Tema 4

1.Copy and complete the chart:

Type of clime natural landscape



2.Research which trees grow in the savannah. Explain how some of them adapt to the dry
season.

3.Which animals live in savannah? Choose one of them and search for information on its
characteristics and lifestyle.

4.Find the odd one out and write a sentence, explaining your decision.
a) Savannah, hot desert, palm, steppe.
b) Snake, lion, scorpion, camel.
c) Equatorial rainforest, tropical rainforest, hot desert, perpetual ice.
d) Oak, teak, grass, acacia.
5.Research what Thyme and Rosemary are used for and what products are obtained from
oaks and cork oaks.



6.Find out how trees in the Mediterranean forest adapt to drought.

7.Choose an animal from a temperate climate landscape and find information on its
characteristics and lifestyle

8.Check the map of natural landscape in section.
Which areas of the world have deciduous forest?

In which area of Spain are theses forests predominant?


9.Match each type of vegetation with the landscape in which it is found. How do you say the
different types of vegetation in your language?

beech
thyme
Mediterranean scrubland bamboo
Deciduous forest pine
Humid sub-tropical forest oak
Rosemary

10.Answer the questions:
a) Match each animal to the correct translation.

Hare jabali
Squirrel ciervo
Fox ciguea
Boar liebre
Deer zorro
Stork ardilla

b) What do storks do in winter?

c) What do bears do?

d) Why are there lots of herbivores in deciduous forest?

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a) Four types of tree.
b) Four animals.
c) Four types of forests.
d) Four types of landscape.
e) Four types of vegetation ( no trees).




12. Correct definition:

Leafy with leaves all year round
Deciduous losing their leaves in autumn
Coniferous lasting forever
Evergreen whit a lot of trees and plants
Perpetual producing cones and with needle-like leaves

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14.Make a table in your exercise book with the main species of vegetation and fauna found
in natural landscapes in temperate climates.




15.What to do about environmental degradation:

Water
Industry
Transport
Electricity
Vegetation







Tema 5
1. Write the correct sentences:
a) Lake victoria is a narrow lake
b) The savannah has a wet climate.
c) The atlas mountains are low
d) The Congo is a very short river
e) A tropical climate is hot

2. Complete the chart:

Mountain range countries
Pyrenees
Alps
Apennines
Carpathians
Balkans
Sistemas beticos
Scandinavian mountains
Ural Mountains

3.Questions:
a) What are the lakes in Europe like? Name three of them.

b) What is the most extensive natural landscape in Europe?



c) Name three rivers in Europe and describe them.


d) Which other two continents are nearest to Africa?


e) What is the rift valley?


4.define the following terms:

Peninsula

Massif

Reiftr valley

Alluvial plain

Archipelago

Basin

Tributary

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6. match each place to the correct continent:

Appalachians Antarctica
Tasman sea Africa
Patagonia Asia
Weddell sea Oceania
Kamchatka peninsula south America
Kilimanjaro north America

7.answer the questions;

a) In which continent are the islands of new Zealand?

b) What are they called?

c) What is the main natural landscape?


8. complete the chart:

Feature type of landscape location
Alpes mountain range Europe
Kilimanjaro
Zambeze
Mekong
Darling
Aconcagua




Tema 6

1. Complete the sentences.

a) The river Bidasoa is longer/shorterthan the Duero.
b) The Turia and the Jucar are Mediterranean/Atlantic.rivers.
c) The river Tajo is longer/shorter..than the Nalon.
d) The river Nalon has more/less.regular flow than the Segura.
e) The Duero and the Tajo have a lot of/not manytributaries

2. Name three tributaries of the river Duero and three of the Ebro.


3. Which sea or ocean do these rivers flow into?
Mio Jcar
Tajo Naln
Ter Ebro

4. Answer the questions:
Where in Spain do volcanic eruptions happen?
What causes cold snaps?
What problems can floods cause?
What causes droughts?

5. What to do in a cold snap? Complete then with do or dont.
..go out unless you really have to.
..wear lots of different light clothes, not just a big jumper or coat.
.forget your hat and gloves!
.walk carefully andslip on the ice or snow.
..use public transport.
.run or jump on ice.
.put heaters near the curtains.
..open the windows for a few minutes every day to get some fresh air.
6. Answer the questions:
In which area of Spain might an earthquake occur?

What area the two main causes of deforestation?

What has made erosion in Spain worse?

What causes atmospheric pollution?

Name two other types of pollution

7.Complete the chart:
Natural landscape climate vegetation fauna
Deciduous
Forest

Mediterranean
Forest

Sub-tropical
Forest

alpine

7. Of which rivers are the following tributaries
Sil Genil
Adaja Cabriel
Zncara Segre
Jabalon Pisuerga


8. Answer the questions:
In what part of Spain are the Montes de Toledo?

What are the differences between the rivers of the Cantabria and Atlantic catchment areas?


What environmental problems affect Spain?

What is a national park? Name three national parks in Spain.

What is Spain doing to protect the environment?