SCIENCE DISPLAY UNIT 8

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR SCIENCE DISPLAY?

It is full of maps, there is no room for more. You can find diagrams, maps made of plasticine, clay, paper...  big posters, small posters...It is great way to study the relief of Spain.

If you can not visit our school ...why don't you click on each project on the left of the blog?

CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARNING

Many people make Climate Change and Global Warming a scary and difficult thing to understand, but it’s not.
Scientists have warned that the world's climate has changed a lot, and has affected many living and non-living things.

Many places that were warmer are now getting colder, and many colder regions are getting much more colder or even warmer (know as Global Warming).

Some people do not believe that these are caused by human activities. They think it is all political and falsehood intended to cause panic among humans.

Well, whatever it is, we would like to know more, and take a few good points from this confusion, and use them to make our world a better place to live. Let’s start by learning a few tricky terms that we may need to explain Climate Change better, just follow this link.

 

    Weather and climate are different.  Weather is a short term description of the air in an area measured by temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, and other factors. Climate is usually defined as the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.  

    Climate is determined by 1 or more of the 5 causes of climate.  There are 12 different types of climate found on Earth.  Each of the 12 climate types are grouped into 5 categories, except 1 (Highland).  Climates in the same category share characteristics and usually are found in the same area.  Climates change over time, usually the change is very slow.  The Earth has experienced many different climates over its 4.54 billion years.  There are many different factors that cause climates to shift and change.

Climate Types (click each climate to learn more) Tropical Tropical Wet Tropical Wet and Dry Moderate Humid Subtropical Mediterranean Marine West Coast Continental Humid Continental Subarctic Polar Tundra Ice Cap Dry Arid Semiarid No Category Highland

Average Monthly Temperatures Average Monthly Precipitation

Some interesting links about the climate

How to make a climate chart.
Here you are an explanation of what a "climate chart" is and how to make one. It is in spanish but it can help you to understand better this part of the unit.

Slide Presentation: Factors affecting the climate
If you follow this link you could find an interesting slide presentation about the factors affecting the climate in the British Islands.

 

CLIMATE

1.    INTRODUCTION:

a.    climate is the normal pattern of weather conditions for a particular location over a period of many years.

b.    It is determined by:

1)   latitude (distance from the Equator): warmer closer to the Equator.

2)   Distance from the sea: coastal areas have milder temperatures.

3)   Altitude: mountainous areas are colder.

4)   Landforms: mountain ranges block warm, humid sea air.

2.    CLIMATES OF SPAIN:

	ATLANTIC	MEDITERRANEAN	CONTINENTAL	MOUNTAIN	SUBTROPICAL
WHERE?	Galicia, Cantabrian coast, western Pyrenees.	Coastal areas of Catalonia and Valencia, most of Murcia and Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.	Meseta, Ebro valley, inland areas of Andalusia and Catalonia.	High mountain ranges.	Canary Islands.
in general	Never extreme. Very humid atmosphere.	Warm with little rain.	Extreme. The driest in Spain.	Temperatures below 0ºC	Influenced by the cold currents of the Atlantic Ocean.
TEMPERATURE	Mild winters and cool summers.	Mild winters and hot summers.	Cold winters and very hot summers.	Long cold winters and short cool summers.	Warm winters and moderately hot summers.
RAINFALL	Abundant throughout the year.	Irregular and light. Spring and autumn are the rainiest and summer is the driest.	Limited: mostly in spring and autumn, unusual in summer.	Heavy rainfall and snow.	Little rain.

Make a summary of the unit and check the contents.

Answer these exercises.

You can see Spain and an island from a satellite.

Practise with some exercises about the landforms, the coastline and the rivers of Spain.

Coastline

Coastline 2

Rivers

Rivers 2

Rivers 3

Rivers 4

Crossword

More activities

Test

Learn more about this unit.

Rivers

Ebro: Longest river in Spain (900 km) flows through Zaragoza.

Duero: This golden river starts in the autonomous region of Castile and Leon and flows through Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean.

Tagus: This river flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon. The river flows through the city of Toledo and is about 1000 kilometers long.

Guadiana: Flows through the cities of Merida and Badajoz (Extremadura), and forms downstream the border between Portugal and Spain.

Guadalquivir: Andalusian river flows through Córdoba and Seville and is about 600 kilometers long.

Júcar: Passes through the province of Cuenca, Albacete and Valencia. Ends after 500 km in the Mediterranean sea.

Segura: A slightly smaller river that flows through the city Murcia. The river is known for its floods.

Northern rivers Miño and Sil: River in Galicia with a length of 340 kilometers.

Southern rivers: including several short rivers south of the Sierra Nevada.