Solar System
The 2nd planet closest to the sun
Venus
A group of mountains
Mountain range
Tallest mountain in Spain
Mount Teide
A map that does not show physical features. Instead, they show state and national boundaries and capital and major cities
Political map
A rural settlement in which people live in villages is called…
Nucleated settlement
The Earth’s orbit around the sun is called its…
Revolution
Rain, snow, sleet or hail falling to the ground
Precipitation
The longest river to run its entire course in mainland Spain
Ebro
World maps, continents and large countries use this scale on their maps.
Small scale
A function of a city that includes ports, warehouses and shops
Commercial
The middle layer of a planet
Mantle
Climates are tropical, cold or ________
Temperate
Mountain ranges and large plateau in the peninsula of Spain
La Meseta
This type of map shows detailed, accurate graphic representations of features that appear on the Earth's surface
Topographic
A system of urban planning in which buildings are organised in a grid system
Orthogonal
The imaginary line that runs from north to south, 0º to 180º
Prime Meridian
With these two coordinates we can locate anywhere on earth.
Latitude and longitude
Spain has Mediterranean, Atlantic and ___________ coasts
Cantabrian
A climograph shows what as a bar and line graph?
Temperature and precipitation
Houses which are attached to others on both sides
Terraced
When two tectonic plates move away from each other
Divergent plate boundaries
All time zones are regulated from this starting point.
Greenwich Meridian
The highest mountain in catalonia
Pica d'Estats
This type of map uses colours to show qualitative differences in a territory
Chorochromatic map
Previously rural areas that become urban as a consequence of city expansion. Usually on the outskirts of cities with some green zones, shops and schools
Suburban areas