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MAJI YA DUNIA

MAJI KILA MAHARI

Angalia umezungukwa

Maji iko kila mahali

Maji hutoka mbinguni na kutiririka hapa duniani

Huenda duniani na kujaza mabwawa ya maji

MAJI KAMA MAJIMAJI

Sehemu kubwa ya dunia imefunikwa na maji

Maji iko kwa bahari, maziwa, na mabawa

Maji kutoka kwa mawingu kama mvua

Maji yote iko kwa hali ya majimaji

Maji inaweza titirika kutoka sehemu moja hadi nyingine

Huchukua sura ya kitu chochote ukiweka ndani

HALI YA HEWA

Maji inaweza badirika kuwa hali ingine

Maji hubadirika kutoka hali moja hadi nyingine kwa sababu ya joto

Hali ya hewa hulingana na vile kitu iko joto ama baridi

Maji kama kitu ngumu

Fikiria kama mvua ikinyesha kutoka mbiguni

Mvua huwa kwa hali ya maji maji

Nini hufanyika hali ya hewa inapokuwa baridi?

Hapo ni kweli- mvua kuwa barafu

Wakati mvua ina kuwa barafu, inabarisha hali kutoka kioevu kuwa maji ngumu

Hiyo maji ngumu ni barafu

Barafu ni ngumu, na huwa na sura yake

Theruji ni vipande vidogo vya barafu

Milima zingine ziko na vipande vikubwa vya barafu zinavoitwa glaciers

Icicles ni hali ingine ya barafu

Nini hufanyika kwa barafu kunapo kuwa na joto?

Barafu huyeyuka na kuwa maji tena

MAJI KAMA GESI

Nini hufanyika kwa maji wakati hali ya hewa imekuwa joto zaidi?

Maji kwa mchanga hupotea baada ya jua kutokea

Ni wapi maji huenda?

Nguvu ya jua kufanya maji kubadirisha hali yake

Maji kubadirika kuwa gesi

Maji hupotea, ama huenda kwa hewa

Maji ikuwa gesi huwa ni ya gesi maji

Gesi maji ni vipande vidogo vya maji kwenye hewa

Huwezi ona gesi maji lakini unaweza isikia

Gesi maji kufanya siku za joto kuwa na maji

Gesi maji inaweza badirika hali ya hewa inapokuwa chini

Gesi maji hubadirika na kuwa maji

Tena unaweza iona

MAJI KWA UHAI

Mimea na wanyama huhitaji maji

Maji husaidia kila kitu duniania kuwa na uhai

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EARTH’S WATER

WATER ALL AROUND

Look around you.

Water is everywhere.

Water falls from the sky and flows overland.

It goes into the ground and fills bodies of water.

WATER AS A LIQUID

Most of our planet is covered with water.

Water is in oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds.

Water falls from clouds as rain.

All this water is in a liquid state.

Liquid water can flow from one place to another.

It takes the shape of whatever it is in.

TEMPERATURE

Water can change from a liquid state to other states.

Water changes from one state to another because of temperature.

Temperature is how hot or cold something is.

WATER AS A SOLID

Think about rain falling from the sky.

The rain is in a liquid state.

What happens if the weather gets very cold?

That’s right—the rain freezes!

When rain freezes, it changes from a liquid state to a solid state.

The solid state of water is ice.

Ice is hard, and it has its own shape.

Snow is tiny pieces of ice.

Some mountains have huge pieces of ice, called glaciers.

Icicles are another form of ice.

What happens to the ice if the weather gets warm?

The ice melts and becomes a liquid again!

WATER AS A GAS

What happens to liquid water when the temperature is very hot?

Puddles go away after the sun comes out.

Where does the liquid water go?

Energy from the sun causes the water to change state.

The water changes from a liquid state to a gas state.

The water evaporates, or goes into the air.

Water in a gas state is water vapor.

Water vapor is tiny bits of water in the air.

You can’t see water vapor, but you can feel it.

Water vapor makes hot days feel sticky.

Water vapor can change when the temperature gets lower.

The water vapor condenses and becomes liquid water.

Then you can see it again!

WATER FOR [...]