viernes, 3 de febrero de 2017

SOLUTIONS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITS 3 AND 4.

UNIT 3. ACTIVITIES.


1.

With an A
A young mountain range located between the Italian peninsula and the rest of Europe.
Alps
With an A
A cape located in the Antarctic continent.
Cape adare
With a B
A big peninsula located in the south of Europe.
Balkan peninsula
With a B
A young mountain range located in the Balkan Peninsula.
Balkans
With a C
A peninsula located in the north of Australia
Cape York Peninsula
With a D
One of the largest river in Europe. It flows into the Black Sea
Danube
With an E
The highest peak in Europe
Elbrus
With an F
A gulf located in the Baltic Sea
Gulf of Finland.
With a G
A gulf located next to the Italian peninsula
Gulf of Genoa
With a G
A huge plain that occupy most of the eastern europe
Great European plain.
With a G
A huge mountain range located in the eastern part of Australai
Great Dividing Range.
Contains an H
A young mountain range located in the eastern part of Europe
Carphatian mountains
With an H
A mountain range located in the western part of Australia
Hammersley range
With an I
A big península located in the south of Europe. It has the shape of a boot.
Italian Peninsula
With an I
An island located next to the western coast of the European continent. It is known as the “emerald island”.
Ireland.
With an J
An old massif located in the western part of Europe.
Jura
With a M
And old massif located in the western part of Europe
Massif Central
With an M
A mountain range located in the center of Australia
Macdonnel Range
With an M
Another river located in Oceania
Murray
With an N
A sea located between Great Britain and the Scandinavian Peninsula.
North Sea






With a P
A river located in the Italian peninsula
Po
Contains a P
A river that flows into the Black Sea
Dnieper
With an R
A important european river that flows into the North Sea between the River Seine and the Elbe
Rhine
With an R
A sea located in the Antarctic continent
Ross sea
With an S
A river located in the western part of Europe. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean
Seine
With a T
A sea located between New Zealand and Australia
Tasman Sea
With a T
The largest river of the Iberian Peninsula
Tagus (Tajo)
With a  U
A mountain range located between Asia and Europe.
Ural Mountains.
With a V
The highest peak of the Antarctica continent.
Vinson Massif
With an V
The longest river in Europe. It flows into the Caspian Sea.
Volga

  2.

 

3. HANGMAN.

And old massif located in the Scandinavian Peninsula.

SCANDINAVIAN MOUNTAINS.

The highest peak in Europe.

ELBRUS.

A big european island located in the Mediterranean Sea and triangular shaped.

SICILY

A gulf located between the Iberian Peninsula and the Britanny península.

BAY OF BISCAY.

A cape located in the northern of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

NORTH CAPE.

A sea located between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

ADRIATIC SEA.

A river located in the italian península which flows into the Tyrrhenian sea.
TIBER RIVER.    r    

UNIT 4. ACTIVITIES.

ACTIVITIES:

1. Indicate which of these phrases refers to weather and which to climate.

a). The summers in Madrid are very hot and almost without precipitations. CLIMATE.
b). The evening was cloudy and windy in London yesterday. WEATHER.
c). Weather is always hot and rainy in Indonesia. CLIMATE
d). This June has been hotter than usual in Seville. WEATHER.
e). They said that winters are very cold in Bergen. CLIMATE.
f). Last week was raining all the time in Barcelone. WHEATER.

2. Match the definitions with the right word:

a). The layer in which take place the weather phenomena.
b). The hottest layer of the atmosphere.
c). The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
d). The last layer of the atmosphere, located at an altitude of between 500 and 10.000 kilometres.
e). The layer in which the ozone layer is located.



3. Correct answers:
a), 4; b), 3; c), 2; d), 1; e, 5.
1.         Exosphere.
2.        Mesosphere.
3.         Ionosphere.
4.     Trosposphere.
5.         Stratosphere.

 

 

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5. Identify the elements highlighted in the map and answer these questions:
a). How is going to be the weather in the zone surrounded by a circle: sunny, cloudy? Is going to rain? Explain why.
b) What does mean the numbers that appear in the lines of the map?

a) As you can see a huge área of high pressure (anticyclone) is located over the Iberian Peninsula, because of this the weather is going to be sunny and without precipitations, nevertheless in the northwestern part of the Peninsula appears a hot front which is going to produces rainfalls.
b) The numbers represent the atmospheric pressure that correspond to the isobar in which they are located. A number greater than 1.013 indicates an area of high pressure, whereas a number smaller than 1. 1013 indicates an area of low pressure.


6. Review game.

With an A
A device use to measure the speed of the wind.
Anemometer
With a B
a extensive región characterised by its own climatic features and vegetation.
Bioclimate
With a C
science which study the various types of climate.
Climatology
With a D
An area of low atmospheric pressure
Depression
With an E
vegetation (trees and shrubs) which retain their leaves during all the year.
evergreen
With an F
areas of contact between two air massess with different characteristics
front
With a G
A vegetal fomartion composed of grass.
Grassland
With a H
Area of contact between two air masses in which a depression advances upon a anticyclone. It is represented with a red line with semicircles.
Hot front.
With an I
lines that connect all the points with the same temperature
Isotherm
Contains  an I
A factor that explain why the average temperature in the Alps is lower than in the Great European plain.
altitude
With an L
Factor that explain why the average annual temperature in Madrid is higher than in London.
Latitude
With a M
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
Mesosphere
With an M
A seasonal wind typical of the South East of Asia.
Monssons
Contains a N
One of the layers of the atmosphere. It is the hottest part of it.
Ionosphere
With an O
A gas that protects Earth against the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
Ozone
With a P
Fall of water from the clouds onto the Earth’s surface.
Precipitation
With an R
Precipitation in liquid state.
Rainfall
Contains an S
Factor that explains why the average precipitation level in the interior of the Peninsula Iberica is lower than in the coast.
Distance from the sea
With a T
The layer of the atmosphere located next to the Earth Surface. Is a part of the biosphere
Troposphere
With a T
A climatic zone characterized by high precipitation levels and high average temperatures.
Torrid zone
Contains an X
The most exterior layer of the atmosphere.
Exosphere
Contains a Y
Imaginary lines that connect all the poinst with the same precipitation levels.
Isoyeths
With a W
Device use to determine the direction of the wind.
Weather vane.

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