miércoles, 26 de noviembre de 2014

Activities for the exam

Name....................................................Date..............Mark........

EXAM 1º ESO – UNIT 5

1. Answer the following questions. (4 points, each wrong answer will sustract you 0,2)

1. If there was a high pressure mass directly over Madrid, you would probably expect the weather to be this.
A) sunny B) cloudy C) snowing D) rainy
2. If a low pressure system moved into the area, what might I expect?
A) Clear skies B) Colder temperatures C) Storms D) No change in weather
3. Which is more dense (heavier)?
A) Warm air B) temperate air C) Cold air
4. Warm air will...
A) Go over cold air B) Go under cold air C) Go through cold air
5. Hurricanes are formed over:
A) Cold ocean water with low pressure areas B) Warm ocean water with low pressure areas.
C) Warm ocean water with high pressure D) Cool ocean water with high pressure
6. Imaginary lines which join points with same amount of precipitation.
A) Isotherms B) Isohyets C) Contour lines D) Isobars
7. True or False: High pressure means that the temperature is going up.
A) False B) True
8. Which climate zone has only a rainy season and a dry season?
A) Polar B) Tropical C) Temperate D) Continental
9. What causes water vapor in the air to condense?
A) a cooler temperature B) nimbus clouds C) gravity D) rain
10. Which scientific tool is used to measure air pressure?
A) barometer B) balance scale C) rain gauge D) graduated cylinder
11. What does the word front mean?
A) a large bubble of air  B) the type of weather in a place
C) the place where it is raining D) the place where one air mass meets another with different characteristics. 
12. Weather occurs in the...
A) Troposphere B) Ionosphere C) Stratosphere
13. Which of these is not a soil layer?
A) Erosion layer B) Humus layer C) Superficial layer D) Parent rock
14. Decaying and decomposing organic material is known as
A) raw material B) mustard C) humus D) litter layer
15. What is the main ingredient for soil?
A) Air B) Humus C) Water D) Minerals
16. If you experience four seasons, you live in this climate zone...
A) Polar B) Temperate C) Tropical D) Abysmal
17. The four elements of a climate are...
A) Latitude, altitude, wind and distance from the sea. B) Precipitation, distance form the sea, temperature and wind
C) Temperature, precipitation, Air pressure and wind D) Air pressure, wind, distance from the sea and Temperature.
18. If you are in an area with an air pressure of 1022 mb, you are in an...
A) Depression  B) Antycyclon C) Front D) Weather bane
19.The direction of the wind is indicated by a...
A) Whirl B) Pluiviometer C) Anemometer D) Weather bane
20. An area with plants that are no taller than 4 meters high is called a...
A) Forest B) Grassland C) Soil D) Scrubland

2. Fill the gaps with the following concepts (0,5 points)

Temperature / Cold / Warm / Saturated / water vapour /

Humidity is the amount of water vapour in the air. The __________ comes from seas and oceans, rivers, lakes, plants and other living beings.
The amount of water vapour that the air absorbs depends on the __________. _______ air absorbs more than ______ air.
Air is ________ when it can absorb no more water vapour.


4. Could you divide this sphere into the five main climatic zones according to latitude? Could you put the name and the approximate latitude of the five different parallels which divide these zones? (1,5 points)
 











5. Explain how temperature can be modified by the three different factors that we have studied. (2 points)




miércoles, 28 de mayo de 2014

esquema Mesopotamia


Unit 9 and 10


UNIT 9
  1. Periods in History. A timeline of the Pre-history:
  1. Write the three different prehistorical periods and find their place on the timeline. (With dates)
  2. What are the different historical events that begin each stage of prehistory? Find their place on the timeline.
  3. Think about the following historical events and place them on the timeline: 1. Appearance of the first villages made with clay. / 2. All humans’ beings had a nomadic lifestyle 3. Development of pottery and basketry / 4. Invention of the wheel / 5. Megalithic monuments / 6. Appearance of tools as mortars, sickles, hoes, etc. / 7. Appearance of swords, etc. / 8. Development of the plough. / 9. Domestication of animals / 10. Discovery of fire.




  1. Match the characteristics to the hominids.
HOMINIDS
CHARACTERISTICS
  1. Austrolopithecus
Discovery of fire.
  1. Homo habilis
They lived in Europe and disappeared at the end of the glacial period.
  1. Homo erectus
They are native to Africa but spread throughout all the continents
  1. Homo neanderthalensis
They used tools but did not make them.
He made the earliest forms of art.
  1. Homo sapiens
First hominid to make tools

  1. Main characteristics of lifestyle during the Paleolithic Age.
  2. Activity number 3 (Page 92).
  3. Which important changes happened during the Neolithic?
  4. Relate the map on page 94 with the map on page 102. Point out the similarities and the differences.
  5. Name the main four ancient rivers civilizations and explain their main characteristics.
  6. Work with the table.
  1. Place in the table and in chronological order the different Mesopotamian periods: Neo-Babylonian, Babylonian, Sumerian, Akkadian and Assyrian.
  2. Match them with the characteristics or historical events.
Mesopotamian Period
Characteristics or historical events
1.
Finish with the conquest of the Persian.
A people of shepherds who were warlike
2.
Appearance of the Hammurabi Code.
Construction of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon.
3.
They lived in the South of Mesopotamia.
Assurbanipal made an empire from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean.
4.
They lived in the mountains of North of Mesopotamia
The appearance of writing.
5.
King Sargon conquered Sumer and unified the central and the low Mesopotamia
The capital city was in the center of Mesopotamia, close to Babylon.

  1. Work with a social pyramid.
  1. Divide the pyramid into six levels and place the following groups of people in their correct level: nobles and priests, scribes and army officers, artisans, merchants and farmers, slaves, pharaoh and his family.



  1. Define the following concepts:
  • The Rosetta stone (What it is? Why has it been so important in History?
  • Hebrews (Localization, and economy and religion):
  • Cretans: (Localization and economy):
  • Phoenicians (Localization and economy):
  • Papyrus and tablets of clay (Who used them? for what reason?)
  1. Identify the Mesopotamian architecture and the Egyptian architecture and talk about its differences and similarities.





  1. Explain how the environmental conditions influenced in the historical development of Egypt. Which two independent kingdoms were united in 3100 BC by King Menes?

  2. Identify each piece of art with its period. Describe the piece of art, discipline, (if it is sculpture, explain if it is a relief or a free standing sculpture) material used, theme.








domingo, 19 de enero de 2014

Review Unit 5


SOLUCIONES

1. A / 2. C / 3. C / 4. A / 5. B / 6. B / 7. B / 8. C / 9. B / 10. C / 11. D / 12. C / 13. A / 14. D / 15. D /
16. A / 17. A / 18. A / 19. A / 20. C / 21. B / 22. A / 23. C / 24. D / 25. C / 26. B / 27. B / 28. B / 29. C / 30. B / 31. D / 32. D / 33. B / 34. C / 35. D / 36. A / 37. A


  1. Water vapour / Temperature / Warm / Cold / Saturated
    Parent rock / Organic material / Humus / Plant remains / Soil