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Flashcards by Natalia Ramos Escalada, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natalia Ramos Escalada
almost 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What is a mountain? | Large inclines of rocky land that rise from the ground |
| What are the parts of a mountain? | |
| A row of mountains forms.... | a mountain range |
| What is a hill? | It's a small, rounded elevation of land |
| What is a plateau? | Large, high area of flat land located more than 600 m above the sea level |
| What are valleys? | They are areas of low-lying land between mountains and hills. |
| What is a depression? | When land sinks below the surrounding area |
| What are plains? | They are wide, flat stretches of land |
| How is called where the coastline curves inwards and lets in the sea? | Bay |
| They are areas of low, flat land near the sea... | Beaches |
| What is a gulf? | It's a big bay |
| What are headlands? | Narrow pieces of land that project from the coastline into the sea |
| When land rises abruptly from the sea and forms a wall of rock.. | cliff |
| What is an island? | An area of land completely surrounded by water |
| What is an archipelago? | A group of islands |
| What is a peninsula? | Land surrounded by water on three sides |
| What is an isthmus? | The strip of land that connects a peninsula to the mainland |
| How many archipelagos are there in Spain? | Islas Baleares Islas Canarias |
| What is the highest summit in Spain? Where is it? | Teide (3718 m) Islas Canarias |
| Is there a desert in Almería? | Desierto de Tabernas |
| What mountain ranges are there around the edge of the peninsula? | The Pyrenees The Macizo Galaico The Montes Vascos The Cordillera Costera-Catalana |
| What mountain ranges are there on Meseta Central? | Sistema Central Montes de Toledo |
| What mountain ranges are there on the edge of Meseta Central? | Cordillera Cantábrica Sistema Ibérico Sistemas Béticos Sierra Morena |
| What are the main depressions found in the Iberian Peninsula? | Depresión del Ebro Depresión del Guadalquivir Doñana National Park |
| What are the main plateaus found in the Iberian Peninsula? | Meseta Central Submeseta Norte Submeseta Sur |
| Can you name examples of wildlife from the Iberian Peninsula? | Iberian lynx Eagles Vultures Wild boars |
| What infrastructures are used for transport? | Roads Motorways Railways Airports Docks |
| What do man-made structures form? | Villages Towns Cities |
| Livestock farming and cultivating land on plain uses natural resources to.. | produce food for people |
| What kind of energy changes the landscape? | Nuclear Hydroelectric Thermoelectric |
| How does urbanisation harm the environment? | Generating a lot of rubbish/garbage Disturbing animals' habitats Deforestation |
| What are the negative effects of the industrial activity? | Waste products Pollution |
| What reduces air quality? | Fumes from transports |
| What negative effects does farming have? | Deforestation Pollution |
| Energy often comes from... | non-renewable sources (oil) |
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