Presentations to study Spain's relief, rivers and climates

Here you have the presentations we've used to study Unit 1:

Some short videos to review landforms and bodies of water

These are two short videos to review and remember the main landforms and bodies of water:

This video includes a quiz: 

You'll find another short quiz on this link: http://www.makemegenius.com/gk-activities-kids/quiz-or-questions/landforms-quiz You can review bodies of water with this video:

   

 Finally, you can review the oceanic crust relief with this video:

 

More interactive games to review physical geography of Spain

Here you have some more games to review different parts of Unit 1. With these games you can learn/ review Spain's main peaks, national parks, the features of its coasts and rivers and review concepts you will need for the climate graph analysis. Click on the images below to be redirected to the games: 

Two games to review geographic coordinates

These are two more games to review geographic coordinates. you have to locate the points that correspond with the coordinates given. Click on the images to be redirected to the game.

And this is the second one, with more points to locate: 

How to draw a climate graph

Here you have four videos, just in case you don't remember how to draw a climate graph when you're at home.

Don't forget:

-  temperatures have to be on the left and precipitation on the right
-  temperatures have to be written five by five
-  precipitation has to be at least double than temperatures. For example, for every 5ºC at least 10 mm in the precipitation axis.
- temperatures are represented with a red line of dots and precipitation with blue bars.

 

Climates of Spain

This is the presentation of Spain's climates. You can use it to complete your map and schemes.

Presentation about Spain's relief

Here you have the presentation to complete the map of Spain with its main landforms and bodies of water. Remember that you have to hand in the maps next Wednesday.

Physical consequences of Japan earthquake

Source: http://storify.com/ajestream/use-your-time-wisely2?awesm=sfy.co_2Wc&utm_campaign=ajestream&utm_content=storify-share&utm_medium=sfy.co-twitter&utm_source=direct-sfy.co

As last year´s earthquake in Chile, Japan earthquake has moved Japan 4 metres to the East, has shifted the position of the Earth´s rotation axis and it has shortened the lenght of the day. These changes are  impreceptible, but you can imagine the magnitude of the quake. 

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/iotd.html

For further information, you can visit the following links: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12732335

http://www.universetoday.com/84068/japan-quake-may-have-shortened-earth-days-moved-axis/

More about earthquakes and nuclear hazard

The recent events in Japan have put the nuclear debate in the spotlight. Here you have some maps and additional information about the location of nuclear power plants in the world and the areas of seismic hazard. 

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN THE WORLD

Source: http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/CurrentReactors

NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS RELATED TO EARTHQUAKE ZONES

Source: http://maptd.com/worldwide-map-of-nuclear-power-stations-and-earthquake-zones/

USA COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS 

Source: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/blogs/nuclear-power-and-earthquake-zones-overlap-in-the-us

USA SEISMIC HAZARD 

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42103936/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN SPAIN

Source: http://www.insc.anl.gov/pwrmaps/map/spain.php

SEISMIC HAZARD IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASSIN

Source: http://www.seismo2009.ethz.ch/gshap/sesame/sesame99.html

And here you have the list of the largest earthquakes by magnitude and by number of victims: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude

The Iberian Peninsula suffered a huge earthquake in 1755. This was the Lisbon earthquake and it caused a tsunami that destroyed Portugal´s capital city: Here you have a map of the impact of this tsunami in the Atlantic Ocean: 

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake

Earthquakes and tsunamis

The Japanese archipelago is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of intense seismic and volcanic activity, where the Pacific tectonic plate meets the North American plate and the Eurasian plate. 

TECTONIC PLATES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire

As you may remind from 1º ESO, tectonic plates move and produce earthquakes. If earthquakes take place on the ocean floor, a tsunami ("harbor wave", in Japanese) can happen. 

On these links you can see an animated explanation about why earthquakes and tsunamis happen: 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533950.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533972.stm

Yesterday´s earthquake in the Pacific Ocean caused a tsunami that reached the Japanese coasts. The tsunami alert extended to all the Pacific coastal countries.

Source: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/11/lhvpd9/35/ttvulhvpd9-35.jpg

Nature reminds us from time to time that we, humans, are not here forever. We can´t avoid natural disasters, but we can use our knowledge to foresee and minimize them. Although the damages in Japan are huge, the Japanese technology and prevention has made the impact of this 8.9-degree- earthquake smaller in number of victims than the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia.

TSUNAMI WARNING IN JAPAN

Source: http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/joho.html

Here you can observe some of the most impressive images of the tsunami caused by the earthquake: 

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7533972.stm

However, the most important risk now comes from human beings: Fukushima nuclear power station. Is it safe to build nuclear power plants in seismic risk areas?

Source: http://gakuranman.com/great-tohoku-earthquake/

For further information about earthquakes: 

- Euro Mediterranean Seismological Center:

http://www.emsc-csem.org/index.php?page=home#2w

- Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain):

http://www.ign.es/ign/layoutIn/sismoDetalleTerremotos.do?evid=ign2011eyyf&zona=3#

- U.S Geological Survey: 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/#maps