🌊 Part 1: Vocabulary Understanding

1. Match each word with its correct meaning:

1. Estuary

2. Habitat

3. Mangroves

4. Pollution

A. Trees that grow in salty water

B. Where fresh and salt water meet

C. Harmful substances in the environment

D. A place where animals live

2. Fill in the blanks using words from the text:

An estuary is where __________ water from rivers meets __________ water from the sea. The water level changes with the __________.

📖 Part 2: Reading Comprehension

3. What is an estuary? Write your answer in complete sentences.

4. Why are estuaries important for wildlife? Choose all correct answers:

They provide food for many animals

They offer safe places for animals to live

They are good places for birds to rest during migration

They are only important for fish

5. How do people affect estuaries? Give two examples from the text:

🌍 Part 3: Making Connections

6. Have you ever visited an estuary or waterway in New Zealand? Describe what you saw, heard, or felt:

7. What could happen to estuaries if we don't take care of them? Circle the best answer:

Nothing would change

Animals would lose their homes and food sources

They would become more beautiful

More fish would live there

8. Think of one thing you can do to help protect estuaries. Explain your idea:

🎨 Part 4: Creative Response

9. Draw an estuary showing at least three different types of wildlife that might live there:

10. Write a short message from the perspective of an animal living in an estuary. What would it want people to know?

🤔 Part 5: Critical Thinking

11. Why do you think it's important for people to learn about estuaries? Give two reasons:

Reason 1: _________________________________________________

Reason 2: _________________________________________________

12. How are estuaries connected to the health of our oceans and rivers? Explain your thinking:

Estuaries Reading Comprehension

Estuaries Reading Comprehension

🌊 Part 1: Vocabulary Understanding

📖 Part 2: Reading Comprehension

🌍 Part 3: Making Connections

🎨 Part 4: Creative Response

🤔 Part 5: Critical Thinking

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