This blog has been created for the students of Secondary Education of IES J.M. El Empecinado, in Aranda de Duero, Burgos. The blog is used as a tool to help us understand concepts, processes, related to Geography and History in English.
Showing posts with label desert landscape climate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desert landscape climate. Show all posts
Monday, 9 January 2012
The Atacama Desert
Answer the questions about the video:
1.-How many precipitation does this place receive on average every year?
2.- Name at least two animals that appear in the video.
3.- What makes "Moon Valley" be called like that?
4.- If you were in Atacama Desert, what big mountain range would you see in the background?
5.- What happens due to the dryness and lack of humidity in Atacama Desert? (name at least two consequences that she says in the video).
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Deserts
1.-The narrator is talking about a desert. Which one? Do you know where is it?
2.-They talk about temperatures during winter and summer in this place. What do they say about that?
3.-What´s the biggest problem in that place according to the video?
4.-They talk about an animal that live there, the wild bactrian camel. What is strange about this animal and the snow during the winter?
5.-According to the video, what is the main cause for this place to be a desert? What is the largest desert in the world?
6.- What does animals(insects, reptiles) do to survive on a sandstorm in that place?
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