What are the three main bodies of water

that touch the Iberian Peninsula?

What is the tallest Mountain in Spain?

Atlantic Ocean, Cantabrian Sea, and

Mediterranean Sea

Mount Teide

Describe a plateau and what is the name

of the big plateau in Spain?

Describe a cape and give an example.

A plateau is an area of flat land that is

high above sea level. Central Plateau

Describe a Gulf and give an example.

A piece of land that goes out into the

sea. Trafalgar, Gata, Finisterra

What is the tallest mountain chain on the

peninsula?

A piece of sea or ocean that cuts into the

land. Vizcaya, Valencia

The Pyrenees

What are the two archipelagos in Spain?

What are the islands of Las Canarias?

Islas Canarias and Islas Baleares

Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Lanzarote,

Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El
Hierro

Which Islands in the Canary Islands dont

have a Volcano?

What are the three main landforms the

relief of Spain?

None

Mountains, Plains, and Coasts

What is the difference between Climate

and Weather?

What instrument is used to measure

precipitation?

Weather is the conditions in an area at

a specific moment. Climate is the
average weather of a long period.

Pluviometer

Is a place with high latitude likely to have

warmer or cooler climate?

Why are places the equator likely to be

very hot?

Cooler

They are receive lots of direct sunlight

How does the temperature change as the

altitude increases?

How does the proximity to the sea affect

temperatures?

It decreases

Places closer to sea have less extreme

temperatures

What type of climate do we have here in

Madrid?

Which part of Spain has a Subtropical

Climate?

Continental Mediterranean

Canary Islands

What is the name for the terrain through

which a river flows?

What is a flow regime?

Channel

A flow regime is how the water flow

changes during the year.

Which two ranges of mountains are within What are the two big depressions within
the plateau?
Spain?
Montes de Toledo y Sistema Central

Ebro and Guadalquivir

What factors influence the climate?

Which place will have a greater difference

between day time and night time
temperatures, one close to or far from the
sea?

Latitude, Relief, Distance from the sea,

and Altitude

One far from the sea

Which place will likely have more rain,

one at a low or high altitude?

What kind of flow regime would a river in

Extremadura or Andalucia have? Why?

One with a high altitude

An irregular flow regime. They have

little rain in the summer.

What is the longest river in the Iberian

Peninsula?

What is the longest river in Spain?

El Tajo

El Ebro

What are the most important rivers in the

Atlantic Watershed?

What are the rivers in the Mediterranean

Watershed?
Jcar, Segura, Ebro

Tajo, Mio, Guardiana, Guadalquivir,

Duero