Year: 2023

Climate Change Explanatory Writing

Climate change. Climate change is the reason why our temperature, weather and sea levels increase. This problem is a very dangerous threat and has a lot of groups that are trying to solve it. Climate change could be horrible in the future and I’m going to be explaining to you how threatening climate change is and how it started. 

Climate change first started when the temperature of the Earth rose by two degrees in the late nineteenth century. It all started because of us humans burning the fossil fuels, which are, fire, oil and gas. Fossil fuels are also rotting plants and animals. When fossil fuels are burnt there are huge amounts of carbon dioxide that gets released into the air.

Although we can’t stop it, we could slow it down. A way we can slow down climate change is by switching to electric cars or just walking because we are wasting the gas or the petrol that’s in our cars because the liquid would turn into gas because the petrol will be trapped into a pipe and it will be so hot the liquid would evaporate into a gas.

Now for the final part I am going to be explaining why and how climate change will affect the future. One way climate change could affect the future is the sea level. The sea level rises one metre each century which at first isn’t that much, BUT THEN YOU REALISE THE WORLD WILL END IN FOUR POINT FIVE BILLION YEARS the Earth will be flooded in the ocean and humanity will already need to find a new planet. This fact might blow your mind because according to google, twelve THOUSAND years ago the Earth’s temperature has risen sixty degrees! Sixty degrees is a lot because once you compare it to the hottest temperature ever recorded, which is fifty six degrees, that is a lot. These are some of the ways climate change could affect the world and how it started. 

Climate Change Response To Text

to Texts

 

Think carefully about each question, and use evidence from the texts to support your conclusions. Write your answers in full sentences, and use explanations and examples where needed.

 

  1. What are two of the largest sources of climate change? Explain what they are.

 

Source One:Greenhouse gases Greenhouse gases are the reason most glaciers are melting and alarmingly increasing the temperature.
Source Two: examples of climate change I am going to list so ideas that were in the article:

Deforestation, greenhouse gases, droughts, temperature and climate 

 

  1. Explain what impact climate change is having on our environment. Include at least 2 examples.

 

Climate change decreases the amount of clean water.

It also makes it that there are less rainy days but makes the days even more heavier than normal.

 

  1. What are greenhouse gases?

 

Greenhouse gases can be good and bad and they are a mixture of many different gases also they can be good to not make the temperature to hot or too cold

 

  1. How does deforestation contribute to climate change?

 

Because when the water levels rise we will take down some trees so we can have more space and instead of just leaving lots of open areas they place pine trees(They dont always put pine trees in those certain areas)because they are always straight and don’t take up too much space

 

  1. Why is it important to reduce our carbon footprint?

 

It’s important to reduce carbon footprint because if we reduce it, then carbon emissions will give us better air, better water and we will also provide more food which means we are going to save some for our kids and grandkids to eat.

 

  1. Do you think we, as New Zealanders,are doing a good job of slowing down climate change? Provide at least 2 reasons for your answer.
I think we are doing a good job because there are groups in New Zealand that are actually trying to slow down climate change, like for example The Climate Leaders Coalition as they are trying to reduce Emissions in New Zealand. But at the same time I don’t really think we are even helping, because there are some certain people in New Zealand as they might not know, but they are encouraging climate change, it’s also not their fault because they don’t know that they are. The people that are encouraging climate change are the people that own the factories, because of their smog.

Response To Text About ANZAC Day

  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 subdivision of an army which means it’s an army that is split into corps.

 

  1. Complete this table
Word Definition Use in Article Your own sentence
Significant     This means when something or someone is more important than another thing or someone. It has since become a significant symbol of ANZAC Day. I am more significant than you in every way.
Etched This means when you won’t forget about something that happened. Turkey is etched in the collective memory of New Zealanders. I am etched in my memory of New Zealand’s history.
Inadequate This means when something is not good enough. Inadequate medical facilities, and a harsh environment. This person is inadequate.

Tupaia Response to Text

  1. When, and where was Tupaia born?

 

  1. a) Around 1825 in Rā‘iātea
  2. b) Around 1725 in New Zealand
  3. c) Around 1825 in New Zealand
  4. d) Around 1725 in Rā‘iātea

 

  1. Rā‘iātea is a part of which larger group of islands? 

 

  1. a) Samoa       b) Tahiti
  2. c) Rapa Nui      d) Micronesia

 

  1. What was the name of the British official sent to secure British rule over NZ?

 

  1. a) William Johnson           b) Abel Tasman
  2. c) William Hobson d) Captain James Cook

 

  1. One day, more people would come – a different kind of people altogether. They would arrive on a canoe with no outrigger and would change everything: “And this land will be taken by them” Vaita said. 

Did this prophecy come true? Explain.

→The prophecy came true because he uttered a prophecy that more people would come over to tahiti and would take over and eventually they saw a big dolphin ship full of european or British people and these people were the kind of people Vaita was talking about in his prophecy.

 

  1. Only about 20 of the painted hoe that were given to Captain Cook in 1769 by Māori survive.

 

  1. a) True b) False
  1. Describe the role that Tupaia had on board the Endeavour – what did he do on Captain Cook’s ship?

 

→Tupaia had the role as a navigator. A navigator is one of the most important people when you’re lost or searching for something, because they are the people that guide you or tell you where to go, and Tupaia was one of them.

 

WORD DEFINITION YOUR OWN SENTENCE
interpreter Translator I met this guy that only speaks Spanish and he really wanted to talk to me but I didn’t understand him, so the next day I brought my translator man.
diplomat Representative Jacinda Adern was a representative for New Zealand because she used to be the prime minister for New Zealand.
indigenous Inhabitants The Maori are the inhabitants of New Zealand.

 

  1. Explain the four reasons why Hoe were important, and special pieces of technology for Maori.

→ One reason why they really needed hoes was to make vegetables and food because you use hoes in your farm to help with growing vegetables.

→ Another reason why some people kind of needed hoes was because they could use it in different ways, and since they were so sharp you could use it as a weapon.

→ They also needed hoes because they could use them in different ways and there were so many ways to use them.

→ Hoes were also needed because they needed food for people that were out at sea because there was a sickness and one of the ways to cure the sickness was eating vegetables.

  1. Tupaia (up until recently) and much more Polynesian history remains oral history (that means told by speaking). How can we ensure that this history is available to learn for future generations? Try to come up with at least 2 ways.

 

→ We could pass down our knowledge about Tupaia and they will learn more and more about him because they might have the technology to do so, that they learned all his history or we could figure out his history right now and they would know about.