Earth systems resources

Students read a map of a new school, and answer questions about the placement of some trees. They are assessed on their ability to suggest the trees' impact on the school environment.

This resource requires students to construct a graph on data for temperature and depth below the Earth's crust. Students then answer four questions about this.

This resource requires students to process information on an earthquake. This entails calculating the distance that the recording stations are from an earthquake's epicentre, locating the epicentre, calculating the magnitude, and answering general questions on earthquakes.

This assessment task provides students with four statements on recycling. Students circle whether each statement is true or false to determine their understanding of recycling.

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.

On a diagram students indicate how a cliff face might look different in 100 years from now, and explain the probable cause of this.