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4. How is the Earth and how is the Earth represented ?

  1. THEORETIC CONTENTS
  2. MAP: A flat drawing of Earth's surface, or a portion of it
    PHYSICAL MAP: A map that shows natural landforms and water-ways on the Earth's surface.
    TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: A map that shows the shape of the ground as well as location and elevation of surface features using contour lines.
    POLITICAL MAP: A map that shows all the borders of nations and other political units as States, provinces or councils.
    THEMATIC MAP: A map that shows a particular theme, or topic such as population, climates... within a specific area.
    CARDINAL POINTS: The four main points on a compass that show direction ( North, South, East and West )
    MERIDIANS: An imaginary circle that link the poles . They go from the North to the South. The main meridian is called Prime Meridian (0º) or Greenwich Meridian and it is taken of reference .
    PARALLELS: They are imaginary lines perpendicular to the meridians. They go from the East to the West. The main parallel is called Equator
    LATITUDE: Distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees. It can be from 0º to 90º.
    LONGITUDE: Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees. It can be from 0º to 180º.
    SCALE: Relationship between a real territory and the size of this on a map.

How many types of maps do you know ? Write their names
Define: parallel, longitude.
Which is the most important parallel?
Write the main parallels on the Earth from North to South
Match the correct concepts
Tropic of Capricorn 0º Lat
Arctic Circle 23 º Lat N
Antarctic Circle 23 º Lat S
Tropic of Cancer 66 º Lat N
Equator 66º Lat S

Write the name of the imaginary lines on the Earth

imaginary lines

Complete the sentences

Complete the sentences

maps give information on relief
maps give information on political organization
  indicates how many times the  has been reduced.
and Meridians are lines which stablish the exact location on places
are semicircles which go from one to the other one
The meridian or meridian is the point of reference for the other meridians
are circles which are   to the meridians
is measured by using the which star at the Equator
is measured by using the which star at the prime meridian

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TRUE_FALSE

Say if the sentence is true or false. Explain the answer.

Pregunta 1

My parents travelled to a point close to the 95º Lat N. last summer.

Pregunta 2

Tropic of Cancer is in the Southern Hemisphere

Pregunta 3

Spain is in the Northern Hemisphere

Pregunta 4

Russia is in the Northern and Western hemispheres

Pregunta 5

I can find rivers and mountains in a political map

Pregunta 6

A climate map is a thematic map.

Pregunta 7

There are four cardinal points

Pregunta 8

Antartic circle is in the Southern Hemisphere.

Pregunta 9

Longitude is measured by using the meridians

Pregunta 10

There are four hemispheres

Pregunta 11

The prime meridian is called Equator

Complete the sentence

Lea el párrafo que aparece abajo y complete las palabras que faltan.

How many cardinal points are there?There are cardinal points

Which are their names? , , and

What cardinal point does the Sun rise in? The Sun rises in the

What cardinal point does the Sun set in ? The Sun sets in the

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