M Obika-Chukwueke's Online Journal

London is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world. In 2007 there were over 300 languages spoken in it and more than 50 non-indigenous communities with a population of more than 10,000.

Living in London is the dream of many an expat. The city’s flair and its multicultural society attract millions of visitors every year. With 31% of London’s area covered in green space, chances are you won’t be living or working very far from one of the many public parks. Some are beautifully designed by landscape architects, some captivate by their sheer vastness and natural beauty, and others offer large outdoor sports facilities which are either free or can be used for a small fee. With its free museums, London has a strong tradition of publicly funding the arts.

London has an extensive and developed transport network which includes both private and public services. Journeys made by public transport systems account for 25% of London’s journeys while private services accounted for 41% of journeys. London’s public transport network serves as the central hub for the United Kingdom in rail, air and road transport.

Purpose-built features, from nest boxes to rain gardens, enhance the urban greening of London. Features built for other purposes may also become valuable for wildlife or green infrastructure over time. Some river jetties, for example, house large bird roosts.

Urbanisation means an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas compared to rural areas. An urban area is a built-up area such as a town or city. A rural area is an area of countryside. Rural-urban migration is the movement of people from the countryside to the city. This normally happens when the city has better stuff like better jobs and better education. Natural increase is The difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths during the year.Rapid urbanisation is currently happening in India because approximately 60 million people a day move from the countryside to the city for better jobs and education.

Prospero is the rightful duke of Milan but then Antonio his younger brother took his place as the duke of Milan. He is helpless against his enemies until they appear on a ship but when they are close enough, he can use his magic to create a storm and bring them under his control. Although he refuses to free Ariel and enslaves Caliban, Prospero is really a beneficent ruler, never trying to injure even his enemies. Also, Prospero tests Ferdinand to see if he deserves his daughter Miranda because Ferdinand wants to marry her.Prospero also calls Antonio a traitor for taking over his thrown as the duke of Milan.

1. Earthquakes and volcanoes are not distributed randomly. They are mainly found around the edge of the Pacific Ocean and In Southern Europe.

2. Hazards you can get from destructive margins are composite volcanoes, the lava can travel down the side of the volcano at very hide speeds and the temperature of 400 degrees so if someone was living near the volcano the lava could hit their home because of the speed the lava is traveling in high speed .

There are a number of reasons why some places are more at risk of experiencing a major volcanic disaster. One reason is their geographical position within the world and in relation to tectonic plate boundaries. For example you have highly destructive and explosive volcanoes often found along destructive plate boundaries because of increased pressure within the subduction zone.

Another reason why some places are more a risk than others is because of their prediction and evacuation systems. In poorer countries such as Indonesia they don’t have the equipment or expertise to predict earthquakes and they don’t have the media to broadcast potential volcanoes and this leaves these places more at risk than places such as Iceland which have better prediction, planning and preparation and this leaves them less chance of experiencing a major volcanic disasters.

3. In my opinion, humans can be affected by their families because they normally tell you whats right and whats wrong and you might not agree with what they say therefore you might be doing something that’s not right and that makes you become a very secretive person, for example, your parents tell you make sure you go to the Library but you actually go to a party. Also, that sort of thing can carry on unless you start telling the truth.

Deforestation in the Amazon was primarily the product of subsistence farmers who cut down trees to produce crops for their families and local consumption. Logging affects the environment in several ways. Since trucks and large equipment need to get into the forest in order to access trees and transport timber, loggers must clear large areas for roadways .Roads in Latin America and other parts of the world are increasingly the result of political pressure from corporate interests. Extracting these natural resources is frequently a destructive activity that damages the rainforest ecosystem and causes problems for people living nearby and downstream from mining operations, especially from toxic runoff into river systems. As a result of hydropower dams, large areas of forest have been flooded with water. It is clear that these dams are part of development, but I think that these projects have not given enough thought to social and environmental impacts. 2,000 agrarian settlement projects that have moved as many as 1.2 million settlers to the Amazon in an attempt to quantify their contribution to deforestation and forest degradation.

SOIL AND ITS EFFECTS, The loss of trees, which anchor the soil with their roots, causes widespread erosion throughout the tropics. LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, Deforestation depletes biodiversity by destroying habitat, by separating contiguous areas of rainforest from each other, by interfering with plant reproduction. CONTRIBUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, When forests are cut down, not only does carbon absorption cease, but also the carbon stored in the trees is released into the atmosphere as CO2 if the wood is burned or even if it is left to rot after the deforestation process.

Location of rainforests- The largest rainforests are in the Amazon River Basin (South America), the Congo River Basin (western Africa), and throughout much of southeast Asia. Smaller rainforests are located in Central America, Madagascar, Australia and nearby islands, India, and other locations in the tropics

The climate- .In general, tropical rainforests have hot and humid climates where it rains virtually every day. The level of rainfall depends on the time of year.

The soil- The paradox of rainforest soils . Tropical soils are notoriously thin and poor in nutrients. In some parts of the Amazon River Basin, white, sandy soils are found.

• The plants and animals (and some of their adaptations!!)- Some plants called ‘epiphytes’ are flowering plants which grow on tree trunks and branches to get light. They get food from the air and water. Because there are so many animals competing for food, many animals have adapted by learning to eat a particular food eaten by no other animal. Toucans have adapted by developing long, large bill. This adaptation allows this bird to reach fruit on branches that are too small to support the bird’s weight.

• The Nutrient cycle and interrelationships in the rainforest- Rainforest ecosystems are characterized by heavy convectional rainfall, high humidity, lushness of vegetation and nutrient-rich but shallow soil. These factors give rise to a unique water and nutrient cycle.

The conversation Miranda had with her father was very dramatic and quite sad as Miranda said it breaks my heart for her father to recall this, so she is basically saying that the story is so sad she doesn’t feel comfortable with her father telling the story. Also Prospero’s brother who he deeply loved literally took his life as the duke of Milan he made the people sing which ever song his heart desires this also made Prospero very upset. How i think Miranda feels about what Prospero has told her is she must feel sorry for her dad because it must have been really hard for him to tell the story because it happened when she was 3.

CLAMP

STOPWATCH

RULER

PAPER HELICOPTER

PAPER CLIPS

The Clamp is going to make the ruler stay in place so when we drop the Helicopter it will be dropped at the same height each time. The reason why we couldn’t have someone to hold it up is because they are going to be shaky and might move positions

The Stopwatch is to time how long the Helicopter takes to fall. If we don’t use a stopwatch and a human being is counting how long the Helicopter takes to fall, the person could be counting to slow or to fast.

The Ruler is to measure where we are dropping it from each time. If we don’t use a Ruler then we won’t be able to remember the height we are dropping the Helicopter from.

The Paper Helicopter is a model of real Helicopter to show how the it’s going to work.

The paper clips are to make the Helicopter travel in one direction and stop it from traveling side to side.