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Flashcards by MP LLORENS ESTARELLES, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by MP LLORENS ESTARELLES
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| Question | Answer |
| LANDSCAPES SOCIAL SCIENCE UNIT-6 | |
| A landscape is ... | an area of land that you can see from a particular point |
| In a landscape there are two types of elements | Natural and Man-made |
| Those not made by man are | Natural elements |
| Examples of natural elements are | Relief Water Vegetation Fauna |
| Relief is | mountains, plains, valleys... |
| Water elements are | rivers, seas, lakes... |
| Fauna | are all the animals |
| Vegetation | are all the plants |
| Man-made elements are | things made by people such as: houses, roads, train tracks ... |
| There are four main types of landscape | 1. Interior: Mountain and flatland 2. Coastal 3. Urban 4. Desert |
| All landscapes change over time by ... | Natural causes: floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions ... Man-made causes: the building of roads, houses, tunnels, and bridges. |
| Interior landscapes can be | Mountain areas or flat areas |
| The most common landform in mountain areas are | Mountains |
| Mountains have three parts | Summit, slope and foot |
| Mountain ranges are formed when | mountains are close together forming groups |
| Other isolated elevations are | Hillocks, hills and massif |
| Hillocks are | not very high and rounded in shape |
| Hills are | similar to mountains but not as high |
| Massif | is a group of old corroded mountains |
| Flat landscapes | are interior landscapes (NOT by the coast), and flat |
| Plains are | large areas of flat land |
| A fertile plane is | an area of flat land close to a river |
| Flat land that is higher than the land around it is | a plateau |
| A valley |
is a flat land between mountains
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Valley (binary/octet-stream)
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| Flat land that is lower than the land around it is |
a gorge
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Gorge (binary/octet-stream)
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| Characteristics of Life in Mountain areas | 1. Very few people live there. 2. The towns are small. 3. The climate is harsh, so life is difficult. 4. They work on agriculture, livestock farming, mining and crafts. 5.Animals and plants have adapted to the climate. |
| Characteristics of Life in the Flatlands | 1. Many few people live there. 2. The towns and cities are big. 3. The climate is much milder. 4. They work mainly on tourism and industry, and also on agriculture and livestock. 5. There are more services and amenities, |
| Coastal landscape is |
where the land and the sea meet
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Coast (binary/octet-stream)
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| A cliffed coast is | where there are cliffs |
| A flat coast is | where there are beaches. |
| There are three main types of coastal landforms | Gulf, Bay, and Coves or inlets |
| Headlands | Are areas of hard rock that stick out to the sea |
| a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides except one is a | peninsula |
| Islands | are pieces of land surrounded by water on all sides. |
| Archipelagos | are groups of islands close to each other. |
| Straits | are narrow bodies of water that connect two larger bodies of water. |
| Bay of Alicante Las Huertas Cape | |
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Gulf (binary/octet-stream)
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Gulf of Mexico |
| Archipelago | |
| Strait | |
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Calita (binary/octet-stream)
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A Cove or Inlet La Calita - Cabo Huertas |
| Life on the coast | 1. There are small fishing villages and also big cities. 2. They are touristic areas. 3. The climate is mild. 4. Cities are normally well connected. 5. Many people work on fishing and on tourism. |
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