Geografía e Historia

Geografía e Historia

martes, 30 de octubre de 2018

Continental drift and tectonic plates

Read on page 20 of your textbook, visit the following websites and answer the following questions:




1-      What was Pangea?
2-      Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
3-      What physical evidence is there to support the theory of tectonic plates and continental drift?
4-      What causes the movement of the tectonic plates?
5-      What is the difference between  oceanic crust and continental crust?
6-      What is the link between earthquakes and the movement of tectonic plates?
7-      Which are the major tectonic plates? Where are they located?


Instructions:

To answer the questions you can only use the linklist below.
Answer the questions on a blank sheet; don´t forget to copy the wording of the questions.
The report title is "Continental drift and tectonic plates".
It's a voluntary activity; you can improve up to 1 the mark of your unit 2 exam.
The deadline to hand in the report is November the 7th, Wednesday.

jueves, 4 de octubre de 2018

Types of Maps: Topographic, Political, Climate and More

We´ve been studying in this unit the different types of maps. Visit the following  webpage, read the content of that site and the links attached, and answer the following questions.

1- What is a map?

2- What is a thematic map?

3- When did the first thematic map appear?Who created it?What did this map show?

3- What does GIS mean?

4- What is a political map? Name the political map example that the webpage displays.

5- What is a topographic map? Name the topographic map example that the webpage displays.

6- Which is the main difference between a physical and a topographic map?

7- Make a composition explaining your opinion about this report and the sites you checked out to answer the questions.
Instructions:

To answer the questions you can only use the linklist below.
Answer the questions on a blank sheet; don´t forget to copy the wording of the questions.
The report title is "Types of maps".
The deadline to hand in the report is October the 16th, Tuesday.

1- https://www.thoughtco.com/types-of-maps-1435689
2- https://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/infopage/political.htm
3- https://www.thoughtco.com/thematic-maps-overview-1435692
4- https://www.thoughtco.com/gis-an-overview-1434914
5- https://www.thoughtco.com/topographic-maps-overview-1435657

Link number 1 is the reference; there, you have hyperlinks to look at 2 to 5.

Come on!! It´s not as difficult as it looks like and you can improve your mark exam up to 1 point.

Unit 1 - Maps

Tema 1 - El relieve