🌧️ Part 1: Year 5 Questions

1. Read this sentence from the text: "The water undergoes transformation as it moves through different stages." Using context clues, what does "transformation" mean?

staying the same

changing form

moving quickly

disappearing

2. How does the author use headings and diagrams in the text to help explain the water cycle?

3. Summarise the water cycle by listing the four main stages in order and explaining how they connect to each other:

4. The word "precipitation" contains the prefix "pre-" and suffix "-ation". Using the context of the water cycle, what do you think this word means?

☁️ Part 2: Year 6 Questions

5. The text uses the word "evapotranspiration". Break this word down into its parts (morphemes) and explain what it means using context from the passage:

6. If this text were presented digitally with interactive features, which TWO features would best help communicate the water cycle process?

Animated arrows showing water movement

Pop-up definitions for scientific terms

Background music

Clickable hotspots on diagrams

Different font colours

7. How does the author develop the main message that "water is continuously recycled in nature"? Trace how this idea builds throughout the text:

8. Analyse how the text connects human activities to the water cycle. What deeper meaning does this reveal about our relationship with the environment?

💧 Part 3: Extension Activity

9. Create your own diagram showing how the water cycle connects to your local environment in New Zealand. Label at least four stages and include one way humans impact this process: