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S1 Examination, 5th May 2009
1. Settlement
1.1 Site: where settlements are built
some of the things early settlers might have had to consider:
dry land
fresh water
routes meet
place where you can cross a river
flat land to build on
steep, high ground for defence
near woodland for timber (trees to cut down)
close to good land for growing crops/grazing animals
1.2
Growth of towns/cities
Why do towns grow? (Glasgow started as a religious site, on a well defended drumlin)
In what direction do they grow? (eg Glasgow has grown westwards along the Clyde)
1.3 Function
what a town is for, ie what they do in this town.
Eg religious centre; market towns; industrial town; tourist resort; port; education centre
some towns and cities can have more than one function
1.4 Land Use Zones
Most towns and cities have several land use zones.
Each zone has particular features:
Central Business District-CBD high order shops, offices, theatres, cinemas, transport terminals
Inner City mix of houses, factories, rebuilding; new business, mostly flats, tenements
Suburbs further out from CBD; more modern, often with gardens and driveways; not much industry
Settlement Revision
weather
here are some useful links to help you study the weather:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ (The Meteorological Office, responsible for collecting and forecasting weather information for the British Isles)
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/secondary/students/index.html excellent set of revision notes for secondary pupils
BBC Weather pages-click here
Remember the difference between weather and climate:
weather-daily changes in the atmosphere, eg Saturday was warm and sunny; Monday is wet and windy
climate-average, long term pattern of weather for last 30 years at least, eg UK is temperate; much of Australia is hot and dry
Graphs:
Rainfall-bar graph
sunshine- bar graph
temperature-line graph
wind direction-wind rose
Physical Landscapes
Scotland is divided into three main geographical regions
1. The Highlands:
a) the North West Highlands-more rugged, “jaggy”, lots of deep sea lochs on west coast
b) the Grampians-more rounded, level upland area-eg Cairngorms. If you take the A82 to Oban or Fort William, you are haeding to the North West Highlands.
If you take the A9/train to Aviemore, you are passing through the Grampians.
2. The Central Lowlands-smaller hills and low lying areas-where most people live. Stretches from Girvan (south-west) up through Glasgow/Edinburgh/Fife. If you take the M8/train Glasgow to Edinburgh you are going rihjy through the Central Lowlands.
3. The Southern Uplands-rounded hills and deep, broad valleys. A drive south to England on the M74, or an away match against Gala or Hawick will take you through the Southern Uplands.
Main Rock types (click here for further information)
we have learnt that rocks do not stay the same for ever. Rocks wear away by erosion and weathering. This creates rock fragments and particles which are carried many miles away by the rivers or glaciers and end up as part of the sea bed.
Erosion-wearing away and removal of the land-ice, rivers, sea action are agents of erosion
weathering-breakdown of earth’s surface by elements of weather (eg frost, heat)
But why is this?
To Do: Post a comment to describe what is happening in the picture click here.
Settlement-Glasgow
First Year has been looking at the growth and development of Glasgow. We identified the main stages as:
1. A small Defended site on a drumlin(now the Necropolis), close to the Molindinar Burn, which supplied fresh water
2. A religous community centred around St Mungo’s Cathedral and defended by a castle (now gone)
3. A market town (eg Mercat Cross, Tron, Saltmarket; Glasgow Green for grazing the animals)
4. A Merchant City, founded on the great wealth of the tobacco lords and Glasgow’s trade with North America
5. A Port and Industrial City-heavy industry grew up thanks to local supplies of iron and coal. Docks were carved out along the Clyde, to load and unload exports and imports. Huge cranes were built (eg the Finnieston Crane) to lift heavy machines and engines into the boats.
6. A modern Service and Leisure Centre-most people in Glasgow work in the service sector, eg-leisure, retail, call centres, finance, admin, media. The old docks have been redeveloped, and relaced by eg the Glasgow Harbour, Springfield Quay, SECC
TASKS
1. Introduction to Flickr.
Flickr is a photoshare site whicch allows people to put their photos on to the internet. You can keep photos public, private, or share them with friends and family. I have put some public photos on Flickr about Glasgow Harboa recent trip up the Clyde on the river bus. Click here to be directed to this set of photos.
2 Introduction to Geograph. Geograph is a project which encourages people to take photos of every single square km of the British Isles. Many people have sent photos into this site. Click here to start navigating through the photos of Glasgow.
3. Using a blog. A blog is a simple website, a bit like an online diary. You can add comments to this blog. In this example, I want you to add to a comment to this page that answers the question, “Tell me four things about your own area.” (Hint use 4 of the 5Ws; :
Where is it ? What is it like? Who lives there? When was it built? Why is your area the way it is?
WORD CHECK
I know the meaning of the following words:
site
drumlin
necropolis
manse
Tron
rotunda
media village
regeneration
CBD
inner city
suburb
high order shops
low order shops
SKILLS CHECK
I can do:
an environmental quality survey
a traffic survey
I can draw
three types of graph to show surveys:
A Bar Graph for traffic types
A set of pie charts
An environmental rose
I live in Newton Mearns. (Outer Suburbs) It is in good condition and is well maintained, although occationaly there are some roadworks. Newton Mearns also has some shops and one big shopping mall. It is mainly familys who live here since it is near the local schools.
I used to live in Abu Dhabi (Saudi Arabia) and that was a developing country. They were trying to expand the ‘corneche’ which was a massive long stretch of road. They were doing this so that there would be more space for cars and so that it would be more convenient for the drivers. There were lots of cranes and construction going on.
Hebba 1T4
Thanks for comment, Hebba-that’s quite a contrast between Newton Mearns and Abu Dhabi. This is actually the capital of the United Arab Emirates, a neighbour of Saudi Arabia. I am interested that you say it is “developing”-some people would say it is very wealthy; better off than many European countries. The UAE is a reckoned to be fast-growing economy: in 2006 average income per head grew by 9%, providing a GDP per person of $49,700; Depends how you look at it-there is great wealth, but many of the workers are foreigners, and they have a low standard of living.
I live in dumbreck. the area is clean and all the houses are made of sandstone. there is a church near me and it is well maintained. Pollock park is near me and it is always full of people with there dogs. in pollock park there are cycle routes that are great fun.
John 1T9
I live in Newalands (an area of glasgow). Newlands is well maintained and has a clean, friendly park. It is only a 15 minute drive from the centre of Glasgow and has all of your daily shops. I enjoy living in Newlands because I am only a short distance from all of the main events that happen in Glasgow . Many familys live in Newlands because there are many local schools.
For those who don’t know Glasgow, where is Dumbreck? What do you think of plans to set up an aerial rope adventure course in Pollok Park? Lots of people seem to object!
Meghan, do you known how old the houses in Newlands are? What types of houses are there?
I live in Newton Grove (inside Newton Mearns) it is well maintained and has all the shops you need (e.g. to get information, clothes, food and water).
It is a half hour drive from Glasgow city centre. Loads of people live in Newton Mearns because you have easy access to schools, shops and garages.
When I was little I lived on a boat at Loch Lomond. There is a big difference between the two places. We don’t own the boat anymore because it became to much trouble.
I love living in Newton Mearns because it isn’t any problem to get anywhere.
I live in Pollokshaws. It is very well maintained and in very good condition. It is never busy here and it is very quiet. I like it here because we can play outside without any cars bothering you. I also think that this site is good and I appericiate you trusting us.
Grace, did you actually live on a boat? What was that like? Are the shops in Newton Mearns mostly high order (ie specialist shops that people travel miles to go to, or low order, visited regularly by local people ?Ahmad, what kind of houses do you find in Pollokshaws. Are there many shops in your area?
Hi
I live in Clarkston (Glasgow south side) on the main road. I love where i live because i am within walking distance of a golf club, tennis courts and a great cafe.
The houses aren’t very modern. It is noisy and quite littered because of the main road. The handy thing is there are supermarkets, shops, transport stations and schools within walking distance.
Sam 1T9
I live in Cathcart which is in the south side of Glasgow. I live in a Victorian house, that is constantly needing to be repaired! The area is very nice and clean, also the streets are quiet so it is easy to play with my friends. I also really like it because there is a park two minutes from my house which is good for cycling.
Up until I was five I lived in a house in Falkirk, which was part of a cul -de -sac. I liked it there because we had a big garden and there was a gate in our garden leading to a huge canal and park but my mum and dad decided they wanted to live in a big city again.
I live in Newton Mearns. Newton Mearns is about 9 miles from Glasgow. This area is well maintained and not very busy. One of the reasons i love living here is because there is a sort of field one hundred metres away from my house which no one owns so i can play there when my friends come over. Recently because of the weather there has been a leak in the roof so we are getting someone over to look at it today.
I live in Giffnock in a little avenue near Rouken Glen Park. It is a small, tree- lined avenue. It is normally quite quiet. The builders who built my street never built a number 13 because it was thought to be unlucky. It is mostly families who live there. The street is kept in quite good condition. There aren’t many shops that near but it is only a short drive to Silverburn shopping centre. The houses in my street aren’t that modern, but a family just enlarged their house to about twice the size! The houses were built in 1945.
I do have a holiday house in Largs, which is a contrast. The sea-side town is always very quiet during the week, but crowded at weekends. The houses are kept in immaculate condition there.
I live in Pollockshields (near Craigholme). I like living in Pollockshields because I live very close to maxwell park and only a short cycle away from Pollock park. It’s usually busy because i live on a main road and there is a Glasgow city council building next door. Another reason that i like living in Pollockshields is that it’s within walking distance of Clydesdale hockey club and Hutchie
I live in Giffnock . It is on the south side of Glasgow about 6 miles from the City Centre.It is in the suburbs. Originally agricultural land, Giffnock became well known for it’s sandstone quarry. Sandstone from the quarry was used to make many of the tenements that we now see in Glasgow. Giffnock eventually became a suburb of Glasgow. There are two primary schools, a good library and a railway station allowing commuters to tavel from Giffnock to Glasgow City Centre and also to the New Town of East Kilbride . There is a quite a lot of low order shops and there are some cafes and restraunts. I like living here because it is quite and peaceful. Giffnock is fortunate to have a number of beutiful parks, including Huntly Park , Eastwood Park and, probably the most well known, Rouken Glen Park. Rouken Glen Park has a number of facilities including a garden centre, a play park for young children, a skateboard park for teenagers and a cafe. There is also a boating pond were you can hire boats in the summer.
I live in Newto Mearns. It is a nice area to live in. there is a shoppin centre about a mile from my house the shop in Newton Mearns are mainly low order. i like living in Newton Mearns because it is quiet and i can go running when want without being run over by a car. There is also lot of grassy areas so i can play football with my friends. There is also a swimming pool in my area.
I live in Prestwick. Prestwick is a very nice place to live as it has everything you could possibly need on your doorstep. It has a tennis centre, cricket club, swimming pools, an airport, a beach, train service, tesco and the famous Prestwick golf course. Prestwick is very well maintained and most of the houses are red sandstone. Before I lived in Prestwick I lived on a farm which was great fun and before that I lived in the south of France (Nice) which was also great fun. Most people think that Prestwick is a long way away but really it is only 30 minutes away from school.
john
hi
Dumbreck is in Glasgow near Pollock, Bellahouston and Maxwell Park. In Pollock Park there are loads of activities to do. There is Haggs Golf club, there is a horse riding school, Pollock House, walks, a river and many more activities. it is great fun! at the golf club there is a ‘fun day’ every year. there are buffets, horse riding and a magic woman called Magic Moyra. it is also good fun.
john 1T9
I live in Burnside. My street is usually quite quiet but because there are road works on the main road it is very busy. There are a mixture of Victorian houses and bungalows in Burnside. On the other side of the street there is a railway line and the station is about 250 metres away. There are quite a few of school near by like Stonelaw High and Burnside primary, and there are a couple of swimming pools too.
I live in Troon, Ayrshire. The town is quiet and peaceful. It is a well maintained town. I live half a mile away from a few low order shops. My house is close to wood where I can go running, cycling, play football, rugby and can go for walks with my Mum, Dad and little brother. We also have a really nice beach where we also go walking. The town has a big library, two swimming pools and well kept train station. Troon is famous for golf and has 5 courses and I am a member of two golf clubs. I love living in Troon.
George IT9
I live in East kilbride which is a new town near Glasgow. The first building began in 1947 and it began in the village, now in the centre of East Kilbride. it is surrounded by fields and is well-known for its round-abouts. It is good because I know everyone in my street. In the summer we sometimes have street parties. it is also good that I can go running and there is a Morrisons and the heritage loch nearby. there is a glen behind my house and when it is snowing we all go sledging down the hill. There is a big 50m swimming pool which is very good and beside it there is a shopping centre. East Kilbride is a very nice place to live.
I live in Thorntonhall which is just outside East Kilbride. It has lots of fields and is well mantained. I live in the new houses just built on Braehead Road and there is great views of the countryside.There are no Shops so therefore it is a hamlet.
It is very peaceful and there is a train station nearby and that is handy. I like living here because it is quiet and my neighbours are really nice.
I live in Muirend. The houses were built in 1930. Our house has a grand hall which they used to have party’s in. It has all the original stained glass and the garden is structred as it was in the 1930s.
Robbie
hi
I live in pollockshields it is well maintained and clean.Maxwell Park is near and is full of foxes at night.The houses are made from sandstone and built about 50-100years ago.
I used to live in Cheve Chase Washington DC it was home to the best bakery in the world called The Corner Bakery.My school was on the same street as the White House.Every weekend we all went to see the monuments my favorite was the Capital Building which is often confused with The White House.
I also have lived in Istanbul Turkey there my house was made of wood but it was massive.When driving around town poor people would through dirty water over our car and ask for money.The Blue Mosque was amasing it had 6 towers and was directly opposite another mosque.
I live in johnstone near paisley. It is a large town populated with around 20,000 people. Theres a fairly large amout of space with lots to do. Theres a swimming baths, 7 football pitches and 3 tennis courts. It has lots of medium order shop and a few high order sevices. There are 5 primary schools (Thorn, St. Margrets, Forbank, Auchenlodment and Todholm) and 2 high scools (St. Benedicts and Johnstone High). Lots of traffic now come to Johnstone because a new Morrisons superstore has just been built on the outskirts. Theres not much pollution (air or noise) and theres not much litter. Its a very nice place to live!
Grant .T.
I live in Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire which is a conservation village and has a National Trust weavers cottage. It is well maintained with low order shops. My house is a 2 minute walk from my local park which has ramps and a childrens play-park. My village has two churches and an old library which is now used for community meetings. On the first Saturday in June my village has an annual parade called Lilias Day. It represents a girl called Lilias who lived in the 18th century. Her father was a very wealthy man, and she died at a very young age. He decided to hold a celebration on her birthday. Over the years it has progressed into something big and magnificent with lots of floats and stalls.
Mr. Dougall-The website fos St. Mungo is: http://www.saintmungo.org/stmungo.html Last on 11/01/2008
Grant 1T9
Hello!
There is a lot of big houses and it isn’t very busy. There is a lot of shops.
I live in an old farmhouse near Beith which was built in 1769. The building which is now the living room used to be a barn which was converted in 2003.
Up until I was 9 I lived in Burton-on-Trent in The Midlands. Its main industry is brewing beer which the monks introduced. Surprisingly the water for brewing the beer didn’t come from the Trent. Artesian wells were put underground (up to 1200 ft!) and water was drawn up. The water used is of great quality because when it gets drawn up it comes through deposits of gypsum which gives it flavour.
hey MrMcdougle my names kenneth and I live in a viliage called Carmunnock and my dad say that it’s th only villiage in glasgow. It’s very small and hasvery few shops probably the most interesting shopis Betty’s tea cafe. But it has all the essentials lie a newsagents, petrol station and a pot office but we usually leave the village for shopping and all that.Bye for now a small paragraph for a small villiage.
Hi, I live in Carmunnock on the South Side of Glasgow. It is the only village within Glasgow, and is on the border with South Lanarkshire (East Kilbride). It is quite peaceful and surrounded by farmland.
i live in Mosspark(10min away from hutchy)
it is a well-maintained area close by medium order shops.
it is very near Pollok Park and Bellahouston park .
it is a very peacful place to live!!!
To Mr McDougol
I live in Ayr. I live 5 minutes walking distance away from the town and 5-10 minutes walking distance away from the beach. Robert Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire and i have visited his cottage. We had a guide tour, of the cottage and it was very intresting.
Rebekah 1T9
i think that the slideshow is brillliant amd the most fascinating thing is ahat 25% of the population in China have the highest IQ’s is greater than the populatin of North america.
I liked the slide shows very much and the most interesting thing is that 25% of the population of China with the highest IQ is greater than the whole of North America.
Hello Mr McDougall.
I live in Giffnock. I live near Whitecraigs Golf Club, Train Station and Rouken Glen Park. It is very well maintained where i live. There is lots of open space and greenery. There arent many shops apart from The Avenue which is a 5 minute drive from my house. It is quite peaceful at night time but very noisy in the morning. My street is just off a main road.
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I used to live at Easdale Place. This was a small estate with private roads, perfect for cycling and playing outside. There was alot of open space but not so much greenery. The motorway into town was very near our house.
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Nancy. 1T9
Hi Mr Mcdougall
I live in Newton Mearns. It is a suburb just outside Glasgow. I live in quite a big bungalow which is right beside a feild which is very fun to run about in, in the summer months and in the winter months, when it snows you can slegde down it which i love doing. Newton Mearns has a shopping centre called Asda which I live very close to and it also has a swimming pool with leisure facilites as well called parklands which I also live very near to. I really like living in Newton Mearns.
Thanks Sarah; The shopping centre is actually called the Avenue. ASDA and Marks and Spencer are two main stores. Most of the shops are medium order, ie people might use them once or twice a week, when they do their “big” shopping. Most people who shop there will live quite locally, maybe within a mile or so of the Avenue. I suspect most people drive there. Smaller, lower order shops serving much smaller areas are found eg on Ayr Road and on Old Mearns Road. Newsagents, bakers and grocers are examples of low order shops.
I live in a rural country village. There are lots of farms. I live twenty seconds from the sation
hi
I was amazed that China will become the number one English speaking country in the world. I also thought that 25% of the population in China with the highest IQ is greater than the total population of North America was outstanding!
John 1T9
hi
Hi Mr Mcdougall
I read in the newspaper recently that the field beside me is going to get new houses built on it. There building alot of new house around Newton Mearns and I think Mcalister, building company, are doing this. Quite Franqually I like the way Newton Mearns is already although iam up for change but i don’t want newton Mearns to turn into a modern estate.
When i looked at the slide show my favorite slide was the one that said if Myspace was a country it would be the eleventh largest in the world!
hi
I think the slides really interesting,the best fact was that for 1 brit there are 13000 chinese.Hear are some more facts about China.
+ population :1,290.000,000
+China borders 16 countries
+For every one doctor there is 533 people
+In 2002 China had 0 billionaires now it has 106
+24% of the world speaks Chinese (there are over 200 different Chinese languages and regional dialects). The official state language is Pu-tong-hwa (Mandarin).
+According to economists, China will become the world’s wealthiest nation by the year 2012.
+The Great Wall of China is NOT visible from outer space. Its too thin. Its just a myth that it can be seen. The only man-made structures visible from space are: The Pyramids of Giza and the Hoover Dam.
+Tea, popularized by the Chinese was first bagged and shipped around the world in 1903.
+China manufactures 60% of the world’s bicycles (the United States buys 86% of the world’s bicycles).
the slide show is very interesting. i was quite surprised by some of the facts.
here is a fact for you; my great uncle was the body guard of Sun Yat Sen and there is a book written about him.
Hi Mr Mcdougall
I don’t know if you watched ski sunday at the weekend but on the programme the were trying to ski down sand hills which turned out to be useless but they also went to the alps in italy and went underground in them to see how the landscape was formed they looked at rock types under the alps and they also went cave diving to see how the alps were formed it was actually quite intresting!
liking the pics of New York , very interesting as well !!!!
I think that the new terminal 5 at Heathrow is a really bad idea because all 4.3bn pounds spent on it should have gone to a better cause like poverty , city councils picking up all of your recycling and not leaving the rest for maggots or rats to feast upon, or funding Gretna F.C so they can make it to the end of the season then they can fall apart.
adam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Mr McDougall,
I thought that Terminal 5 opening in Heathrow Airport has some bad and some good reasons. I think it is a bad idea because it is a waste of money as we were fine without the new terminal and that money could have gone to something more useful. Also it probably will create more flights and that will lead to more noise and pollution.
However it is good because it gives people who are flying in more space and a nicer place to be in.
Lena 1T4
p.s. Could we get a hockey page on this blog?
Lena, what do you think the money should have been spent on? I have changed the “Rugby” page to “Sports”, to include Hockey and also our summer programme of athletics, cricket, etc. Please send me a comment on your latest hockey match for S1. Adam, not sure that the money would necessarily go to help poverty if they had decided not to build the terminal. Who do you think provided the money?
i think that opening Terminal 5 has bad reasons because there is going to be a lot of pollution. the 4.3 billion spent on opening the Terminal 5 could have been used to help save the planet earth instead of destroying it.
I think that terminal 5 is a bad idea because it could cause a lot of pollution and there will be more noise in the area.There is also talk of another runway being built which would take over more of the surrounding land. I think they wasted the money they had because they could have used the money for the enviroment or investment in aeroplane safety. But it has a good reason as the planes and the airport will have more space. I think that those who paid for it should think about the consequences of terminal 5.
I think that terminal five has some good reasons because Heathrow airport is very crammed and with the new terminal it might help the congestion. though, on the other hand it might make it a lot busier and also i think it was far to much money to spend on ONE terminal in ONE airport.
hello!
please could you tell me the name of that website of weather. it would really help right now because I am trying to do my homework.
Ahmad, links for revision now added. Lena, have you any comments for me about your hockey team?
Hi Mr Mcdougall
i think that the opening of terminal 5 @ Heathrow was quite a good idea because the airport is rapidly growing in size and sooner or later they’d have to enlarge it because i think it is one of the biggest airports!!!
but i also think that it might just cause more tourism which will make britain very crowded…
from harriet
Today some pupils from Hutchie went to Holyrood School as part of the Mark Scott Foundation. Mark Scott was a St.Aloysius pupil who was stabbed at an old firm game.
We took part in many activities and we soscialised with them.
People think that the pupils from Hutcchie and Holyrood are completely different but in actual fact there is no difference at all.
They are nice people and it shows that the barrier between public and private schools is not as high as one would think.
I was extremley nervous this morning but there was really nothing to be nervous about.
Sam
Hello mr Mcdougall.
Today i went on a visit to Holyrood secondary school to learn about prejudice and sectarianism. We discovered that both schools have sterotypes about each other, for example some Holyrood pupils though that Hutchie pupils were going to be rich, spoilt, brats and stuck up, by the end of the lesson they had discovered that we were nothing like that ! On the other hand Hutchie pupils thought that Holyrood pupils were going to be neddy, rough, armed and not very nice. By the end we had also discovered that Holyrood pupils were nothing like that !! We found out that Holyrood pupils were funny, charming and very friendly. On the whole i enjoyed my day out at Holyrood and fund it very interesting. Also i got to catch up with some old friends of mine and i also made some new ones too.
Meghan Hughes.
hi!
i just wanted to ask could you please put all the things that are going to come up in the test.
thanks
Hello,
When I got home grom school today there was a thunderstorm. As I looked out the window I thought to myself – how do these kind of storms form. I was so frustrated as i did not know the answer so i decied to go look it up – and this is what i found out.
Most thunderstorms are associated with towering clouds known as cumulonimbus. The right conditions for the formation of a thunderstorm are (a) unstable air and (b) a mechanism for causing air to rise.
Air is said to be unstable when a ‘parcel’ of air continues to rise of its own accord after being given an upward impetus. This instability is the result of a rapid fall of temperature with height as well as a considerable amount of moisture. The mechanism may be provided by a sufficiently warm surface; the air near the surface being forced to rise over higher ground; or instability in the large-scale ascent within a front.
As an example, on a summer’s day, the land is warmed by the sun, and as the air just above becomes warmer it starts to rise. As it rises it cools, and, if cooled sufficiently, cumulus clouds form at the condensation level. These small, white puffy clouds grow larger and larger as the temperature of the ground increases, causing more warm air to rise.
Meghan Hughes.
Thanks Meghan. This is what I like about blogs-instant observation and reponse. The best time to learn about something is when we experience it-you are far more interested in why we get thunder when we are in the middle of a thunderstorm, for example. However, as I write this, there is blue sky over Glasgow and calm appears to have returned. Just think, if you lived in the Amazon rain Forest, this would be a daily occurence for much of the year. (More about this in the S2 course next session!) Get the latest weather here:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
hi mr mcdougall
i think that the slide show about sustainable food was really good and it put across to me just how much we take our food for granted and waste so much of it. also it isn’t right that Britain should get supplies like strawberries from spain, when the ones growing here aren’t in season, because it wastes so much energy (which contributes to global warming) just by flying the strawberries over!!
we should think about things like saving energy by walking or cycling from place to place instead of driving, not wasting food, saving electricity at home and school and thinking about other people more in general. E.G the people in Kenya hardly have enough food to survive while we waste so much. i think that the government should have a ban on wasting food and treat it more like we were in a war. O.K…………..this is probably a bit too extreme but at least it might make people think before they chuck unwanted food!!
LOVE THE SLIDE VERY INTRESTING
HERE ARE SOME MORE FACTS
Food transport for UK consumption accounts for around 30 billion kilometres of vehicle travel every year and accounts for around 25% of all mileage clocked up by lorries in the UK.
UK food transport is responsible for around 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year. This represented 1.8 percent of the total annual UK CO2 emissions.
Transport of food by air has the highest CO2 emissions per mile and is the fastest growing mode of transportation. Although air freight of food accounts for only 1% of the miles travelled, it produces 11% of all CO2 emissions from food transportation.
The average UK family spend £189 every year on fuel visiting the supermarket to do their weekly shopping.
Many food products are shipped to the UK despite identical varieties of fruit and vegetables being available from UK farmers.
Around half of all vegetables and 95% of all fruit consumed in the United Kingdom are produced overseas.
The amount of food air-freighted around the world has risen by 140% since 1992.
The average number of miles travelled from farmer to plate for all vegetables for local produce and those conventionally sourced are 56 miles and 1,494 miles respectively.
Greg, A drumlin is a small, oval hill made of a mixture of clay and boulders. It was formed during the Ice Age.A glacier would push up the clay and boulders to make the drumlin. Drumlins are very good sites for settlements. Eg-the original site of Glasgow, where the Necropolis is now, is on a drumlin. They are good for defence, as they give you a view over the ground below.
see http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=drumlins&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi for images.