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interacting systems
landforms
weather
wind
Students are provided with a map showing wind speed and direction over some landforms. Students explain two ways that mountains affect the wind.
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interacting systems
lightning
weather
Students are provided with five rules to follow during a thunderstorm with lightning. Students select two of these rules and explain the science behind the rule.
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data interpretation
interacting systems
table interpretation
weather
Students are provided with data showing the temperature and the cloud cover over a one week period. Students use this information to identify the two nights that would be the best to protect plants outside from possible frost damage and also to identify why protection is needed on such nights.
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forecasting
interacting systems
symbols
weather
Students are provided with a weather map showing the lower North Island of NZ. Students are required to interpret this map to answer three short answer questions.
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Keywords:
beaufort scale
interacting systems
weather
wind
Students use the Beaufort Scale of wind speed to categorise diary entries about the wind in Auckland.
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clouds
frost
interacting systems
weather
Students answer three short answer questions on weather, frost, and clouds.
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clouds
data interpretation
fog
water cycle
weather
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.
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graph interpretation
interacting systems
rainfall
temperature
Students are provided with a graph showing the average rainfall and temperatures for Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Perth. Students interpret this graph to answer a number of questions.
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graph construction
interacting systems
map interpretation
rainfall
weather
Students are provided with a map of NZ showing the average annual rainfall in different areas. Students interpret this information to answer three short answer questions, and then construct a bar graph that shows the rainfall for nine North Island locations.