Showing posts with label GEOGRAPHY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GEOGRAPHY. Show all posts

Tuesday, 20 June 2017

SELF-ASSESMENT - THIRD TERM

The end of the year has come. Probably this the one of the years that I learned more English, especially I learned how to express myself, a lot of grammar, and also a lot of vocabulary. 
At the first term, I wasn't so much confident, but as the course progressed I began to feel more confident while was learning. 
Even though my speaking is still not the best, now I'm able to speak more fluently and I get a bit embarrassed speaking in public.  
I am really happy with my teachers, I love their style of teaching, they make the lessons really easy-going. 
I enjoyed so much the classes, they were very funny and I had a great time doing all the projects. 
I am really happy with my work, with all that I have learned, in conclusion I am really happy with all of the aspects of the subjects.

Happy Summer and be careful with high temperatures!!!


TERTIARY SECTOR VOCABULARY

Transport: is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another.

Ground transport: is the transport or movement of people, animals, and goods from one location to another on land, usually by rail or road.

Water transport: is the intentional movement by water over large distances.

Air transport: is an important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, regional, and international scale.

Tourism: is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

Trade: involves the transfer of goods or services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money.

Banking: the business of a bank.

International trade: is the exchange of capital, goods, and services across international borders or territories. It is the exchange of goods and services among nations of the world.

Wholesale trade: consists of purchasing, storing and selling goods, generally to retailers, professional (industrial or commercial) users or authorities, or to other wholesalers or intermediaries, regardless of the quantities sold.

Retail trade: are business firms engaged in offering goods and services directly to consumers. Sell individual units or small groupings of products to large numbers of customers.

Ecotourism: is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and relatively undisturbed natural areas, intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial (mass) tourism.

Rural tourism: focuses on actively participating in a rural lifestyle. It can be a variant of ecotourism. Many rural villages can facilitate tourism.

Nature tourism: responsible travel to natural areas, which conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people.

Sun and beach tourism: is the most profitable due to the duration of stay. It attracts a large volume of tourism, it provides a good source of income for those involved and has a significant impact on the landscape.


Monday, 27 March 2017

SELF-ASSESSMENT - SECOND TERM

This term I think that I improve in vocabulary about crimes, technology and economy and also my level of grammar.
This term has been very long so we had a lot of exams of all the subjects so I think this term I studied a little lower.
I have continued watching videos in YouTube and listening to songs in English.
This term I had also get a little bored because we didn’t do any projects about recording, singing dancing or something like those things. I did he project of New Zealand, I had to say that it was interesting because I learnt somethings that didn’t know, but I prefer the others projects.
In conclusion I was happier with the other term but in this term I’m also happy with the subjects in general.
I want to start the last term and also to learn more and also to start the good weather ;)

Resultado de imagen de spring gif

PRIMARY SECTOR VOCABULARY


AGRICULTURE VOCABULARY:

Cereals:

Wheat: Trigo
Rice: Arroz
Corn: Maíz
Sorghum: Sorgo
Millet: Mijo
Barbey: Cebada
Oats: Centeno

Vegetables and seeds:

Chickpeas: Garbanzos
Lentils: Lentejas
Beans: Judías
Peppers: Pimientos
Cucumber: Pepino
Sugar beets: Remolacha
Soybeans: Soja

Vegetable fibres:

Linen: Lino
Jute: Jute
Sisal: Sisal
Hemp: Cañamo

Vegetable oil:

Sunflower oil: Aceite de girasol
Soybean oil: Aceite de soja
Peanut oil: Aceite de cacahuete
Palma oil: Aceite de palma

Other agricultural products:

Yam: Batata
Avocado: Aguacate 
Dates: Dátiles

FISH                                  
Hake: Merluza
Sardine: Sardina
Whiting: Pescadilla
Cod: Bacalao
Anchovy: Anchoa
Herring: Arrenque
Octopus: Pulpo
Tuna: Atún
Trout: Trucha
Carp: Carpa                                
Turbot: Rodabayo
Salmon: Salmon
Sea bream: Besugo
Sea bass: Lubina
Oysters: Ostras
Clams: Almejas
Mussels: Mejillones                                
Shrimp: Camaron
Prawn: Gamba
Lobster: Langostas
Seaweed: Algas
Sole: Lenguado


TREES
Conifers: Pine: Pino
Fir: Abeto

Hardwood:

Birch: Abedul
Maple: Arce
Oak: Roble

Precious woods:

Ebony: Ebano
Teak: Teca
Mahogany: Caoba
Cedar: Cebo

Natural rubber: Hevea: Alcornoque


Thursday, 23 March 2017

ECONOMY VOCABULARY

Economic activity: is what is carried out by humans in order to acquire goods that satisfy consumer needs.
Economic goods: are products and services generated by economic activity.
Products: goods which are obtained directly from nature or which are turned into something.
Services: activities carried out by humans to benefit society.
Factors of production: the resources that are required for the generation of economic goods.
Land: the environmental resource.
Rent: payment for the use of the land.
Labor: mental and physical efforts of people applied to the production of goods and services.
Wages: payment for labor.
Capital: is the money, buildings, and machinery and equipment used to produce goods and services.
Interest: payment for investing capital.
Entrepreneurship: is the risk-taking resource.
Profit motive: possibility of making money.
Economic agents: those elements that have a role in converting the factors of production into goods and services.
Primary sector: activities involved in obtaining resources directly from raw materials, including agriculture, livestock, fishing, forestry and mining.
Secondary sector: activities involved in converting raw materials into manufactured products (industry) or building houses and infrastructure.
Tertiary sector: activities that provide services.
Economic system: the way a country organizes, produces. Distributes and administers its material and human resources and the economic goods that these generate, in order to provide for high level of well-being.
Planned economy: the state controls all the factors of production.
Market economy: companies buy and sell products and services freely.
Price: cost of a product or services.
Natural resources: thing a person or country has that can be used or economic benefit.
Supply: goods and services that are available for sale.
Economic policy: action that government take to organize the economy.
Consumer: person who uses goods or services.
Profit: difference between what it cost to make something or provide service what it is sold for.

Wednesday, 15 March 2017

DESCRIBING AN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE


This photo of this agricultural landscape is from Ávila, Spain and it shows us a corn crop.

It's a very extensive plot and also it can be:
  • An open field, because there isn't any boundaries and we can't see if there are bounderies.
  • A monoculture, because there's only the corn crop.
  • A irrigated farming, the water is brought using the machinery that we can see in the picture.
  • An extensive agriculture, because we can find this landscape in sparsely populated areas with lots of land but limites manual labour, requiring the use of machinery.

Friday, 10 March 2017

NEW ZEALAND PROJECT

Hey everyone!

Here it is the project made by Álvaro Calvo, Irene Gómez and Gadea Rodríguez.

Hope you like it.

Sunday, 15 January 2017

AFRICA'S VIDEO ACTIVITIES

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

1.       Where in the world is Africa?
Africa is located at the South of Europe and at the Southwest of Asia.

2.       How many times is Africa larger than The United States?
Africa is three times the size of The United States (30 million square kilometers)

3.       How is the savanna defined in the video?
The savanna biome is defined in the video as a grassy plain which covers nearly half of Africa. The savanna characterized by scattered trees among a landscape of grasses and shrubs.

4.       Which animals can be found in the savanna biome?
The most common animals that can be found there are elephants and giraffes.

5.       Where is located the chaparral biome in Africa?
The chaparral biome is located at northern coast of Africa and along the Mediterranean coast and in south of Africa.

6.       Which are the most famous deserts in Africa?
The most famous deserts in Africa are the Sahara desert, the Namib Desert and the Kalahari Desert.

7.       The main natural resources mentioned in the video are...
Oil, gold mines and robber trees.


FIND THE MISSING WORDS

1. Africa runs 5 000 miles from the Mediterranean sea all the way down to the cape of Good Hope and 4 600 miles from Cape Verde all the way over to Somalia.

2. Biomes are climate zones and throughout that area, throughout that region, you can see the same average temperature and average precipitation what that means is that you also see very similar plants and animals living in that region.

3. The most famous desert in Africa is, of course, the Sahara desert. Now, some parts of the Sahara desert are sandy, like you can see here. Other parts of the Sahara desert are rocky but in either case, the fact that it is very dry is going to make it a very difficult period to cross.

4. It is not the rain itself that’s particularly important, it’s also the biodiversity There are many different plants and animals species that can be found in the rain forest and that’s one of the thing that makes the rain forest so valuable not just in Africa but throughout the Earth.

5. The Nile river is the most famous river in Africa, because is the longest river in the world. But there is also the Congo River which is the ninth longest river in the world.

6. Africa actually has its own version of the great lakes with famous lakes like Lake Malawi, Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika as well.

7. All the Africa is a plateau. Meaning that Africa itself is an elevated land. But that doesn’t mean you can’t find any mountains in Africa. You can find mountain ranges like, for example, the Atlas Mountains in northwestern Africa.

8. Africa also has some interesting mountains like mountain Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa which seems to just rise on its own out of the ground.

9. The Great Rift Valley refers to a region of Africa that is literally, being split apart. There are some tectonics plates that are located within or near Africa, that are, actually, moving away from each other, and what’s doing is creating not just some of the highest elevations in Africa, but also lakes like Lake Tanganyika that is among the deepest in the world.

Thursday, 8 December 2016

SELF-ASSESSMENT - FIRST TERM


I'm sure I have improved my expression in English, I mean, doing some funny projects and watching some videos, listening to music, etc. is a better way to teach English, and now I can understand the lyrics of a song better than before and also some dialogues from series.

I studied more than the last year and that's good for me, I'm not usually get confused about anything and I don't need help with anything.

I really need to improve my speaking in class and to participate more.

My weaknesses is the translation, for me, it is very hard to study I think that my problem is that sometimes is hard to find the concrete expression that you want or there are some words that I know how to use because of the context but I don´t know the exact meaning in Spanish and vice versa.

The thing that I liked the most was the music video Project I had a great time filming it, and I loved the result of all of our work. I also like the days that Clarissa come to our class. It is very interesting to know someone from that far and to learn a little bit more about other cultures.

In this term we learnt some interesting information about the growing up in Australia and New Zealand, exchange programs and movie genres. Also in geography I learnt things about the natural environment and the population in the world.

I am happy with this school year and I think that I am going to learn a lot.


Saturday, 26 November 2016

GEOGRAPHY: Valladolid trip

On Wednesday 2nd of November, we went to Valladolid. We arrived there at 10:00 in the morning and we went to see the Main Square and the teachers gave us some free time. Then we went at 11:00 to the Miguel Delibes Theatre to see "Vox Balaenae" that it’s a concert of classic contemporary music. When the concert finished we had lunch and we took a bus to Peñafiel, where we visited the Museum of Wine that it was a little bit boring, because anybody didn't explained nothing to us and we visited the Castle too, that it had shape of a ship and it was very interesting. Then at 18:30 we took the bus to come back to Villamayor. I will like to do more trips like this because you learn a lot and you also have fun.

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

GEOGRAPHY: DESCRIBING A LANDSCAPE

This landscape is situated in Pai (Thailand). I choose this landscape because in summer I watched videos about some people that went and go all over Thailand, Pai was the place that I like it more than the other ones because there is more nature and not too much people.

Thailand is situated into the hot zone and then into the equatorial landscape because is in the Southeast of Asia. The temperatures are high all year and the rainfall is heavy and regular. The savannas are the most common vegetation but there are also scattered shrubs and insolated trees. The rivers have a high and regular flow. The common vegetation is the jungle. The trees grow very tall in search of sunlight. There are also bushes, grasses and flowers. The type of vegetation varies according to the amount of light available. The fauna is very varied. There are animals that can climb trees, birds, reptiles and insects.

Resultado de imagen de cascadas pai tailandia





VEGETATION

Resultado de imagen de vegetation in the jungle


Resultado de imagen de vegetation in the jungle



FAUNA

Resultado de imagen de chimpanzee

Resultado de imagen de tucan

Resultado de imagen de snake in the jungle

Resultado de imagen de frogs rainforest







Sunday, 16 October 2016

GEOGRAPHY UNIT 2 - THE NATURAL ENVIROMENT

CLIMATE AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN EUROPE

Maritime: Found in the western edge, it has little temperature variation and a region of abundant precipitations.

                                                                       VEGETATION

               Oaks                                                                           Beeches  

Resultado de imagen de oak pngResultado de imagen de Beeches
   
              Pines                                                                                   Shrubs 


Resultado de imagen de pines treesResultado de imagen de Shrubs






           Thickets                                                                            Heathers

Resultado de imagen de Thickets

Resultado de imagen de heathers plants



Grasslands

Resultado de imagen de Grasslands





FAUNA


Deer, foxes salmon seals, water birds


Resultado de imagen de water birds



Mediterranean: Found throughout the continent. It has higher temperatures as well as lower more irregular precipitation with very dry summer.

         
                                                        VEGETATION

Shrubs, thickets, pines, oak,

                  holm                                                            cork oak

Resultado de imagen de holm tree                 Resultado de imagen de cork oak



                                                           FAUNA 

Lynx, fox, rabbit, reptiles, birds

                 boar,                                            fallow deer,                                    

Resultado de imagen de boar             Resultado de imagen de fallow deer  

                   vulture                                                    stork

Resultado de imagen de buitre leonadoResultado de imagen de stork



Continental: Lower temperatures and huge temperature contrasts because of its distance from the sea largely consisting of snow and with summer rains.


VEGETATION

 grassland,pines,taiga (forests), 

                      birches,                                           firs,                                         steppe



FAUNA

Brown bear, wolf, fox, deer, raptors,

                                      marten,                                                                       mink




Alpine: The altitude causes a decrease temperatures and increase the precipitations. This type of climate is located in the mountain ranges.


VEGETATION

Layering of vegetation depending on the height, forest and alpine pastures.

Resultado de imagen de alpine pastures



FAUNA

deer, wolf, bear, eagles,

                                         chamois,                                                       marmot
                                      
                      Resultado de imagen de chamois                 Resultado de imagen de marmot



Polar: Located beyond the Arctic Circle, it has little precipitation (snow) and very low temperatures below zero.

VEGETATION

Tundra (grass and brushes)

         Resultado de imagen de tundra


FAUNA

                      reindeer,                                              seal,                                             whale

Resultado de imagen de whale tundraResultado de imagen de reindeer        Resultado de imagen de seal      








CLIMATES AND BIOGEOGRAPHY IN SPAIN

Spain has an oceanic or Mediterranean climate on the peninsula, an alpine climate in the higher regions, and a subtropical or Canarian climate in the Canary Islands.

The Cantabrian coast and Galicia: Has a maritime climate with cool winters and mild summers, with a little variation of temperatures and with rain throughout the year. It has Maritime climate.


VEGETATION
Forests (pinrd, oaks, beeches, eucalyptuses) heaths and meadows.



FAUNA
Wolf, fox, brown bear 

                                   wildcat                                   capercaille                                          otter 

Resultado de imagen de wildcatResultado de imagen de capercaillieResultado de imagen de nutria


The Mediterranean coast and southeast Andalucía: This area has coast Mediterranean climate, it has the highest temperatures in Europe. Precipitation is low and irregular.


VEGETATION
Shrubs, bush, clear forests (pine), meadow (holm, oak, cork oak)


FAUNA
Fox, rabbit, boar, fallow deer, birds and reptiles.



The interior of the peninsula: This area has a Mediterranean climate, it is characterized by large contrasts in temperature: very hot summers and very cold winters. Precipitation is low and irregular.


VEGETATION
Shrubs, bush, pine, meadow (holm, oak, cork oak.)


FAUNA
Lynx, wolf, fox, rabbit, boar, deer, falcons, reptiles and partridge

Resultado de imagen de partridge



Alpine climate: This has abundant precipitation and low temperatures, but it varies between the mountain ranges of the North and of the South.


VEGETATION
Layering of vegetation depending on the height, forest and alpine pastures.


FAUNA
Deer, wolf, bear, marmot, eagles.



Canarian or subtropical climate: It near to the Tropic of Cancer and the Sahara affect its climate and variations. It is hot and dry.

VEGETATION

       Canary Island pine                             Laurel forest                                            Dragon tree





FAUNA

                Tizon lizard                                          Dove turkey                                    Gulls