RIC-3531 Primary Science - Book D (Digital)
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Weather<br />
Assessment<br />
1.<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
4.<br />
Number the sentences (from 1 to 6), in the order they occur during the water cycle.<br />
The first one is numbered for you.<br />
a<br />
Sun heats water on Earth.<br />
Water drains into rivers.<br />
Vapour rises to the air and forms clouds.<br />
List three people who rely on the weather<br />
to be able to carry out their jobs.<br />
Rivers flow into the sea.<br />
Describe an experiment that would allow you to measure the amount of<br />
rain that falls on your school grounds over two weeks.<br />
Vapour cools and falls as rain, snow or hail<br />
onto land.<br />
Water from oceans, lakes and trees evaporates.<br />
Explain why weather information is so<br />
important to farmers.<br />
Billy was asked to build an anemometer in science. Help him by drawing a diagram and<br />
by describing how an anemometer measures wind speed.<br />
b<br />
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Self-assessment<br />
Indicators<br />
• Develops an understanding of the different stages of the water cycle.<br />
• Describes the importance of weather information to community groups such as<br />
farmers.<br />
• Describes an experiment that measures rain and identifies possible improvements<br />
to the accuracy of the investigation.<br />
• Draws an anemometer and describes how it is used to measure the force and<br />
speed of wind.<br />
Demonstrated Needs further<br />
opportunity<br />
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