Tuesday 26 November 2019

Vocabulary Unit 4. Weather and climate




Unit 4

  • Weather
  • Climate
  • Meteorology
  • Cold zone
  • Latitude
  • Altitude
  • Inland climates
  • Humidity
  • Anticyclones
  • Depressions
  • Anticlockwise
  • Average temperature
  • Maximum temperature
  • Minimum temperature
  • Anemometer
  • Global warming
  • Droughts
  • Thermometer
  • Hot zone
  • Temperate zone
  • Precipitation
  • Convectional rain
  • Orographic / relief rain
  • Frontal rain
  • Front
  • Atmospheric pressure
  • Prevailing winds
  • Season
  • Trade wind
  • Water vapour
  • Greenhouse efect
  • Fossil fuels
  • Climate change
  • Flooding
Homework:
    You need to know these words and your meanings for the next exam. I´m going to ask you.

    Friday 22 November 2019

    Vocabulary Unit 3


    • Water Cycle : It is the process when the water changes its physical state.
    • Fresh water : It is the water found in rivers, lakes, glaciers, groundwater and at the poles.
    • Groundwater : It is the water run and is scored under the ground.
    • Flow : It is the amount of water it carries
    • Basin : It is the area occupied by a river and its tributaries.
    • Tributaries : It is smaller rivers flowing into a large river.
    • Source : It is the place of a river starts.
    • Glaciers : They are masses of ice created by the accumulation of snow.
    • Lakes : They are permanent masses of water which have accumulated inland.
    • Wadis : They are basins in the desert.
    • Rivers : They are permanent currents of water
    • Canals : It is build by human beings, and used to transport water.
    • Reservoirs : They are artificial lakes to store water.
    • Water supply : It is the water in reservoirs and is offered to people and industries.
    • Dams : They are build of human beings used to produce electricity.
    • Hydroelectric power station : It is a station used to produced electricity through the water.
    • Salinity : It is the amount of salt with containing the oceans and seas.
    • Warm current : These currents are produced when the temperature of a current is higher than the water around it.
    • Cold current : These currents are produced when the temperature of a current is colder than the water around it.
    • Tides : They are the diary rise and fall of the water level. They are caused by the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun.
    • Waves : They are undulations of the surface of the water produced by wind.
    • High tide : This tide is produced when rise the level of sea.
    • Low tide : This tide is produced when falls the level of sea.
    • Lagoons : It is smaller lakes.
    • Inland seas : It is a saltwater lake.
    • Ocean currents : They are large masses of water, similar to rivers, which circulate through oceans.
    • Aquifers : It is forms when the water can´t pass through the impermeable rocks
    • Springs : It is forms when groundwater finds a way to the surface. They can be cold or hold water.
    • Drinking water : It is the water you can drink. Groundwater is valuable because there are drinking water.
    • Icebergs : It is a floating mass of ice.
    • Consumption : It is the fresh water which use the human being for life. It is only 0.014%.
    • Droughts : It is shortage of water.
    • Floods : It is excess of water
    • Water Pollution : It is large amount of materials are added to a body of water.
    • Acid rain: It contains harmful chemicals such as sulfur and nitrogen. These chemicals are released into the atmosphere as gases.

    Tuesday 5 November 2019

    How do glaciers shape the landscape?

    Investigating about the ocean

    With this page and your book, we are going to investigate about the ocean.


    You have to do these activities:

    1. Why is the ocean salty
    2. What causes Waves?
    3. What causes Tides?
    4. What is a Tsunami?
    5. What are Deepest depth?