Times Zones

Use your book, page 21

• How many time zones  is the Earth divided into?
• Why are the Canary islands one hour behind the rest of Spain?
• If you get to Sydney  at 0:00 hours (local time) What time would it  be  in Spain?
• You take a flight from Madrid at 10 am, and arive in New York eight hours later. What time do you arrive? 
• Make the activity 2 in your book (PAGE 21)

 You need use this link to know the correct hours in every place.

Globes and maps continents and oceans

Latitude and Longitude

How do we lacated a place?

Using an atlas,  or locate on Internet, name the city or country that lie on the coordinates :20ºN;15ºW60ºN; 0ºE20ºS; 140ºE40ºN;0ºE

Types of maps

There are many types of maps.  Today, we will look at relief maps that show topography, population maps that show density, and different types of thematic maps.

Look at the thematic maps slide show.  What does each map show us?

Types of Maps

Vocabulary Unit 1

Unit 1

• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Solar System
• Hemisphere
• Orbit
• Satelite
• Cardinal Points
• Geographical coordinate
• Compass
• Latitude
• Parallel
• Longitude
• Meridian
• Prime meridian
• Numeric scale
• Political map
• Thematic map
• Physical map
• Topographic map 
• Graphic scale

Homework:

•  You have to look for the meaning of these words and write them in english;

You need to know these words and the meaning for the exam. I´m going to ask you.