REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES Course:

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Teacher: .......................................................

METHODOLOGY

Didactic resources

2. Air and the atmosphere

Name: ............................................................................................................................................

1. Mark each sentence as true (T) or false (F):

The main gas in air is water vapour.
When the Sun is shining, the air gets hot.
As a balloon fills up with air, it becomes heavier.
The atmosphere does not filter the Suns rays.

2. Find six words related to the respiration of plants in the following

wordsearch:

3. Write the concepts in the boxes that correspond to each definition:

Layer of air surrounding the Earth and which has a
thickness of 1,000 km.
Air that moves from cold areas to warmer areas.

Area where astronauts must carry special equipment

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Teacher: .......................................................

METHODOLOGY

Didactic resources

2. Air and the atmosphere

Name: ............................................................................................................................................

which includes a supply of oxygen in order to

breathe.
Mixture of various gases (nitrogen, oxygen) which
surrounds us.

Atmosphere

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Space

Wind

Air

2. Air and the atmosphere

Course: .................... Teacher: ...................................................................

METHODOLOGY

Name: .................................................................................................................

1. Visit this web page, read the text below and answer the questions:
http://www.tiching.com/80152
The Environmental Protection Agency measures the air pollution in a given area
using the Air Quality Index (AQI).
Air pollution level
Good (green)

AQI
0-50

Health implications
No health implications.

Moderate (yellow)

51-100

Very sensitive individuals should remain

indoors and restrict activities.

Unhealthy for sensitive

groups (orange)

101-150

Children and individuals with breathing

problems should reduce outdoor exercise.

Unhealthy (red)

151-200

Children and individuals with breathing

problems should remain indoors and restrict
outdoor activities.

Very unhealthy (purple)

201-300

Children and individuals with breathing

problems should remain indoors and restrict
outdoor activities.

Hazardous (brown)

301-500

Healthy people and sensitive groups will be

affected. Expect general health warnings.

What does the colour green indicate? And the colour brown? ...............................
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What do numbers over 100 indicate? ................................................................
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What types of people make up the sensitive groups? .....................................
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How can you decrease the side effects of air pollution in places with a red AQI?
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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Course: .................... Teacher: ...................................................................

2. Air and the atmosphere

Name: .................................................................................................................

Didactic resources

METHODOLOGY

2. Look at the table of the AQI of different places in Spain. Colour each
area on the map below with the corresponding colour:
Area of Spain

AQI

Andalusia (information from the city of Granada)

Aragon
Asturias
Cantabria
Castile - la Mancha (information from the city of Guadalajara)
Castile - Len (information form the city of Zamora)
Catalonia
Ceuta & Melilla
The Community of Madrid
The Community of Valencia
Extremadura
Galicia
The Balearic Islands
The Canary Islands
La Rioja
Murcia
Navarre
The Basque Country

51 100
0 50
0 50
0 50
51 100
0 50
51 100
0 50
51 100
0 50
0 50
51 100
0 50
51 100
0 50
0 50
51 100
51 100

BAY OF BISCAY

ATLANTIC
OCEAN
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA

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REINFORCEMENT

SOLUTIONS

AND EXTENSION

ACTIVITIES FOR

UNIT 2

METHODOLOGY

Solutions to the Activities

REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

Numbers over 100 indicate that the air quality is not

good and could be harmful to ones health.

1. Mark each sentence...

The people who make up the sensitive groups

include children, the elderly and people with
breathing difficulties.

SOLUTION: The correct answers are as follows:

The main gas in air is water vapour. False
When the Sun is shining, the air gets hot True

We can reduce the harmful side effects of air

pollution by avoiding physical exercise and outdoor
activities.

As a balloon fills up with air, it becomes heavier. True

The atmosphere does not filter the Suns rays.False
2. Find six words related to the respiration...

2. Look at the table of the AQI...

SOLUTION: See Figure 1.

SOLUTION: The following areas have good air quality:

Aragon, Asturias, Cantabria, Castile - Len, Ceuta &
Melilla, the Community of Valencia, Extremadura, the
Balearic Islands, La Rioja, Murcia.

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
1. Read the information
SOLUTION: The correct answers are as follows:

The following areas have moderate air quality:

Andalusia, Castile - la Mancha, Catalonia, the
Community of Madrid, Galicia, the Canary Islands,
Navarre and the Basque Country.

The colour green indicates that the air quality is

good. The colour brown indicates that the air quality
is hazardous.

FIGURE 1

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Didactic resources

2. Air and the atmosphere

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

Course:

2. Air and the atmosphere

Name: ............................................................................................................................................

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Teacher: .......................................................

DEGREE OF CONSOLIDATION

importan
ce of air
for living
things
Not consolidated

With difficulty

Consolidated

Not consolidated

With difficulty

Consolidated

Not consolidated

With difficulty

Identify the
Define wind and
Value the
characte
describe
ristics
different
of the
types of
atmosph
wind
ere
Consolidated

Not consolidated

With difficulty

Date

Consolidated

Recognise the
main
properti
es
of air

Help the student

asks for

Help the student

receives

Difficulties
observed

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METHODOLOGY

Recursos didcticos

EVALUACIN CONTINUA

Curso:

2. El aire y la atmsfera

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solutions

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