Planet Earth
A presentation about the movements of the Earth and his consecuences:
In these videos you can see:
Interactive exercises (taken from clasesdehistoria.com):
First you have to read or listen the text in the following link: http://www.claseshistoria.com/bilingue/1eso/earthplanet/earthplanet.html
In these videos you can see:
- Earth's movements: rotation and revolution
- Solstices and equinoxes
Another video about geographic coordinates and the concepts of latitude and longitude:
Interactive exercises (taken from clasesdehistoria.com):
First you have to read or listen the text in the following link: http://www.claseshistoria.com/bilingue/1eso/earthplanet/earthplanet.html
Vocabulary:
- Universe: Universo
- Huge: Enorme
- Milky Way: Vía Láctea
- Solar System: Sistema Solar
- Sun: Sol
- Star: Estrella
- Tilted: Inclinado
- Planet: Planeta
- Rotation: Rotación
- Orbit, revolutión or translational movement: Translación
- Axis: Eje
- Tilted: Inclinado
- Seasons: Estaciones
- Solstice: Solsticio
- Equinox: Equinoccio
- Shape: Forma
- Geoid: Geoide
- Hemisphere: Hemisferio
- Equator: Ecuador
- Geographic coordinates: Coordenadas geográficas
- Meridians: Meridianos
- Parallels: Paralelos
- Map projection: Proyección cartográfica
- Flat or zenithal proyection: Proyección plana o cenital
- Physical map: Mapa físico
- Thematic map: Mapa temático (climatic, political, economic, demographic...)
- Key: Leyenda de un mapa
- Latitude: Latitud
- Longitude: Longitud
- ICT (Information and Communication Technology): TIC
- GPS (Global Positioning System): GPS
- Time zones: Husos horarios
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