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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
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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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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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