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Tuna Habitat Changes Worksheet
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Tuna Habitat Changes Worksheet
📚 Part 1: WALT & Multiple Choice
WALT (We Are Learning To): Understand how tuna habitats change over time and how these changes affect tuna.
Success criteria: I can give one gradual change and one rapid change, and say how tuna are affected.
1. Where does a tuna usually live? / Ko te kāinga o te tuna he:
Dry desert / Whare kānapa
Freshwater rivers or lakes (wai māori) / Awa, roto
The sky / Te rangi
2. Which is an example of a gradual change (he huringa āta haere)?
Water slowly getting lower over many weeks / Ka whakaheke te wai āta haere
A sudden big flood after heavy rain / Pāwera ohorere
A volcano eruption / Pūkaruhe
3. Which is an example of a rapid change (he huringa ohorere)?
Long-term silt build-up over years
Heavy rain causing sudden flooding (pāwera)
Trees slowly growing beside the stream
4. Check all effects of pollution on tuna (Tick all that apply): / Tāwhia ngā pānga o te poke ki te tuna
Less food available
Water becomes dirty / Te wai poke
Tuna can get sick
Tuna grow bigger and healthier
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers
5. In one short sentence, describe a gradual change to a tuna habitat. (Use English or te reo Māori)
6. In one short sentence, describe a rapid change to a tuna habitat.
7. List two things tuna need to live (write one per line). / Rārangi i ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e te tuna:
1. ________
2. ________
8. How could planting trees near a stream help tuna? (one sentence)
🎨 Part 3: Draw & Share
9. Draw a simple timeline showing: Healthy river → a gradual change → a rapid change. Label each event (English + te reo Māori). / Tuhi he rārangi wā.
10. When your group shares the timeline, write two short phrases you will say: one in English and one in te reo Māori.
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