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GLOBE Protocols Vocabulary

 

Go to www.globe.gov and choose Enter the Globe Site.

Go to Protocols on the left-hand side column.

  

1. Atmosphere/Climate                                                      

 

Click on the pdf document under Atmosphere/Climate.

While you read the text, look for the following words in English:

 

higrómetro

 

estela de condensación

 

humedad

 

pluviómetro

 

termómetro

 

superficie terrestre

 

ozono

 

velocidad del viento

 

 

Can you now find three words that are spelt in the same way both in English and Spanish?

 

  1. a o
  2. v
  3. d

 

 

2. Soil                                                                          

 

Click on the pdf document under Soil.

Try to figure out the meaning of these words from the context.

Explain your answer by giving evidence from the text:

 

  1. resources

 

  1. crops

 

  1. to flood

 

  1. to collect

 

  1. layer

 

  1. role

 

  1. to store

 

  1. growth

 

  

What do the following scientists use GLOBE date for?

Complete the table with information from the text:

 

 

Soil scientists

 

 

 

Hydrologists

  

 

 

Climatologists

 

 

 

Atmospheric scientists

 

 

 

Biologists

 

 

 

Anthropologists

 

 

 

 

3. Hydrology                                                                               

 

Go to the Hydrology section and open the Protocols document.

Read the text and decide which protocol demands that we use the following tools:

 

A hydrometre and thermometre

 

A Secchi disk

 

pH paper or a pH metre

 

A dissolved oxygen test kit

 

 

 

 

4. Land Cover / Biology                                                                           

 

Click on the Protocols document under Land Cover / Biology. Which protocol uses the following?

 

Camera

 

Multi Spec

 

Tape measure

 

A Landsat TM image

 

Densiometre and clinometre

 

The MUC System

 

 

What is the meaning of these in Spanish?

 

compass:

pace:      

  

5. Phenology                                                                      

 

Read the text in the Protocols pdf document under Phenology. Find words that mean:

 

  1. arbusto 
  2. colibrí    
  3. alga      
  4. brote    

 

Find derived words for the following:

 

to arrive (Verb) - (Noun)

to reproduce (Verb) - (Adjective)

to migrate (Verb) - (Adjective)

 

 

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