This week's homework is to research and write a report about the differences between the geography of Essex (or the UK) and New Zealand. Think about comparing land use, climate and terrain (think back to today's lesson). This is due in on Monday. Leave a comment about 1 thing you have learned on this blog once you have completed the task!
Hi Mr Henderson
ReplyDeleteI have found out that New Zealand's highest mountain is Mount Cook (3,754m) and the UK's highest mountain is Ben Nevis (1,344m).
EB
That looks hard homework but I'll give it a go. CJ
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to seeing what you can come up with CJ!
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff EB
Mr H
I have found out that arable own 1.76% of land , permanent crops own 0.27% of the land and other owns 97.98% of the land.
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Well done SB, can you tell me what arable means?
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Mr. Henderson
ReplyDeleteI found out that New Zealand is about the size of Colorado, and the UK is slightly smaller than Oregon in America.
Sorry Mr. Henderson
ReplyDeletethe last thing about UK is slightly smaller than Oregon was from LC
Mr Hendeson, I have found out that New Zealands main farming is having Sheep and Cows.
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I have found out that Essex is above the equator and New Zealand is below the equator
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football is the most popular sport in England and in New Zealand rugby is.
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DeleteI've found out that as New Zealand is closer to the equator it's winter days are longer and it's nights are shorter. I also found out that New Zealand winters, unless you live in mountains, are shorter, sunnier and warmer than the UK
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I'm going to hopefully find some great facts for the homework but I don't know which website to use!!
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when your on google or one of the other internet websites tipe in new Zealand facts then once you have some tipe in England facts
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M R, put New Zealand and England differences and then choose!
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The New Zealand population is estimated to increase by one person every seven minutes and four seconds. The population is around four point four million people.
ReplyDeleteThe population in the United Kingdom is estimated at 64.1 million people.
MT
I've learnt that New Zealand has 2 glaciers called the Fox glacier and the Franz Josef glacier. New Zealand has an active volcanoe.The UK has none of these.
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I have learnt that New Zealand have a longer Summer and a shorter Winter than the UK.
ReplyDeleteabout 135 mountains in New Zealand but in UK there are about 118 mountains.
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That homework was awesome. The largest active volcano, Ruapehu, last erupted in 2007. You can actually ski on this volcano! CJ
ReplyDeleteIn NZ there is more sheep than people but in England there is no animal that is more populated than people
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That's strange I never thought there could be more animals than there are humans
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I have learnt that Essex is 11,633 miles away from New Zealand.
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I learned that New Zealand has a size of 103,737 square miles and a population of 4.5 million. England however has a size of 50,301 square miles and a population of 53.5 million. New Zealand is twice the size of England but doesn't even have a tenth of it's population!
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DeleteI learnt that the population of Essex was 1.393.587 million in 2011 and the population of New Zealand was 4.471 million in 2013
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