Unit 5: Weather and Climate

UNIT 5: WEATHER AND CLIMATE

Basic vocabulary:

Atmosphere

Greenhouse effect

Altitude

Breeze

Clouds

Hail or hailstone

Steam water

Rain

Snow

Wind

Low pressure

High pressure

Jet Stream

Trade winds

Storm

1.- Watching the maps on page 75, ¿ what is the weather like in Spain, Sweden and Poland?.

2.- Describe with your own words the meaning of:

· Greenhouse effect

· Breeze

· Hail or hailstone

· Steam water

· Storm

3.- Mark with true (T) or false (F) the following sentences:

· The thermometer measures the pressure

· The atmospherics phenomenon take place in the Troposphere

· The ozone filters the UV rays

· Low pressure zones are related to rainy weather

· Isobars join the points with the same temperature

4.- Looking at the map on page 73, explain in English how work the monsoon winds (in summer and winter) in the Southeast of Asia.

UNIT 6: Climates and landscapes of the Earth

Basic vocabulary:

Climate

Landscape

Rainforest

Jungle

Heavy rain

Degrees

Steppe

Savanna or grassland

Nomads

Eskimo

Meadow

Oak

Drought

Ice cap

Glacier

Evergreen tree

Deciduous tree

1 .- Describe with your own words the meaning of:

· Eskimo

· Nomads

· Evergreen tree

· Glacier

2 .- Mark with true (T) or false (F) the following sentences:

· In the Mediterranean climates it rains a lot.

· The rainforest is the typical vegetation in equatorial zones.

· There isn’t contrast between day and night temperatures in the desert.

· The climate in the mountains all over the world is the same.

· Lions, elephants, giraffes are typical animals from the savanna.

3ª.- Match every natural landscape with the correct climate:

· Tundra Oceanic

· Deciduous trees forest and meadows Equatorial

· Taiga Polar

· Rainforest Mediterranean

· Savanna Continental

· Mediterranean forest Tropical

4.- Write a short and imaginary story about the life of a boy or girl who lives in a rainforest, in the desert or in the North Pole.

UNIT 9: The prehistory

Basic vocabulary:

1.- Copy these words and their translation in your notebook:

Human beings

Tools

Bone

Bow

Arrow

Hook

Hunting

Fishing

Horse

Bison

Deer

Cattle

Pottery

Loom

Grave

Sickle

Ranching

2.- Choose one of the pictures on pages 135,133 or 139 and explain in English what are doing some of the characters.

3.- Explain the difference between Paleolithic man and Neolithic man way of life.

4.- Say in English:

· Siglo III d. C.

· Siglo IV a. C.

· 1492

· Siglo XIX

· 3498 a. C.

b) What’s the nearest date to our days? 1035 B.C. or 378 A.D.