UNIT 2.

EARTH

3rd Grade Primary School/ Social Science

Pedro Antonio Lpez Hernndez
Colegio La Presentacin de Granada
 THE ATMOSPHERE

It is the layer of air that surrounds Earth

The compositions of the atmosphere

It has two layers

It has different gasses make up the air although we cant

see them

Top layer
It protects us from
the harmful rays
from the sun. Nitrogen
Water
It is the vapour
most
Bottom layer abundant.
Oxygen
Carbon
dioxide
It has air and
rainwater. We need it
to respire.
It makes our planet
liveable.
 THE HYDROSPHERE
Most of Earths surface is covered by water and it is called the hydrosphere.

The water cycle

It has three states 2.Condensation

Water vapour
forms the clouds.
3.Precipitation
The clouds
release water
Solid Gaseous back to the Earth
Liquid as rain, snow or
hail.

1.Evaporation
Heat from sun
turns the water
into water
4.Inflitration
vapour. Some water goes into
In the coldest The water in our 5.Transportation the ground.
areas of our atmosphere: Rivers and other
planet: Clouds. streams transport
water back to the
Earths water:
Snow and ice. ocean.
Oceans, seas,
rivers and lakes.
 THE GEOSPHERE
Earth is made up of rocks, from the centre to the surface.

It has three parts In the Earths crust, they are the continents

1. Core: It is the inner layer. The It has land

temperatures are very high. underwater.
Earth has six
It has seas
continents The ocean
and oceans
floor

2. Mantle: It is
the middle 3. Crust: It is the
layer and the outer layer. It has
thickest of all. different
The lava from landforms:
volcanoes mountains, hills,
comes from deserts, even the
here. ocean floor.
 REPRESENTING EARTH

A GLOBE that represent Earth as a tilted sphere in 3D A MAP that represents Earth as a flat surface

1. Northern
hemisphere 4.Earths tilted axis It includes

Imaginary line that

2.Earths connects Earths two
poles poles.
Compass rose Illustrations
They are
furthest
from the With the cardinal points
EQUATOR.
5.Meridians North

Imaginary lines
that go through
3.Parallels the poles.
West East
They divide the
Earth from north Legend: It explain what the
to south. 6. Southern symbols on the map mean.
hemisphere South
 TAKING CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT

How to take care of the atmosphere How can we take care of water?

We have to reduce air pollution with

1. Taking shorter shower.

2. Running dishwashers and washing

1. Take public transport and walk or use the bike. machines only when they are full.

2. Reduce the use of aerosols. 3. Turning off the tap when brushing your
teeth and washing your hands.
3. Look after the trees in your neighbourhood.