What year did Brighton become a city? 1997 How did Brighton begin? Like other settlements on the coast of south-east England, Brighton appears to have developed as a landing-place for boats; the early function of the landing-place as a fishing centre is reflected in payment from one manorial holding of a rent of 4,000 herrings […]

What are the Top 10 biggest cities in England? Demographia lists the UK’s most populous urban areas in 2020 as: London – 10,979,000. Manchester – 2,727,000. Birmingham-Wolverhampton – 2,605,000. Leeds-Bradford – 1,890,000. Glasgow – 1,259,000. Southampton-Portsmouth – 924,000. Liverpool – 905,000. Newcastle – 815,000. What is England’s biggest city? London What is England’s second largest […]

What happened during the first fleet? Transportation to the Australian colonies began in 1788 when the First Fleet, carrying between 750 and 780 convicts plus 550 crew, soldiers and family members, landed at Sydney Cove after an eight-month voyage. Over the next 80 years, British courts sentenced more than 160,000 convicts to transportation to Australia. […]

Who was King of England in 1340? Edward of Windsor Who was King of England in the early 1400s? Henry IV Who was Richard 11 Father? Edward the Black Prince Why was the reign of Richard II so troubled? Key issues of the day colour Richard’s reign: the ongoing war with France, the power of […]

Is Jersey Shore sinking? Sea level is rising faster at the New Jersey shore than the global average because of land subsidence (sinking). Between 1 and 1800 AD when global sea level was stable, sea level on the Jersey shore rose at an average rate of about 0.6 inches per decade. How long until NJ […]

What is the shallowest part of the Atlantic Ocean? Arctic Ocean What is deeper the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean? First off, here are the average depths of the earth’s oceans; the Arctic Ocean is 1,038 meters (3,407 feet) deep, the Indian Ocean is 3,960 meters (12,990 feet) deep, the Atlantic Ocean is 3,339 meters (10,955 […]

What are the 10 causes of climate change? The Top 10 Causes of Global Warming Power Plants. Forty percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions stem from electricity production. Transportation. Farming. Deforestation. Fertilizers. Oil Drilling. Natural Gas Drilling. Permafrost. How do humans negatively affect the atmosphere? Humans are increasingly influencing the climate and the earth’s temperature […]

What defines a year on earth? A year on Earth is approximately 365 days. Why is that considered a year? Well, 365 days is about how long it takes for Earth to orbit all the way around the Sun one time. What is a year on Earth and what causes it? Earth, like all of […]

What does a moraine do? A moraine is material left behind by a moving glacier. This material is usually soil and rock. Just as rivers carry along all sorts of debris and silt that eventually builds up to form deltas, glaciers transport all sorts of dirt and boulders that build up to form moraines. What […]

What happens when transform boundaries occur? Transform boundaries are areas where the Earth’s plates move past each other, rubbing along the edges. As the plates slide across from each other, they neither create land nor destroy it. Because of this, they are sometimes referred to as conservative boundaries or margins. What is a spreading boundary? […]