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Clouds are white because they reflect the light of the sun. Light is made up of colors of the rainbow and when you add them all together you get white. The sun appears a yellow color because it sends out more yellow light than any other color. Clouds reflect all the colors the exact same amount so they look white.

**Why do clouds turn gray?**

Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals, usually a mixture of both. The water and ice scatter all light, making clouds appear white. If the clouds get thick enough or high enough all the light above does not make it through, hence the gray or dark look. Also, if there are lots of other clouds around, their shadow can add to the gray or multicolored gray appearance.

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== Thin Question: == == 1.What is the maori name for One Tree Hill? == == 2.Who named One Tree Hill? == == 3.Who found One Tree Hill? == == 4.Who decided to takeaway the maori's houses down in One Tree Hill? == == 5.When did the people cut down the tree down? ==

== Fat Questions: == == 1.Why is it called One Tree Hill? == == 2.Why were there two bodies found at the top of One Tree Hill? == == 3.Why did John Logan Campbell gave One Tree Hill to New Zealand? == == 4.Why did the maori people built their houses on One Tree Hill? ==

Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. [|[3]] The acronym ANZAC stands for [|Australian and New Zealand Army Corps], whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions of both Australia and New Zealand, [|[4]] a rare instance of two sovereign countries not only sharing the same remembrance day, but making reference to both countries in its name. When war broke out in 1914, Australia and New Zealand had been [|dominions] of the [|British Empire] for thirteen and seven years respectively.

edit]Gallipoli campaign]] [ [|edit] ] Gallipoli campaign
In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an [|Allied] expedition that set out to capture the [|Gallipoli] Peninsula, according to a plan by [|Winston Churchill] to open the way to the [|Black Sea] for the Allied navies. The objective was to capture [|Constantinople], the capital of the [|Ottoman Empire] , which was an ally of [|Germany] during the war. The ANZAC force landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Army commanded by [|Mustafa Kemal] (later known as Atatürk). What had been planned as a bold strike to knock the Ottomans out of the war quickly became a stalemate, and the campaign dragged on for eight months. At the end of 1915, the Allied forces were evacuated after both sides had suffered heavy casualties and endured great hardships. The Allied [|casualties] included 21,255 from the [|United Kingdom], an estimated 10,000 dead soldiers from [|France] , 8,709 from Australia, 2,721 from New Zealand, and 1,358 from [|British India]. News of the landing at Gallipoli made a profound impact on Australians and New Zealanders at home and 25 April quickly became the day on which they remembered the sacrifice of those who had died in war. Though the Gallipoli campaign failed to achieve its military objectives of capturing Constantinople and knocking the Ottoman Empire out of the war, the actions of the Australian and New Zealander troops during the campaign bequeathed an intangible but powerful legacy. The creation of what became known as an " [|Anzac legend] " became an important part of the national identity in both countries. This has shaped the way their citizens have viewed both their past and their understanding of the present. Foundations of Anzac DayOn 30 April 1915, when the first news of the landing reached New Zealand, a half-day holiday was declared and impromptu services were held. The following year a public holiday was gazetted on 5 April and services to commemorate were organised by the returned servicemen.[5]]] [ [|edit] ] Foundations of Anzac Day On 30 April 1915, when the first news of the landing reached New Zealand, a half-day holiday was declared and impromptu services were held. The following year a public holiday was [|gazetted] on 5 April and services to commemorate were organised by the returned servicemen. [|[5]] The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916; in that year it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia and New Zealand, including a commemorative march through London involving Australian and New Zealand troops. Australian Great War battalion and brigade war diaries show that on this first anniversary, units including those on the front line, made efforts to solemnise the memory of those who were killed this day twelve months previously. A common format found in the war diaries by Australian and New Zealand soldiers for the day commenced with a dawn requiem mass, followed mid-morning with a commemorative service, and after lunch organised sports activities with the proceeds of any gambling going to Battalion funds. This occurred in Egypt as well. The small New Zealand community of [|Tinui], near [|Masterton] in the [|Wairarapa] , was apparently the first place in New Zealand to have an Anzac Day service, when the then vicar led an expedition to place a large wooden cross on the Tinui Taipos (a 1,200 ft (370 m) high large hill/mountain, behind the village) in April 1916 to commemorate the dead. A service was held on 25 April of that year. [|[6]] In 2006 the 90th anniversary of the event was commemorated with a full [|21-gun salute] fired at the service by soldiers from the [|Waiouru Army Camp]. In [|London], over 2,000 Australian and New Zealand troops marched through the streets of the city. A London newspaper headline dubbed them "The Knights of Gallipoli". Marches were held all over Australia in 1916; wounded soldiers from Gallipoli attended the [|Sydney] march in convoys of cars, accompanied by nurses. Over 2,000 people attended the service in Rotorua. [|[5]] For the remaining years of the war, Anzac Day was used as an occasion for patriotic rallies and recruiting campaigns, and parades of serving members of the AIF were held in most cities. From 1916 onwards, in both Australia and New Zealand, Anzac memorials were held on or about 25 April, mainly organised by returned servicemen and school children in cooperation with local authorities.

 Flags on the [|cenotaph in Wellington] for the 2007 Dawn Service. From left to right, the flags of New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia Anzac Day was gazetted as a public holiday in New Zealand in 1920, through the [|Anzac Day Act], after lobbying by the [|New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association] , [|[7]] the RSA. [|[8]] In Australia at the 1921 State Premiers' Conference, it was decided that Anzac Day would be observed on 25 April each year. However, it was not observed uniformly in all the states. During the 1920s, Anzac Day became established as a National Day of Commemoration for the 60,000 Australians and 18,000 New Zealanders who died during the war. The first year in which all the Australian states observed some form of public holiday together on Anzac Day was 1927. By the mid-1930s, all the rituals now associated with the day—dawn vigils, marches, memorial services, reunions, sly [|two-up] games—became part of Australian Anzac Day culture. New Zealand commemorations also adopted many of these rituals, with the dawn service being introduced from Australia in 1939. [|[]