An assessment task asks students to draw a diagram explaining the water cycle. Which of the following aspects of student knowledge and understanding cannot be assessed through this task?

Option 4 : Sources of fresh water

Social Sciences constitute a broad field of knowledge and deal with human beings in relation to their social behavior. Social sciences have their own/distinct content areas and methodologies for approaching and understanding knowledge.

• Water brought back to the surface of the earth by rain, hail, or snow, goes back to the oceans. Thus, water from the ocean and surface of the earth goes into air as vapor; returns as rain, hail, or snow, and finally goes back to the oceans. The circulation of water in this manner is known as the water cycle.
• The four main stages of the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and infiltration.
• In explaining the diagram of the water cycle, students need to know four main stages of the water cycle, and how water changes its form.
• The teacher can assess the following aspects of student knowledge and understanding:-
  • Four main stages of the water cycle.
  • Difference between precipitation and condensation
  • How water continuously changes its form.

​Hence, it is concluded that sources of fresh water aspects of student knowledge and understanding cannot be assessed through this task.