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SOCIAL SCIENCE UINT 2 RELIEF AND CLIMATE
SOCIAL SCIENCE UINT 2 RELIEF AND CLIMATE
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1
Decreasing some of our negative activities (fossil fuels, waste..) can help stop climate change
True
False
2
Which of the following statements about Spanish
mountain
climate is
false
?
Temperatures: Cold winters and cool summers
Vegetation: Pyrenees fir, scrubland, grass
Precipitation: snow in winter and summer
3
There are different factors that influence climate:
Altitude, pressure and temperatures
Distance from the sea, mountains and rivers
Latitude, altitude and distance from the sea
4
Duero, Tajo, Guadiana and Guadalquivir belong to the ________________ watershed
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Cantabrian
5
The sea never absorbs the Sun´s heat.
True
False
6
The coast has mild unstable temperatures.
True
False
7
A ___________ measures rainfall in millilitres.
rain machine
rain accountant
rain gauge
rain barometer
8
The elements of weather are:
Wind, atmospheric pressure, temperature and precipitation
Latitud, altitud and distance from the sea
The wind, the place and the seasson
9
Which of the following statements about Spanish
oceanic
climate is
false
?
Temperatures: Mild all year round
Vegetation: Only grass, ferns and pines
Precipitation: Constant except in summer
10
Which of the following statements about Spanish
inland
mediterranean
climate is
false
?
Vegetation: Chesnut, holm oak, scrubland and pine
Temperatures: Long cold winters and short hot summers
Precipitation: Abundant all year round
11
A barometer measures____________________________.
atmospheric pressure in millilitres
the wind speed in Km/hour
rainfall in millilitres
atmospheric pressure in millibars
12
______________zones are along the equator
Polar
Temperate
Summer
Tropical
13
Temperatures of temperate zones are between________________
-10º and 20º
0º and 20º
0º and 30º
-20º and 20º
14
Mountains surranding the meseta central:
Cordillera Cantábrica and Sistema Ibérico
Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico and Sierra Morena
Cordillera Cantábrica, Sistema Ibérico y Pyrenees
Cordillera Cantábrica
15
Weather is what the _____________ is like in a ________ at a particular __________.
geosphere, month, year
atmosphere, place, time
Atmosphere, temperature, precipitation
16
Short rivers because there is little distance to the sea from the mountains in which they start
Atlantic watersheed
Cantabrian watershed
17
The Sun´s rays are stronger the further they are to the Equator
False
True
18
Polar zones are near the__________________.
mountains
poles and the equator
prime meridian andin the mountains
poles and in the mountains
19
All mountains in Spain over 1200 high metres have a ________ climate.
invernal
mild and cold
polar
mountain
20
Meseta Central is __________, __________ plain that covers the centre of the Iberian peninsula
large, high
large, long
thin, long
high, long
21
Spain has varied temperate climates like __________________________.
oceanic or inland and costal mediterranean
cantabric or costal and inland mediterranean
atlantic, cantabric and inland or costal mediterranean
22
A thermometer measures temperature in___________________.
Km/hour
degrees
bars
millilitres
23
The higher a place is above sea level, the colder it is.
True
False
24
________ is the water that falls to____________ from the atmosphere during the water cycle.
Precipitatión/Earth
Precipitation/rain
Rain/Earth
25
A weather vane___________________________
measure rainfall in millilitres
measures the wind speed in Km/hour
shows the wind direction
26
Jungles and deserts are tropical areas but they don´t have the same amounts of precipitations
False
True
27
Ter, Llobregat, Turia, Jucar, Segura and Almanzora belong to the __________________.
Mediterranean watershed
Cantabric watershed
Atlantic watershed
28
Climate is the typical weather of a region for a long period of time
False
True
29
Which of the following statements about Spanish
costal mediterranean
climate is
false
?
Precipitation: Little and irregular, sometimes torrential
Temperatures: Very cold winters and hot summers
Vegetation: Holm oak, cork oak and pine
30
________________ is how much of the air weight pushes on Earth
Earth pressure
Atmospheric pressure
Wind pressure
Weather pressure
