Science exercises

UNIT 10 (MAPS AND SOME DEFINITIONS)

Questions to review the different concepts

What is a province? What is an autonomous community? How many provinces are there in Spain? And autonomous communities?

What are the municipal services? Name three

Who is your city's mayor? What's his/her function?

Who are the councillors?

How many countries make up the European Union?

Games to review the maps

Here you are some websites to practise the exam of this Friday, good luck!

SPAIN

http://www.purposegames.com/game/1065

http://www.sporcle.com/games/g/spain_regions

http://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/VisualizarDocumento.aspx?doc=ec71e8d4-cc66-412b-80f7-56a5a98652a9&ext=.swf&archivoAdjuntoSem=esprovin1i&ontologiaAdjuntoSem=375fa6ac-fc93-43aa-b732-0150be9fa5cd&ID=ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff&proy=216c614f-0066-469a-9c94-8e0dde45bc3d

http://lizardpoint.com/geography/spain-quiz.php


EUROPE

http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/europa3i.html

http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/europa2i.html

http://serbal.pntic.mec.es/ealg0027/europa2icap.html



UNIT 8 AND 9

Exercises you can do in order to practice the exam of this Thursday


1. What is weather? And climate? What is the difference between them?

2. Which elements we have to observe in order to study the weather?

3. What's the weather like today?

4. Which climates do we find in Spain? Describe them

5. Complete the sentences

The people who study the weather and make predictions or forecasts are called ________________

The instrument that measures the speed of the wind is called __________________________

The instrument that collects the rain that falls down to the ground is called ______________________

The instrument that shows the direction of the wind is called _____________________________

The instrument that measures the temperature of the atmosphere is called _______________________

A very strong wind is called a ________________________


6. How latitude influences to the climate? 


7. What is the difference between the adult population and the elderly population?


8. If you go to London to live, what are you in London, an emigrant or an immigrant? Why?


9. What is the birth rate? And the death rate?


10. Give two reasons why population may increase


11. Which groups include the inactive population?


12. Classify these people into active or inactive population


An unemployed person, Tania, you and your classmates, A person who helps in an NGO, your grandfather/grandmother and a farmer


13. Classify the following professions depending on the economic  sector in which they work: fisherman, nurse, baker, pastry chef, textile worker, pilot, firewoman, farmer, carpenter, potter, administrative assistant, bank clerk, computer specialist, teacher and caretaker


Primary sector

Secondary sector

Tertiary sector



14.Look at the photograph and answer these questions

a) According to his age, what population group does hebelong to?
b) What sector does he work in?
c) What economic activity does he carry out and what products are
obtained from this activity?
d) One of his relatives makes cheese, so he buys sheep’s milk from him. What sector does this relative work in? What product does he make?