Salt, Ice and Very Little Else is a free printable Grade 5 science worksheet on describing and graphing the distribution of water on Earth, aligned to Common Core standard 5-ESS2-2. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 20 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Salt, Ice and Very Little Else
5-ESS2-2
NameDate
Look at the data, then answer.
1.
SpringSummerAutumnWinter
Rainfall reaching rivers, in parts per hundred of what fell. How much reached rivers in autumn?
2.
Ice capsGroundwaterLakes and rivers
Share of Earth's FRESH water, in parts per hundred. Which holds the most?
3.
Glacier AGlacier BGlacier CGlacier D
Ice lost from four glaciers in a decade, in metres of thickness. Which lost most?
4.
Region ARegion BRegion CRegion D
Fresh water available per person by region, in arbitrary units. Which region had the most?
LessonPrint · 5-ESS2-2 · Set 20 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Salt, Ice and Very Little Else
Set 20. Prints on its own sheet.
1.About 41 parts in 100.
2.Ice caps and glaciers, with about 69 parts in 100.
3.Glacier B, losing 31 metres.
4.Region B, at 45 units.
More practice for 5-ESS2-2
Graph how much of Earth's water is salt and how much is fresh.