Geography "2ª sector"

Prezi of raw materials and their transformation:
https://prezi.com/jae0op9qwo0_/sec0ndary-sector/

SELF-ASSESSMENT

I think I have learned to be sure of myself and love the proyects that we have done and the lessons aren't borring..I think that I have improved some things about English and the blog confuse me a little.The things that we do in English outside the class are heard songs and also watch a movie in English but with subtitles because it is a little hard to understand.I need to improve a little the translation.I learnt some things like homophones, the crimens and criminals, the life of Marco Polo and Roald Amudsen....

Geography vocabulary "5ª Unit"

The primary sector consists of economic activities that obtain resources from nature. Those activities are: agriculture, livestock, forestry, fishing and mining.

PHYSICAL FACTORS:

• Climate: temperatures and rainfall
• Relief: Sunny and shady sides of the mountains, incline of slopes, altitude.
• Soil: the more appropriate nutrients the soild has, the better it is for agriculture.

AGRICULTURE
     *Cereal                                   *fruits and vegetables
wheat/barley/corn/rice          potatoes/tomatoes/melons/lettuce/peppers/strawberries

     *Fruit trees
Orange/tangerine/peach/lemon/apple trees/banana trees/avocado/custard apple/mango

     *grapevines                           *Industrial crops
  and olive trees                 cotton/sunflowers/tobacco/sugar beet

LIVESTOCK
     *Bovine(crow and bulls)    *Ovine(sheep)    *Caprine(goats)    *Porcin(pigs)

FORESTRY
  *conifers         *hardwood                                                     *Precious woods
 pine/fir          birch/beech/maple/oak/eucalyptus/bamboo     ebony/teak/mahogany/cedar

*natural rubber(hevea)

FISHING(traditional/artisanal/industrial)
Hake/sardine/whiting/cod/anchovy/herring/octopus/tuna

AQUACULTURE
freshwater trout/carp/turbot/salmon/salmon/sea bream/sea bass/oysters/clams/mussels/shrimp/prawn/lobster


Traditional agriculture:
      -subsistence
      -For self-consumption

Modern agriculture:
      -commercial:
                    *Using specialised machinery(ploughs/broadcast seeders/tractors/combine harvesters) and Industrial production techniques(crops under plastic/greenhouses/drip irrigation)
       -Ecological

Glossary of English "Unit 5"

Criminals:

-Armed robber:the person who stealing the properties of other people
-burglar:a person who commits burglary.
-Detective:A person, usually a member of a police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence or information.
-fraudster: a swindler
-Judge:A public official who hears and decides cases brought in court.
-lawyer:One whose profession is to give legal advice and assistance to clients and represent them in court or in other legal matters.
-Mugger:One who commits a mugging
-murderer:One who commits murder.
-Police officer:A policeman or policewoman
-private investigator:A person privately hired to do investigative or detective work
-Thief:One who commits the act or crime of theft.
-traffic warden:a person who is appointed to supervise road traffic and report traffic offences

Crimes:

-Arson:The crime of intentionally and illegally setting fire to a building or other structure
-blackmail:Extortion of money or something else of value from a person by the threat of exposing a criminal act or discreditable information.
-Burglary:The act of entering another's premises without authorization in order to commit a crime, such as theft.
-Drug-dealing:buys and sells illegal drugs
-forgery:Something that has been forged, especially a document that has been copied or remade to look like the original
-Identity theft:The act of obtaining and fraudulently using passwords, account numbers, or other personal or company information, typically for financial gain.
-kidnapping:To abduct or confine (a person) forcibly, by threat of force, or by deceit, without the authority of law.
-pickpocketing:is a form of larceny that involves the stealing of money or other valuables from the person of a victim without their noticing the theft at the time
-Shop-lifting:steals gooods from a shop while pretending to be a customer
-Smuggling:

The criminal offense of intentionally and secretively bringing an item into a country without declaring it to customs officials and paying the associated duties or taxes, or of bringing a prohibited item into a country

-speeding:Moving with speed.
-Vandalism:Willful or malicious damage or destruction of the property of another

Geography vocabulary "4ª Unit"

Economic activity: is what is carried out by humans in order  to acquiere goods(products and services) that satisfy consumer needs

Services: are the activities carried out by humans to benefit society

Products are goods obtained directly from nature or that have been turned into something

Factors of production: are the resources needed for creating economic goods

Economic agents are those elements that have a role in converting the factors of production into goods and services(State,Companies and Peolpe and Families)

Economic activities are grouped into 3 sectors: Primary, Second and Tertiary sector
The current systems:

-Capitalist economy:This is based on a free market economy, freedom to work and hire, private property means of production, and State intervention on a small scale
-Communist economy:The economy is planned and centralised by the state
-Subsistence economy: This is  based on production for self-consumption in the poorest and most isolated areas in the world

Agricultural landscape

This plot is large, regular and open. It is monoculture because in this plot grow a single crop, dryland farming because it didn't need the irrigation ditches and intensive agriculture because the farmers depend on fertilisers,spped and a lot of manual labouur

Glossary of English "Unit 4"

Amusing:entertaining or pleasing.

Annoying:Causing vexation or irritation; troublesome

Frightening:To become afraid

Embarrassing:To cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert

Relaxing:you feel calma and not worryed

Inspiring:Tending to enliven, motivate, or exalt

Confusing:To cause to feel embarrassment

Fascinating:arousing great interest

Irritating:To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry

Motivating:To provide with an incentive or a reason for doing something

Upsetting:you feel sad

Worrying:you feel bad

SRI LANKA PROJECT

Hello,
This is a project about Sri Lanka , by Elsa Martin and I

SRI LANKA presentation de Cristina2014