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Explanatory sequence
An explanation may be linear (for example a flowchart) or it may be circular (for example a life cycle. It could also be causal: each new thing described causes a change (thing --> change --> thing --> change).
Here is an example of an explanation that is linear and causal:
Mangrove food chain
For an activity sheet relating to this image, see Amazing Mangroves.
Here is an example of a circular explanation:
Mangrove life cycle
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland. ‘Why We Need Mangroves’. Retrieved February 25, 2008, from http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2618.html
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