sunngoll geor, ond theg hove no seosons.Some ploces hqve seqsons. Insummer, there's more light from thesun, so it's worm. In winter, there'sless light from the sun, so it's cold.

Is it worm ond sunnu where Uou live?

) Go to poges z0-zLfor octivities.

When roin folls, woter goes intorivers. Wqter in rivers goes intooceons. \il7hen it's sunnu, woter otthe top of the oceqn gets worm.Some of the wqter goes up into thesku.\ilfqter in the skg mokes clouds.Then rqin fqlls ogoin! This is cqlledthe wqter cgcle.

Roin fqlls from clouds in the sku.There ore mong roindrops in q

cloud. \fhen smoll roindrops meet,theg moke one big roindrop. $(/henthere qre lots of big rqindrops, roinfqlls to Eorth.

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People, plonts, ond onimoLsuse woter to live ond to grow.

I Go to poges 22-23 for octivities.

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Do Uou see clouds in the skg where

Uou live? Some clouds ore grog ondsome clouds ore white. Grog cloudshqve mong roindrops. SThite cloudsdon't hqve mcrnu roindrops.

$7hen it's cloudg, big clouds stopsome light from the sun comingto Eqrth.

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Cumulonimbus clouds ore veru, verubig.When Uou see this tupe of cloud,get Uour umbrellq! Cumulonimbusclouds hqve lots ond lots of rqindrops,ond theg moke verg big storms.

Cumulonimbus clouds conmo ke Lig htn ing. Lig htn ingis verg, veru hot!

,1,, l.l'Go to p0ges 24-25 for octivities.

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SnowyWhen it's verg cold in the sku, woterin clouds is ice. Some ice fqlls toEorth. $7hen it folls, the ice is snow.When snow folls on worm ground,the snow melts. Then the snow iswqter ogoin. Some wqter goes intothe ground ond it helps plonts togrow. Some woter goes into rivers.

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$7hen snow folls on cold ground, it'swhite everuwhere!tWhen lots of snowfolls on mountoins, people con go

skiing. When lots of snow folls onhouses ond streets, people cqn't drivetheir cors. Then theg con't go toschool or work.

) Go to poges 26-27 for octivities.

WindyDo gou know the sun mokes wind?

til7ind is qir thot moves. In the skgthere's qir. The sun mqkes the qirwqrm. Wqrm oir goes up intothe skg. In the skg it's veru cold,so the oir gets cold. When theqir is cold, it goes down ogoin.

\(rind blows. A breeze is wind thotblows slowlg. A breeze ccrn blow flogsin the skg. Some winds blow fqst.A hurricqne is wind thot blows verufqst. \il(rhen there's q hurricqne, peopleqre sccrred. A hurricqne cqn blowdown trees qnd houses!

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Itfqrrn qnd WetIn the Tropics, it'sworm ond wet oll geor.Mong rqinforests growin the Tropics. In q

rqinforest, trees get lotsof light qnd roin, qnd

theg grow veru tqll.

In some roinforeststhere's 3 centimeters

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of ro in everg do g !

Mong qnimols live in wqrm, wetroinforests. Monkegs live in treesqnd theg eqt nuts ond fruit. Birdsflg from tree to tree. Birds eqtminibeqsts. Theg eot nuts qnd fruit,too. Smqll frogs drink rqindrops onthe big leoves of rqinforest trees.

Go to poges 30-3L for octivities.

In the Arctic qnd theAntorctic it's verg coldond drg. A lot of thewqter is ice or snow.There ore no trees -

plonts cqn't grow in thes.ploces. There's white iceqnd snow evergwhere!

There oren't mcrng onimols in the

Arctic ond the Antqrctic. There ore

no leqves, fruit, or nuts for onimols

to eot.

Seols swim in the oceon to find fish.

Theg eot lots of fish ond theg g et

verg fqt. This helps them to be worm.

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V(rhen it's sunnu, people con get hot.Mong buildings hove windows withshutters. \U(rhen it's sunnu, the shuttersstop the heqt qnd light going in thebuildings. Then people in thebuildings don't get hot.

\When it's sunng,mqnu peopleweqr o hot. Thentheir heod doesn'tget hot.

\When it's rqinUr people cqn get wet.

Buildings hove roofs. The rqin fqlls

off the roofs qnd it doesn't go in the

buildings. Then people in the

buildings don't get wet.

tWhen it's roing,mqnu people useqn umbrello. Thentheg don't get wet.

\Whqt do gou dowhen it's rqing ondwhen it's sunnu?

) Go to poges 34-35 for octivities.l$l['rf,,I

lll sunny$ Recd poges4-5.

1 Find ond write the words.

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seosons worm cold svn'n"U

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In summer, there's more Light f rom the sun,so it 's

4 In winter, there's Less Light from the sun,so it 's

4 Write the words.

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2 Write true or false.L The sun is o stor.

2 The sun is verg, verg co[d.

3 Heot ond Light f rom the sun cometo Eorth.

4 The heot ond Light moke Eorth col-d.

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I Circle the correct words.

2 Write true or false.Roin fo[Ls f rom the sun in the skg.

When big roindrops meet, thegmoke one smoL[ roindrop.

3 When there ore lots of big roindrops,roin fo[[s to Eorth.

4 People, p[onts, ond onimo[s usewoter to live ond to grow.

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3 Complete the sentences. Then writethe numbers.

sku oceons clouds roin rivers

1 When roin fo[Ls, woter goes into

2 Woter in r ivers goes into

3 When it 's , woter of the top of theoceon gets worm.

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Some clouds -\ mong roindrops.

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hove mon g roindrops.

Grog clouds hove \- ore g ro4.

Complete the puzzLe.Then write the secret word.

White clouds don't white.

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L Cumulonimbus clouds ore veru,veru big ' / smo[[ .

2 Cumulonimbus clouds mokebig I smo[t storms.

CumuLonimbus cloudsstop /moke Lightning.

Lightning is verg, verg hot / cold.

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[_J Then the snow is woter ogoin.Write true or false.

1 When snow fol ts on cold ground,the snow melts.

When snow foL[s on mountoins,peopte con' t go ski ing.

When snow fo[Ls on streets, PeoPLecon' t dr ive their cors.

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I j When snow fo[ [s on wo rm ground,the snow melts.

[*_1 When it 's verg cold in the skU, woterin c louds is ice.

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1 Worm oir goes up /down.2 Air gets hot lco[d.

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Wqrrn e&?d Wet$ Reod poges L4-L5.

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2 Mong roinforests grow in the Tropics.

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nuts ond fruit, too.

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