INITIAL EXAM - 2º ESO

WHAT MOVEMENT IS SHOWN? How long does it take? Choose two answers

• ROTATION

• REVOLUTION

• 24 hours

• 12 hours

Explain the difference between Solstice and equinox; parallel and meridian

Write down the following terms in the correct place

a) Equator

b) North Pole

c) South Pole

d) Tropic of Capricorn

e) Tropic of Cancer

What types of projections do you know?

• Cylindrical projection

• Conical projection

• Azimuthal projection

• None of them are correct

Point out the true ones

• The mantle is the deepest layer of the Earth

• The Earth's crust is divided into great blocks called tectonic plates

• Deposition is when rocks and soil are broken up and moved by wind and water

• The core is the deepest layer of the Earth

In Spain we have the following types of climates..

• Mediterranean

• Oceanic

• Tropical

• Equatorial

During the Palaeolithic humans were

• Nomadic

• Sedentary

• Transhumant

• None of them are correct

Point out the facts that were important in the process of hominization

• The size of brain

• The way that hominids walked

• The way they used their hands

• Their eyes

The first civilizations appeared in ...

• Mesopotamia

• India

• Egypt

• China

The .............................were considered to have begun Mesopotamian civilization around 3500 B.C.

• Sumerians

• Akadians

• Babilonians

• None of them