Unit 2 The Earth’s relief

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1. Listen to the audio recording, answer the questions and complete the text with the following words: Asia, Pangaea, drift, continent, period, Africa. a) What was Pangaea? What happened to it in the secondary period? b) How did continents appear? c) Explain the continental drift to your partner.

d) There was only one in the beginning. It was called . In the secondary continents started to move apart. In the beginning India was attached to but in quaternary it became part of .

2. How many layers make up the Earth? Which one is the outermost? And the innermost? Complete this table and then check your answers with your partner. Layer

Subdivisions

Depth

Melted/Half melted/ Not Melted

3. What are tectonic plates? On which layer are they moving? How do they move?

4. Answer the following questions and then check your answers with your partner. a) How many continents are there in the Eurasian plate? b) Locate Australia on a tectonic plate. c) Which tectonic plate does Argentina belong to? And Brazil? d) Are there many earthquakes in Japan? Why so?

5. What is/are your favourite sport/s? What type of sports could you practise in the following locations? a) The in winter. b) The Pyrenees in summer. c) The Canary Islands any time of the year.

6. Order from highest to smallest the following peaks: , Puig Major, Las Villuercas, Mulhacén, Veleta, , Teleno, , Moncayo. algaida editores, S.A. Authorized photocopiable material. photocopiable Authorized S.A. algaida editores,

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7. Find on the map included in the appendices of the book the Spanish regions that these elements of relief belong to: Pyrenees, Iberian System, , Cantabrian Range, , Southern Sub-Plateau, Central System. algaida editores, S.A. Authorized photocopiable material. photocopiable Authorized S.A. algaida editores,

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8. Are there any fjords in the ? Why/Why not?

9. Find in this word search words related to what you’ve studied.

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10. Match these terms with their right definition.

1. Flat surfaces at the bottom of the seas a) Plain and oceans.

2. High plains. They are the result of b) Abyssal plain ancient mountains which have eroded.

c) Plateau 3. Elevated big land masses.

d) Mountain 4. A kind of elongated depression.

e) Ocean trench 5. Flat or undulating areas of low altitude.

f) Valley 6. Deep underwater depressions. algaida editores, S.A. Authorized photocopiable material. photocopiable Authorized S.A. algaida editores,

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