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 3 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.
ToiletShowerWashingDrinking
Water used by a household in litres a day. Which use took the least?
2.
Glacier AGlacier BGlacier CGlacier D
Ice lost from four glaciers in a decade, in metres of thickness. Which lost most?
3.
OceansIce capsGroundwater
Share of all Earth's water, in parts per hundred. Which holds the most?
4.
KitchenToiletsGardenScience room
Share of a school's water use by area, in parts per hundred. Which area used least?
LessonPrint · 5-ESS2-2 · Set 3 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Salt, Ice and Very Little Else
Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Drinking, at 6 litres.
2.Glacier B, losing 31 metres.
3.The oceans, with about 97 parts in 100.
4.The science room, at 6 parts in 100.
More practice for 5-ESS2-2
Graph how much of Earth's water is salt and how much is fresh.