Planet Earth resources

Students suggest ways to prevent a steep bank slipping. The assessment focus is application of their knowledge about erosion.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about star movement during an evening and star colour and temperature.

For this task students are asked two questions about early Polynesian navigation. Students need to identify features of the environment that explorers would have used to navigate home and to find new land.

Students are given a key list of words associated with earthquakes. Student use these and their own knowledge to write a paragraph explaining five key points about earthquakes.

For this task students are provided with a diagram of a landslip and an example of a possible cause of this. Students are required to list four other possible causes of landslips.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about lightning and determine how far away a thunderstorm is by doing a calculation.

Students are required to identify two major weather features linked to cyclones and three examples of damage they can cause.

Task: Select whether statements about the Moon are true or false. Assessment focus: the Moon.

Students follow a story about searching for gold on an island. In the process they answer five questions about landforms.

Students answer three questions about the Hubble Space Telescope.

Students are provided with a newspaper article titled 'Gentle quake the latest in swarm' and use this to answer three questions.

Students are asked to explain the meaning of the terms, recycle, reduce, and reuse.

Students review their knowledge of greenhouse gases and the effects of global warming. They identify areas where they are unsure, as well as things they know.

Students are asked three multiple-choice questions that relate to tides, the full moon and a solar eclipse.

Students use a diagram of a solar eclipse to answer four questions.

Task: Answer questions about types of solar eclipse. Assessment focus: interpreting diagrams.

For this task students understanding of tides is explored. Students are asked to identify where high tides occur when the Moon is in a certain position and how often high tides occur.

Students answer two multiple-choice questions about full Moon and lunar eclipses.

Students answer questions about major natural events that happened on the Earth in one week by interpreting a diagram showing these.

Students complete a diagram of a geyser by writing the correct labels from a given selection. Students are also required to answer what causes the water to heat up.

For this task students identify what may cause clouds to be at different heights and then interpret weather information to answer a multiple-choice question about fog.

Students are provided with a diagram that shows some ways water moves in a water cycle. Students are required to explain what is happening in three places and explain how water that falls as snow might get to the sea.

For this task students select two kinds of activity from those labelled on a diagram of an erupting volcano. Students write a description and the problems or dangers associated with each activity.

Students interpret a map showing concentrations of ozone in the atmosphere and then answer some questions about the ozone issue. This resource assesses the ability to interpret data, and also knowledge of the ozone layer and associated issues.

Students are provided with a sequence of diagrams showing the erosion of a waterfall by a river over time. Students complete diagrams for two other waterfall erosion sequences. Each waterfall has different combinations of layers of soft and hard rocks.