Preparing the Unit - "UNIT 1. THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE", "UNIT 2. RELIEF", "UNIT 3. WATER ON EARTH"

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Aunque aún quedan días para la Evaluación, os dejo un listado de los contenidos más importantes para que os podáis preparar la prueba con tranquilidad. Ya sabéis, comprensión antes que memorización. El objetivo es que aprendáis Geografía. Ánimo campeones!!

"UNIT 1. THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE",

1. Factors that make possible the life on Earth
2. The solar system: Planetary system, stars, galaxies and milky way.
3. Define Parallels, Equator, meridians, Greenwich Meridian, latitude, longitude.
4. Define geographic coordinates
5. Explain what is the rotation movement and its consequences.
6. Explain what is the revolution movement and its consequences (the seasons, equinoxes, solstices, leap year.)
7. What are the Time Zones?
8. What is the cartography? What is a topographic map? What is a map scale?
9. PRACTICE: work with maps and calculate scales.

 "UNIT 2. RELIEF"

• Vocabulary (Glossary)
• Definition of Relief
• Which are the main stages of geological history?
• What are the tectonic plates?
• Explain the differences between folds and fractures.
• Definition of volcanoes, earthquakes and epicentre.
• Explain the erosion process (you can draw it)
• The wordmap you made for homework about agents of erosion (water, glaciers, wind, temperature changes, vegetation and human actions)

 "UNIT 3. WATER ON EARTH"

• You have to know the meaning of:
• Oceans
• Seas
• Waves
• Tides
• Warm currents and cold currents.
• Define river and explain with your own words the course of a river: upper course, middle course, lower course.
• Define lake  and explain the differences between endorheic lakes and exorheic lakes.