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1º ESO – SECCIÓN BILINGÜE


Alumno: ____________________________________________



UNIT 1: THE EARTH AND THE MAPS

1. ALPHABET SOUP
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2. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
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3. MONTHS AND SEASONS

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4. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

a) When the earth spins around its axis it is called_________________________
b) And when the earth goes around the sun, this movement is called _________________________

5. WRITE TRUE OR FALSE

a) Rotation: the earth spins around its own axis. ________________
b) It takes an afternoon for the earth to complete one rotation cycle. __________________
c) Day and night occur due to the rotation of the earth. _________________
d) Seasons occur due tothe revolution of the earth. ________________
e) It takes one year for the earth to go around the sun. ________________











6. TIME ZONES ACTIVITY

Each time we cross a time zone, we have to change one hour on our watch (forward when traveling East, and back when traveling West). Look at the time zone map. If it’s 12 o’clock in the afternoon in London, what time is it inthe following cities? Write AM or PM (AM= ante meridian, before 12 0’clock; PM= post meridian, after 12 o’clock).

Shanghai: Cairo: Barcelona: New York: Sidney: Bogota:

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NOTE: Some countries are sobig that they have several time zones. For example, the USA.

7. CONTINENTS AND OCEANS

Write the names of the five continents and the five oceans on the map.

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Continents: Europe – Australia – America – Africa – Asia

Oceans: Pacific – Indian – Atlantic – Artic – Antarctic



8. IMAGINARY LINES

Write the correct name of each imaginary line in the box:

Equator - primemeridian - tropic of cancer - tropic of Capricorn
North pole - South pole - Arctic circle - Antarctic circle
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9. THE UNITED KINGDOM MAP

Look back at the first map of this unit and write the latitude and the longitude of the following places:

London= Sidney=
Cape City=New York=

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On the map, the distance between London and Leeds is three centimeters. Calculate the real distance in kilometers.


Now calculate the real distance between Porthsmouth and Glasgow, in kilometers.

10. KEYS

Draw a key for the map of Great Britain, and write the meaning of each symbol.11. MERIDIANS AND PARALLELS

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12. FINDING YOUR WAY

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13. READING A MAP

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14. THE WORLD MAP

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15. DAY, NIGHT AND THE SEASONS

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UNIT 2: CLIMATE

1. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

• Atmospheric pressure is________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• Temperature is measured in ___________________ with a __________________
• Wind is __________________________________________, and it’s measured with a ____ ______________and an _______________________
• Humidity is measured with a _________________________
• Precipitation is measured in ________________________

2. DRAW APICTURE FOR THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF THE CLIMATE

Sunny Cloudy Rain Snow


Fog Low winds High winds



3. THE WEATHER MAP

Look at the example and write what the weather is like in Madrid, Paris, Istambul and Rome.

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Example:...