Science 4th, unit 8

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Science, 4th grade UNIT 8

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY J. Cesar Brazo Mur El Tomillar, 2014

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LAYERS OF THE EARTH

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CRUST It is composed of solid rock

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MANTLE It is composed of very solid rock

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CORE It is composed mainly of iron - Outer core It is composed of liquid iron - Inner core It is solid. High temperature and pressure

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A GLOBE is a map of the world in the shape of a ball

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COMPOSITION OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE

25% covered with continental landmasses

75% covered with water (97% saltwater, 3% freshwater)

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THE EARTH'S SURFACE HILLS High places, smaller than mountains, with rounded tops

VALLEY Low area between mountains or hills

RIVER Stream of water that flows towards lakes, another river or the sea

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GLACIERS Huge area of moving ice

MOUNTAINS High places on the Earth's surface LAKES Large bodies of water surrounded by land

PLAINS Large flat areas of land

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PLATEAUS Flat areas, higher than the land around them

CLIFFS Very steep walls of rock, very common on coast and along rivers

OCEANS Huge masses of saltwater

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MESETA Big plateau in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula EBRO PLAIN Flat land between the Sistema Iberico and the Pyrenees GUADALQUIVIR PLAIN Flat land between Sierra Morena and the Penibetica

MESETA

EBR O

PLA IN

MESETA IR IV U LQ DA IN A GU PLA

SPANISH GEOGRAPHY

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Main Spanish Landforms Map Cantabrian Range Galaico-Leones Range

Sistema Central

Pyrinees

Northern Meseta

Ebro Plain Southern Meseta

Mountains of Toledo

M.Teide

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Tramontana Range

Sistema Iberico

Sierra Morena Guadalquivir Plain

Costero-Catalana Range

Betic Ranges

Meseta Meseta Landforms Meseta Edges Meseta depression Outer Ranges Volcanic Relief

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SOUTHERN HALF

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Mountains of Toledo

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Mount Teide

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SPANISH RIVERS (and main tributaries) Drain into the Atlantic Ocean

Cantabrian Sea

Drain into the Cantabrian Sea

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Atlan tic

Ocea n

Drain into the Mediterranean Sea

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MAPS are flat representations of the Earth

POLITICAL MAPS Show how the world is divided into continents, countries, cities, etc.

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PHYSICAL MAPS Show landforms like mountains, rivers, seas and other geographical features

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Cardinal Points

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NORTH

WEST

EAST

SOUTH

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