Pūtaiao

paparahi

continent

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He wehenga whenua rahi. E whitu ngā paparahi o te ao: ko Āhia, ko Āwherika, ko Amerika ki te Raki, ko Amerika ki te Tonga, ko Ūropi, ko Ahitereiria, ko Te Tiri o te Moana ki te Tonga. He pāpaku te moana kei ngā tapa o ngā paparahi (tae atu ki te 200 mita te hōhonu), ā, ka kīia ko ngā paenga paparahi.

A large land mass. The seven continents of the world: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Antarctica. The edges of the continents are in shallow sea, up to a depth of 200 metres, and are called the continental shelf.

Tauira KŌrero

Ko wai ētahi o ngā whenua i te paparahi o Āhia?

Whakaahuatia te piri tahi o ngā paparahi o te ao i neherā noa atu.

He pōturi te nukunuku tonu o ngā paparahi.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

E nukunuku tonu ana ngā paparahi, otirā ngā papaneke o Papatūānuku. E nukunuku ana nā te pīoioi o te nukuratarata kei roto rā anō i a Papatūānuku. Ka kīia tēnei āhuatanga ko te nuku paparahi.

He wā i piri tahi ai ngā paparahi o te ao, ka kīia ko Pangaea hei ingoa mō taua whenua rahi. Kotahi rau toru tekau miriona tau ki muri, ka tīmata te wehewehe haere o ngā paparahi e whitu. Ka tapaina te paparahi nui o te tonga, ko Te Uri Māroa (Gondwanaland):

Takenga Mai

papa - surface

rahi - large

KUPU KĒ ATU

whenua rahi

Tauira KŌrero

Ko wai ētahi o ngā whenua i te paparahi o Āhia?

Whakaahuatia te piri tahi o ngā paparahi o te ao i neherā noa atu.

He pōturi te nukunuku tonu o ngā paparahi.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga