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Wednesday 8 December 2021

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Research Task: Sea Food

 

Response to text: Kaimoana (Seafood)

 Kaimoana (Seafood)

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1. What is kaimoana?


a) Food that has been gathered from the sea b) Food sold by KFC

c) Food that has been gathered from the sky d) Food sold by McDonalds


2. What do pāua eat (consume)? 


a) Kelp             b) Fish

c) Seaweed         d) Water


3. How many of the 270 fish species found inshore are endemic to New Zealand?


a) 11%   b) 30%

c) no one knows  d) 25%


4. Describe what kōura (crayfish) look like:


→it looks like a big black crayfish but it is green and brown.


5. True or False: “Kina are endemic to New Zealand meaning they are found all over the world.”


a) True b) False


6.How many different species of wheke (octopus) are there in New Zealand?


a) 51             b) 32

c) 42 d) 63


7. Why are there limits on how many kaimoana people can take from the sea?


→I think because some beaches and places you go you can take 50 or 100 but you can take like 15.

8. Which type of kaimoana would you like to try the most and why?


→ Kina because it looks delicious and creamy and tasty.


4 Facts: Kaimoana (Seafood)

 


Tuesday 7 December 2021

Research Task: Sea Creatures

 

Response to text: Marine Animals

 Maine Animals

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1. Approximately how many different species of marine life are in New Zealand?


a) 17,000                                     b) Over 17,000

c) 19,000             d) 16,000


2.According to the article where are Hector’s dolphins found? 


a) All over New Zealand              b) At the top of the North Island

c) Only in the South Island         d) In the South Island with some in the North Island


3. How many New Zealand sea lions are there?


a) around 12,000 b) exactly 12,000

c) no one knows d) 12,000


4. Describe what the word endemic means:


it is like a word of industry and dirty things.


5. True or False: Hector’s dolphins have a distinctive rounded dorsal fin that looks like it has one of Daffy Ducks ears.


a) True b) False


6. What is the conservation status of the Hoiho or Yellow-eyed penguin?


a) Endangered             b) Extinct

c) Threatened-Nationally Endangered d) A few away from extinction


7. What is  the conservation status “Threatened-Nationally Endangered”?


lots of people hate most stuff and animals.

8. What can we do as New Zealanders to help protect and save these marine creatures from extinction?


discover more and don’t keep them endangered.