TASK 5

A- A new passage text.

    Predict what it is about

    Write concepts

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B – Read. Graphic organizer to sum up.

C – Find a painting to representing the reading

      Explain why you have selected

Amazon River

The Eight Most Important Things to Know About the Amazon River

By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide

Updated January 07, 2009

The Amazon River in South America is an amazing and important river for the planet and therefore, you need to know about it. Here are the eight most important things you need to know about the Amazon River:

1. The Amazon River carries more water than any other river in the world. In fact, the Amazon River is responsible for about one-fifth (twenty percent) of the fresh water that flows into the world's oceans.

2. The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world (the Nile River in Africa is the longest) and is about 4,000 miles (6400 km) long. (In July 2007 a group of scientists reportedly determined that the Amazon River might just be the longest river in the world, taking that title from the Nile River. It will take further studies to substantiate the claim and for the Amazon River to be recognized as the longest.)

3. The Amazon River has the largest watershed (area of land that flows into the river) and more tributaries (streams that flow into it) than any other river in the world. The Amazon River has more than 200 tributaries.

4. Streams that begin in the Andes Mountains are the starting sources for the Amazon River.

5. Most of the runoff of Brazil flows into the Amazon River along with runoff from four other countries: Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador.

6. Due to the vast amount of water as well as sediment that are deposited where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean, the color and salinity of the Atlantic Ocean are modified for nearly 200 miles (320 km) from the delta.

7. For much of its path, the Amazon River can be as much as one to six miles wide! During flood seasons, the Amazon River can be much, much wider; some report it is more than 20 miles wide (32 km) in certain places.

8. The Amazon River taken different routes since it began to carry water. Some scientists have determined that the Amazon River even flowed west at one time or more, into the Pacific Ocean.

Fuente: http://geography.about.com/od/specificplacesofinterest/a/amazonriver8.htm.

A) Pensamos que debido a que el río Amazonas es el segundo más largo del mundo y su cuenca abarcar tantos cientos de km2, este texto tratará acerca de la importancia del río ya sea por su extensión, por ser un recurso tan rico en agua dulce y albergar tanta diversidad en fauna y flora.

-        Río tributario: es aquel que desemboca sus aguas en un río principal.

-        Sedimentos: material que es el resultado del proceso de meteorización

-        Delta: acumulación de sedimentos que se acumulan en la desembocadura de un río formando brazos.

B) ESQUEMA:

Interpretamos que la imagen nos representa la importancia del agua en la vida; además de representar la biodiversidad de fauna y flora que encontramos en el ecosistema.
Elegimos esta pintura ya que el autor se inspiro en su totalidad en los paisajes vírgenes del Amazonas.

Natalia Solis. Multiple choice questions: 

1)

• El sol causa evaporación del agua de la superficie del océano
• El sol causa la evapotranspiración del agua de la superficie del océano.
• El sol causa la transpiración de los animales que viven en el océano

2)

• El 50 % del planeta es agua.
• El 70% del planeta el agua
• El 97% del agua del planeta está en el océano.

3)

• Los acuífero están en rocas permeables que permiten el pasaje y almacenaje de agua.
• Los acuíferos están en rocas impermeables que no permiten la infiltración de agua.
• Los acuíferos son napas subterráneas del suelo.

4)

• Especificas áreas del planeta tienen mayor precipitación y menor evaporación que otras.
• El sur tiene más precipitaciones que el norte.
• No hay áreas con mayor precipitaciones que otras.

5)

• Durante la era de hielo hay más agua en los océanos que en los glaciales
• Durante la era de hielo hay más agua en los glaciales que en los océanos
• Durante la era de hielo hay menos agua en los ríos

6)

• La circulación de agua en los océanos, atmosfera y tierra es fundamental para la disposición de agua en el planeta.
• Se necesita de la no circulación de agua en el planeta para que existan los océanos y atmosfera.
• La circulación de los ríos, atmosfera y suelo no es fundamental para que haya agua

Natalia Solis. Multiple choice questions:

Evidence:

1. The sun causes evaporation of water on the surface of the ocean.
2. 97% of the planet is ocean
3. An aquifer is a permeable underground rock layer which is capable of storing, transmitting, and supplying significant amounts of water
4. Specifics areas of the earth have more precipitation and less evaporation than others, and the reverse is also true.
5. During these cold cycles, there is less water stored in the oceans and more in ice sheets and glaciers.
6. The continuous circulation of water in the ocean, in the atmosphere, and on the land is fundamental to the availability of water on the planet.

Multiple choice questions

• El Ciclo Hidrológico se debe al poder de la energía de:
  - la luna
       -  la Tierra
       - el Sol

• La precipitación que es absorbida por la tierra se le denomina: -
   - evaporación
  - evapotranspiración
  - infiltración

• La mayor cantidad de agua en el planeta se encuentra en:
  - los ríos
  - los océanos
  - glaciares

• Las etapas del Ciclo hidrológico son:
  - tres
  - cinco
  - siete

• El agua que es evaporada:
  
  - permanece en la atmósfera por poco tiempo
  - no llega a la atmósfera
  - permanece en la atmósfera por un largo tiempo

• El agua precipita hacia la tierra:
  - solo en forma de lluvia
  - en forma de lluvia, nieve, aguanieve, granizo
  - solo como granizo y nieve

Task 4 Estefanía Taranco

Evidence: Multiplie Choice questions

• The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun's energy

• Some precipitation falls onto the land and is absorbed (infiltration) or becomes surface runoff which gradually flows into gullies, streams, lakes, or rivers.

• World Water Supply by Location: Oceans – 97.08%

• For scientists, five main processes are included in the hydrologic cycle.

• Water vapor usually remains in the atmosphere for a short time, from a few hours to a few days

• Water vapor usually remains in the atmosphere for a short time, from a few hours to a few days until it turns into precipitation and falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

Task 4 Estefanía Taranco

True or False

• El Ciclo Hidrológico tiene 4 fases.
• El agua sólo se mueve a través de la tierra por la energía del sol.
• El vapor de agua permanece en la atmósfera por corto tiempo, y precipita en forma de lluvia, nieve, aguanieve y granizo.
• La precipitación y evaporación es balanceado a través del mundo.

Task 4 Estefanía Taranco

Evidence: True or False questions

1. False. For scientists, five main processes are included in the hydrologic cycle: 1) condensation, 2) precipitation, 3) infiltration, 4) runoff, and 5) evapotranspiration.
   
   
2. False. The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun's energy, which moves water between the oceans, the sky, and the land.
   
   
3. True. Water vapor usually remains in the atmosphere for a short time, from a few hours to a few days until it turns into precipitation and falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
   
   
4. True. The amount of precipitation and evaporation is balanced throughout the world.

QUESTIONS

TRUE

FALSE

1) ¿El ciclo hidrològico es un proceso entre la energia de la luna y la tierra?

2) ¿El 3% del palneta es agua?

3) ¿En la Era de hielo era diferente la localizaciòn de agua en la tierra, habia menos agua en los ocèanos?

4) Uno de los procesos del ciclo hidrologico es la evapotranspiraciòn?

Respuestas:

1. 
   

   1. false) The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun's energy, which moves water between the oceans, the sky, and the land.
   2. (false) We can start our examination of the hydrologic cycle with the oceans, which hold over 97% of the planet's water.
   3. (true) Only during the ice ages are there noticeable differences in the location of water storage on the earth. During these cold cycles, there is less water stored in the oceans and more in ice sheets and glaciers.
   4. (true) cientists, five main processes are included in the hydrologic cycle: 1) condensation, 2) precipitation, 3) infiltration, 4) runoff, and 5) evapotranspiration. The continuous circulation of water in the ocean, in the atmosphere, and on the land is fundamental to the availability of water on the planet.

The Hydrologic Cycle

Water Moves From Land and Ice to Ocean to Atmosphere in the Hydrologic Cycle

By Matt Rosenberg, About.com Guide

The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun's energy, which moves water between the oceans, the sky, and the land.
We can start our examination of the hydrologic cycle with the oceans, which hold over 97% of the planet's water. The sun causes evaporation of water on the surface of the ocean. The water vapor rises and condenses into tiny droplets which cling to dust particles. These droplets form clouds. Water vapor usually remains in the atmosphere for a short time, from a few hours to a few days until it turns into precipitation and falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Some precipitation falls onto the land and is absorbed (infiltration) or becomes surface runoff which gradually flows into gullies, streams, lakes, or rivers. Water in streams and rivers flows to the ocean, seeps into the ground, or evaporates back into the atmosphere.
Water in the soil can be absorbed by plants and is then transferred to the atmosphere by a process known as transpiration. Water from the soil is evaporated into the atmosphere. These processes are collectively known as evapotranspiration.
Some water in the soil seeps downward into a zone of porous rock which contains groundwater. A permeable underground rock layer which is capable of storing, transmitting, and supplying significant amounts of water is known as an aquifer.
More precipitation than evaporation or evapotranspiration occurs over the land but most of the earth's evaporation (86%) and precipitation (78%) take place over the oceans.
The amount of precipitation and evaporation is balanced throughout the world. While specific areas of the earth have more precipitation and less evaporation than others, and the reverse is also true, on a global scale over a few year period, everything balances out.
The locations of the water on the earth is fascinating. You can see from the list below that very little water is among us in lakes, the soil and especially rivers.

World Water Supply by Location
Oceans - 97.08%
Ice Sheets and Glaciers - 1.99%
Ground Water - 0.62%
Atmosphere - 0.29%
Lakes (Fresh) - 0.01%
Inland Seas and Salt Water Lakes - 0.005%
Soil Moisture - 0.004%
Rivers - 0.001%

Only during the ice ages are there noticeable differences in the location of water storage on the earth. During these cold cycles, there is less water stored in the oceans and more in ice sheets and glaciers.
It can take an individual molecule of water from a few days to thousands of years to complete the hydrologic cycle from ocean to atmosphere to land to ocean again as it can be trapped in ice for a long time.

For scientists, five main processes are included in the hydrologic cycle: 1) condensation, 2) precipitation, 3) infiltration, 4) runoff, and 5) evapotranspiration. The continuous circulation of water in the ocean, in the atmosphere, and on the land is fundamental to the availability of water on the planet.


http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/hydrologiccycle.htm


Pre - reading questions.

1-  ¿Qué es el Ciclo hidrológico?
2-  ¿Cuáles son las fases?
3-  En el planeta, ¿siempre existió la misma cantidad de agua?
4-  ¿El agua salada se evapora?
5-  ¿Por qué se le llama "ciclo"?

1- El ciclo hidrológico es el proceso  por el cual la energía del sol, mueve el agua entre el océano, el cielo y el tierra.
2- Los procesos que se incluyen en el ciclo del agua son: condensación, precipitación, infiltración, escurrimiento y evapotranspiración.
3-Sí, porque justamente es un balance entre el agua que se evapora y el que precipita.
4- No contesta
5-Sí, es un ciclo ya que luego que se cumplen las fases vuelven a comenzar.

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