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Student book questions
2.2 Where water comes from
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Check your learning 2.2
Remember and understand
1 What is the water cycle?
2 What causes water to fall as rain?
3 List these words in the correct order within the water cycle: precipitation, condensation and
evaporation. Now write a definition for each in your own words.
Apply and analyse
4 What is the difference between frontal rainfall and orographic rainfall? How are they similar?
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5 Why do you think the wettest place in Australia is near Tully on the eastern slopes of the Great
Dividing Range in Queensland? You might like to find Tully in an atlas to help with your answer.
6 The water cycle helps us to understand how water moves in our world but it can also help us
understand how rivers change the landscape. How do you think the rivers shown in Source 2 have
changed this landscape?
7 What type of rainfall do you receive most often in the place where you live? Why will the answer differ
for students who live in other parts of Australia?
8 Salt water in oceans cannot be used to drink or water crops. Is salt water an available or potential
resource?
Evaluate and create
9 Imagine that you are a water droplet in a cloud. Describe your journey through the water cycle in
language that a young child would find interesting. Here is a start: ‘Floating along with billions of my
closest friends, I thought nothing would ever change …’