UNIT 3 - Europe

SOCIAL SCIENCE VOCABULARY UNIT 3 - EUROPE

DEFINITION	ENGLISH	SPANISH
It separates the UK from France and mainland Europe.	English Channel	Canal de la Mancha
It forms a natural border between Europe and Asia. We consider it a lake because it is completely surrounded by land.	The Caspian Sea	Mar Caspio
A group of mountains.	Mountain range	Cordillera
These are lines on a map which separate one country from another.	Political border	Frontera
It separates Europe from North and South America. It is a natural border of Europe to the west.	Atlantic Ocean	Océano Atlántico
It is a sea. It forms a natural border between Europe and Asia.	The Black Sea	Mar Negro
They form a natural border between Spain and France.	Pyrenees	Pirineos
They are the highest mountain range in Europe.	The Alps	Los Alpes
It connects to the Atlantic Ocean at the Estrecho de Gibraltar. It is a natural border of Europe to the south.	Mediterranean Sea	Mar Mediterráneo
They form a natural border between Europe and Asia. They are located in the east of Russia.	Ural Mountains	Montes Urales
They are the longest mountain range in Europe.	Scandinavian Mountains	Montes Escandinavos
The highest peak in Europe is located in this mountain range.	The Caucasus	Cáucaso
It is the longest river in Europe and the most important in Russia. Its mouth is in the Caspian Sea.	Volga	Volga
It is the second longest river in Europe. Its mouth is in the Black Sea.	Danube	Danubio
It is a river. Its mouth is in the North Sea.	Rhine	Rin
It is an area of water between the Iberian Peninsula and Africa.	x	Estrecho de Gibraltar

Unit 3 - Animal Kingdom

Estimadas familias, 

Estamos trabajando la Unidad 3 de Natural Science: El reino animal. Los contenidos que estamos aprendiendo son:

1. Introducción:

• Seres vivos e inertes: diferencias.
• Características y funciones vitales que comparten los seres vivos: interacción, nutrición y reproducción.

2. Contenidos:

• Los animales vertebrados e invertebrados y sus características.
• Animales vertebrados: mamíferos, aves, reptiles, anfibios y peces.
• El ciclo de vida de la rana.
• Animales invertebrados: artrópodos, moluscos y otros grupos invertebrados.
• Identificación y descripción de las características principales de los diferentes grupos de animales vertebrados: mamíferos, aves, reptiles, anfibios y peces.
• Identificación y descripción de las características principales de los diferentes grupos de animales invertebrados como los insectos.
• Clasificación de animales en función de cómo se reproducen: ovíparos o vivíparos y el grupo al que pertenecen.
• Clasificación de animales en función de lo que comen: carnívoros, herbívoros y omnívoros.
• Respeto y compromiso ante el cuidado de las mascotas y de los animales en general.

A continuación, os presento el vocabulario de la unidad.

DEFINITION	ENGLISH	SPANISH
Animals that have a backbone.	vertebrates	vertebrados
Animals that don’t have a backbone.	invertebrates	invertebrados
Animals that lay eggs.	oviparous	ovíparos
Animals that have live babies.	viviparous	vivíparos
Some animals have these to move in water.	flippers / fins	aletas
Most of them are viviparous. They drink their mother’s milk.	mammals	mamíferos
They are oviparous. They have feathers, wings and a beak.	birds	aves
Reptiles have their body covered with these.	scales	escamas
They are oviparous. Babies change through metamorphosis and grow into adults.	amphibians	anfibios
Baby amphibians and fish use these to breathe.	gills	branquias
Snakes move like that because they don’t have limbs.	slither	reptar
Arms and legs.	limbs	extremidades
X	molluscs	moluscos
X	gastropods	gasterópodos
X	bivalves	bivalvos
X	echinoderms	equinodermos
X	cephalopods	Cefalópodos
X	annelids	Anélidos
X	arthropods	artrópodos
X	arachnids	arácnidos
X	myriapods	Miriápodos
X	crustaceans	Crustáceos
	carp	carpa
	Tadpoles	renacuajos
	dragonfly	libélula
	crawl	gatear
	trout	trucha
	Water vole	Ratón de agua
	sparrow	gorrión
	echidnas	equidnas
	shoals	bancos