Students use stimulus material to answer a number of questions relating to temperature change in materials which are at different distances from a heat source.
A diagram representing an area of a civil emergency is provided and students are asked to identify the geological event that has caused this. Students then give six hazards or problems that could result from this geological event.
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 weather map showing the lower North Island of NZ. Students are required to interpret this map to answer three short answer questions.
For this task students are provided with a table of weather observations for a day in September. Students are required to write a weather report using headings that have been provided.
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.
Task: Answer a multiple choice questions about what would be seen on earth if a meteor hit the moon, and explain why that answer is correct. Assessment focus: how sound and light travel.