NATURAL SCIENCE ORAL EXAM PRACTICE

WHICH ARE (caules son) THE MOST VIOLENT STORMS (tormentas) ON

EARTH?: HURRICANES

VOLCANO:

WHAT IS A VOLCANO? AN OPENING IN THE EARTH´S SURFACE

MENTION THE PARTS OF THE VOLCANO:

MAGMA CHAMBER: A POOL OF LAVA

CONDUIT: THE LARGEST TUBE WHERE MAGMA TRAVELS TO THE SURFACE

LAVA: THE MAGMA IN THE EARTH´S SURFACE

LAYERS (leiers) OF ASH AND LAVA

VENT(CONDUCTO DE VENTILACIÓN): THE LAVA GOES OUT THROUGH THE

VENT.

ERUPTION CLOUD

VOLCANO QUESTIONS:

WHAT IS THE MAGMA?: MOLTEN ROCK (roca fundida o liquida)

WHERE DOES THE MAGMA COME FROM?: FROM THE EARTH´S MANTLE
(de adentro de la tierra)

HOW IS THE MAGMA CALLED WHEN IT REACHES THE EARTH´S SURFACE

(como se llama el magma cuando llega a la superficie de la tierra)? LAVA

WHAT IS THE ASH? CLOUDS (nubes) OF PARTICLES EMITED FROM A

VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

WHAT IS A CONDUIT?: THE LARGEST TUBE WHERE MAGMA TRAVELS TO

THE SURFACE (el tubo más largo por donde viaja el magma hasta la
superficie)
WHAT IS THE VENT or CRATER? A HOLE (agujero) AT THE TOP (arriba) OF
THE VOLCANO

EARTHQUAKES:

WHAT ARE EARTHQUAKES? SHAKING OF THE EARTH´S SURFACE.

_WHAT ARE THOSE ENORMOUS PIECES OF FLAT ROCK THAT RUB

(FROTAR/SE TOCAN) TOGETHER (JUNTAS)? TECTONIC PLATES

_HOW DO WE CALL THE LINE WHERE THE TECTONIC PLATES MEET? cómo
se llama la linea donde se encuentran las placas tectonicas: FFAULT LINE

_ WHERE DOES THE SEISMIC ACTIVITY STARS? dónde comienza el

terremoto : AT THE HYPOCENTER

_ WHERE IS THE SHAKING ? dónde ocurre el temblor?: AT THE EPICENTER

_ WHAT IS RELEASED IN THE SURFACE? (qué se libera en la superficie?)

ENERGY

HURRICANES:

_ WHAT IS A HURRICANE? A HUGE STORM (una tormenta enorme)

_ DO PEOPLE CALL THESE STORMS BY DIFFERENT NAMES DEPENDING ON

THEIR LOCATION? YES, THEY DO. THREE NAMES: HURRICANE in the
Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean. TYPHOON: WESTERN PACIFIC
OCEAN. CYCLONES: INDIAN OCEAN AND AUSTRALIA.

_ WHERE DO HURRICANES FORM (dónde se forman los huracanes)?

WARM OCEAN WATERS (aguas caliente en el océano)

_ HOW IS THE WATER? WARM (tibia)

_ HOW IS THE AIR? MOIST AND WARM

_ WHAT DOES THE AIR OVER THE OCEAN CAUSES? AN AREA OF LOWER
AIR PRESSURE BELOW (una zona de menor presión de aire abajo)

_ HOW IS THE CENTRE AND THE CALMEST PART CALLED? THE EYE