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States of Matter – Response to Text (W3 T2)

States of Matter – Response to Text

Answer each question to the best of your ability, using full sentences and make sure to include detail in your responses.

 

  1.   What are the three states of matter commonly found on Earth, and what are TWO of their properties?

 

State #1: State #2: State #3:
Property #1:Liquid is something that is watery and can keep its shape when it’s in a jar. Property #1 Solid is something that is hard and keeps its shape. Property #1 Gases  are something that you can’t see but you can breathe.
Property #2: Liquid is something that you can’t destroy. Property #2 Solid is something hard like wood,brick or food. Property #2 Gases can take their shape if they’re in a jar.

 

  1. What is the fourth state of matter called?
    1. Electrons 
    2. Particles
  • Plasma
  1. Laser

 

  1. What happens to the speed of molecules when the temperature increases?
    1. They move quicker
  • They move slower
  1. They move at the same speed
  2. They explode.

 

  1. Explain what happens to the molecules in a liquid when they are cooled down to their freezing point.

 

The molecules will go to other molecules and stick with each other.

 

When the boiling occurs, to the molecules the liquid that the molecules are in they will start to boil and will turn into bubbles then will pop that will release the gas that are in the bubbles.
  1. Explain what happens to the molecules in a liquid when they are heated to their boiling point.

 

Most of the volume of a gas is composed of the large amounts of empty space between the gas particles.
  1. What could be the reason for the fact that gases can be compressed more easily than solids or liquids?

 

  1. Explain how each of these jobs might need to understand and work with different types of matter. (You may need to research to find out more)

 

Job Gas Liquid Solid
Baker When the oven is cooking it releases a gas that we can smell. The batter of a cake. Milk,Cream,Water,

Vegetable oil,Oils,Honey.

 The food,Pies,Cakes.
Fire

Fighter

 The smoke of the fire. The water that comes out of the hose. They use axes to get someone out of a room if the door is jammed.
Welder When they’re cutting some metal the gas will come out of the metal pipe. Welding fluid and Coolant fluid. The metal that they are using to fix something.

 

Response to Text – Maori Battalion (T2 W2)

Maori Battalion 

(Te Hokowhitu-a-tu)

 

Response to Text. Highlight or answer each question to the best of your ability, including important information and detail to your answers.

 

Level One – Skim and Scan

 

  1. What did New Zealanders start to call themselves during the First World War?

 

They called themselves kiwi’s.

 

  1. How did the government encourage Māori to join the war?

 

They encouraged them to do their bit.

 

  1. What was the war cry used to encourage Māori to fight?

 

“E te iwi, whìtiki! Whiti! :Whiti e!” This is what it meant  (“Oh  people,

prepare yourselves for battle! Spring up! Spring up!”)

 

Level Two: Vocabulary

 

Word Definition Your own sentence
Rural A Country side. Rural is a place in the countryside.
Contingent A group of people. Is a group of Māori soldiers.
Conscripted To enlist someone compulsorily typically into armed services.  To enlist people to join the army.

 

Level Three: Inference (Responses require AT LEAST one full sentence)

 

  1. Why did some Māori feel unwilling to fight in the war?

 

Because the government has taken land from them and the government called them rebels.

 

  1. What did the British high command feel uncomfortable about, and why did they initially keep the Māori soldiers busy with digging trenches?

 

The Māori was made to dig trenches and the British were uncomfortable with the Māori working with the pakeha. When more British died they had to send in the Māori.

 

  1. What does the chaplain’s prayer tell us about who the Māori soldiers were responsible for?

 

The prayer says “Remember you have the mana, the honour, and the good name of the Maori people in your keeping this night.” so the prayer is telling us that the Maori soldiers had the lives of the Maori warriors.

 

  1. How did the First World War change the relationship between Māori and Pākehā?

 

Since they worked together and worked as friends not enemies they became friendlier to each other.

 

  1. How did World War One change, and shape New Zealand’s national identity?

 

Since they started to call themselves kiwis they felt more comfortable and they started to be independent.

 

ANZAC Day – Response to Text (L3)

ANZAC Day – Lest We Forget

Response to Text. Highlight or answer each question to the best of your ability, including important information and detail to your answers.

 

Level One: Skim and Scan

  1. When did the Gallipoli campaign take place?
  1. a) 1914-1915
  2. b) 1915-1916
  3. c) 1916-1917
  4. d) 1914-1918

 

  1. What was the main goal of the Gallipoli campaign?
  1. a) To capture Constantinople
  2. b) To establish a sea route to Russia
  3. c) To secure valuable territory in the Middle East
  4. d) To invade Russia

 

  1. Who were the primary opponents of the ANZACs at Gallipoli?
  1. a) The Germans
  2. b) The Austro-Hungarian Empire
  3. c) The Ottoman Empire
  4. d) The British

 

Level Two: Vocabulary

 

  1. ANZAC stands for Australia New Zealand Army Corps; what is a corps?

 

A corps is… a Team,Force,Crew,Band.

 

  1. Complete this table
Word Definition Use in Article Your own sentence
Significant Important and it has since become a significant symbol of ANZAC Day People that have died are very significant.
Etched engraved Turkey are etched in the collective memory of New Zealanders Some people that were in ANZAC was Etched
Inadequate Lacking including shortages of supplies, inadequate medical facilities Some of the ANZAC were lacking to fight because they got hurt.
ANZAC Australia New Zealand Army Corps ANZAC Day is a day of remembrance. ANZAC is the day that some people have died in world war 1.

 

Level Three: Inferencing

 

  1. What were some of the most significant challenges that the ANZAC soldiers faced during the Gallipoli campaign? Try to include examples. I believe they faced a very hard thing to do: they had to fight for their country.

 

  1. Which values are reflected in the ANZAC Day traditions and events? We had to put on these red poppies made out of paper or we would put on real ones.

 

  1. Why do you think the commemoration of ANZAC Day has endured for so long, even as the actual events of the Gallipoli campaign have faded from living memory? I believe that it was very hard on them because they had to fight people that they didn’t know who they were. But they were very strong.

 

Level Four: Connections to Our World 

 

  1. What are some examples of courage, sacrifice, and commitment that we can see in our own community? Smart, strong, Brave, Heroism, Gallantry, Courageousness, Prowess, Nerve, Valor, Daring.