Research
Year 7 and 8 Homework: No 8
(10 marks)
The Himalayas
What countries are they in?
What is the highest mountain in this range?
Who were the first two people to successfully climb the
highest mountain?
What country is the highest mountain in?
Name the second highest mountain in this range.
Find a picture or draw the highest mountain.
Find four more interesting facts and set them out on your page
like the sample you have been given.
It may be done over one or two pages.
General Knowledge
(10 marks)
1.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is a famous ……………………… .
2.
Would you find a warehou in the sea, air or land?
3.
The prefix ‘wai’ is the Maori word meaning …………………….
.
The capital of Japan is …………………………..
4.
5.
The unit of measurement used to measure horses is
called a ………………………………… .
6.
The speed limit on open roads in New Zealand is
…………………………. .
7.
New Zealand’s national anthem is ………… ……………….
…… ……………………………. .
8.
The Maori word for ‘one’ is ………………….. .
9.
Besides being an Australian rugby player, a wallaby is a
…………………………………….
10.
The Prime Minister of Australia is ……………… ……………… .
Draw and Design
Verbs
(5 marks)
Draw or find the following logos:
Colours must be correct.
1.
McDonald’s
2.
Air New Zealand
3.
New Zealand Woolmark
4.
Canterbury (clothes brand)
5.
Vodafone
Where is it?
(5 marks)
On your map of the South Island show as accurately as
possible the following places:
1.
Lake Wakatipu
2.
Mount Cook
3.
Lake Wanaka
4.
Lake Te Anau
5.
Foveaux Strait
( 10 marks)
Verbs are action words. They often follow nouns.
Write out these sentences and underline the verbs:
1.
The dog ran home.
2.
After lunch, my sister and I rode our bikes.
3.
The ugly giant shouted at his wife.
4.
The red sports car raced along the road but it crashed
at the corner.
5.
The farmer worked his paddock with the tractor.
6.
The children painted the wooden fence.
7.
The crow sat on a branch of the tree.
8.
The mechanic fixed the car, then drove home.