TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crane,Wendy
AU  - Vao,Taniela
AU  - Vaka,Henele
TI  - The environment of Tonga: a geography resource 
SN  - 0908895003
U1  - 574.526709612 20
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Lower Hutt, N.Z.
PB  - Wendy Crane Books
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Tonga
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Earth sciences
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Geography
N1  - For 13+ year olds -- Education Services, Wellington, N.Z; Includes index; Maps on inside covers; In English with some Tongan (Tonga Islands); Introduction = Talateu --; The sun's gifts --; AIR AND WEATHER = LONGOVUKA --; Air temperature = Ko e māfane/momoko ʼa e ʼEa --; Time of day or night --; Latitude --; Season --; How near the sea is --; Cloud --; Shade and shelter --; Altitude --; Air pressure/wind = Matangi --; Pressure and wind belts --; Forecasting --; South Pacific trade winds, anticyclones cyclones --; Water in the air = ʼUha --; Humidity, condensation, clouds --; Rain --; Weather forecasts --; Cyclone case studies --; Climate --; Climographs --; Ozone layer --; Greenhouse effect --; Sea = Tahi --; The sea and being Tongan --; The sea floor --; Sea movement : tides and currents, waves, swells and tsunami --; Sea and the weather --; Resources : energy, plants and animals --; The effect of people, what we take out, what we put in, climate change --; LAND FORMATION = KO HONO FAʼU ʼO E FONU --; The six processes; Earthquakes = Mofuike; Volcanoes = Mo ʼunga afi; Coral = F eo and algae; Erosion = ʼAu ʼauhia; Sediment = kele; Lime precipitation --; Reef limestone = Makalahe --; Land resources = Ko e oloa ʼo e fonua --; Geological history of Tonga = Tukufakeholo ʼo e fa ʼunga e fonua --; Reef linestone below Tonga --; MAPPING --; ISLANDS OF TONGA = ʼOTUMOTU --; Information on each island --; SOIL = KELEKELE --; How soil is made; Parent material; Climate; Land shape; Living things; Time --; Soil structure = Fa ʼunga --; Soils in Tonga --; Soil and plants --; WATER = URI --; Water cycle --; Ground water = Toko ʼanga vai ʼi lolofonua --; Water supply = Ma ʼu ʼanga vai --; Tank water = Vai melie --; Piped water = Vai paipa --; Water use --; Conservation = Faka potopoto ʼi ʼo e vai --; LIVING THING = MO ʼUI --; Plants= Ngaahi ʼakau --; Plant communities --; Trees and forest --; Changing the environment --; Animals = Monumanu --; Fitting the environments --; Habitats = Nofo ʼanga; Dependence on plants, food chaings --; Conservation --; Tauhi/Malu ʼi e me ʼamo ʼui ke tolonga --; Coast live = Me amo ʼui ʼo e matātahi --; A complex environment = ʼĀtakai fihi homo anga --; Habitats; Reef slope = ʼUlu ʼulu --; Reef platform = Funga hakau --; Mangroves = Tongo (feitu-u) --; Conservation --; Tokanga ʼi mo malu ʼi e matatahi mo e hakau --; Dangers to reefs --; The parcels of Mala and Monu --; Environment game
N2  - Investigates the Tongan environment: the weather, the sea, land and soil formation, the water cycle, animal and plant ecology ; incorporates legend with scientific analysis and includes activities, experiments, research topics and field studies. Suggested level: secondary
ER  -