CGC1W - Unit 1 - Physical Geography of Canada - Test - Desmond Lam

Question 1

Geography

Answer 1

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environment.

Question 2

Human Geography

Answer 2

The interaction of humans towards the environment, and how they change and interact with it.

Question 3

Physical Geography

Answer 3

The study of the environment, from the history of its formation and features, and its natural phenomenon and the features of the Earth

Question 4

Spatial Significance

Answer 4

Importance of a place or region to the issue occurring (WHERE)

Question 5

Patterns & Trends

Answer 5

Characteristics or events that are ongoing, similar and/or repeating in a place or region

Question 6

Interrelationships

Answer 6

Connection between human and physical environments

Question 7

Geographic Perspective

Answer 7

Analyzes an issue using many different perspectives to get a full picture of the issue

Question 8

SPEEC

Answer 8

Social, Political, Economical, Environmental, Cultural

Question 9

Social

Answer 9

Impacts the well-being of a community

Question 10

Political

Answer 10

Involve the government and their party leaders

Question 11

Economical

Answer 11

Impacts wages, jobs, and businesses

Question 12

Environmental

Answer 12

Impacts physical landscape and natural resources

Question 13

Cultural

Answer 13

Impact people’s traditions, beliefs, and customs

Question 14

First Era

Answer 14

Precambrian

Question 15

Second Era

Answer 15

Paleozoic

Question 16

Third Era

Answer 16

Mesozoic

Question 17

Fourth Era

Answer 17

Cenozoic

Question 18

Crust

Answer 18

Continental and Oceanic

Question 19

Mantle

Answer 19

Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesophere

Question 20

Continental Plate Theory
(The guys name)

Answer 20

Alfred Wegener

Question 21

4 reasons for Continental Plate Theory

Answer 21

Puzzle, fossil correlation, geologic evidence, ancient climates

Question 22

Plate Tectonic Theory

Answer 22

John Tuzo Wilson

Question 23

Divergent

Answer 23

Divide

Question 24

Convergent

Answer 24

Collide - Subduction and Collision

Question 25

Subduction

Answer 25

Oceanic and continental plates OR oceanic and oceanic plates crash into each other and go downward

Question 26

Collision

Answer 26

Continental and continental plates crash into each other and go upward

Question 27

Transform

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Touch - Two plates move alongside each other in opposite directions

Question 28

Convection Currents

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Cycle - In the mantle, hot material rises and when it reaches the top it cools and sinks back down

Question 29

Pacific Ring of Fire

Answer 29

This is the place where the most amount of volcanoes and earthquakes are located - Surrounds the Pacific Ocean

Question 30

Forces that Shape Land

Answer 30

Glaciation, Weather, Erosion, Deposition

Question 31

Glaciation

Answer 31

A giant sheet of ice or glacier moves across the land and as a result, creates new landscapes

Question 32

Weathering

Answer 32

Breaking down of rocks and minerals in one place and it is caused by wind, water, and ice

Question 33

Erosion

Answer 33

movement of rocks and minerals from one place to another and it is caused by wind, water, ice, and gravity

Question 34

Deposition

Answer 34

Dropping of rocks and minerals into a new place and this can create sand dunes or new islands

Question 35

Weather

Answer 35

Daily - Difficult Predict

Question 36

Climate

Answer 36

Long-term pattern - Easy to predict - Continental or Maritime

Question 37

LOWERN

Answer 37

Latitude, Ocean current, Wind and Air Masses, Elevation, Relief, Near Water

Question 38

Natural Vegetation

Answer 38

Plants grow without human intervention

Question 39

Tundra

Answer 39

This is an area where large plants and trees do not grow well due to it’s extremely cold climate

Question 40

Grassland

Answer 40

Covered by grass because land is too dry for tree growth

Question 41

Forest

Answer 41

High Amount of trees - Coniferous and Deciduous

Question 42

Coniferous

Answer 42

Survive in cold - Cone and needle leaves - Pine

Question 43

Deciduous

Answer 43

Need warm climates and good soil - lose leaves in winter - Oak

Question 44

Province

Answer 44

BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, NFL

Question 45

Territories

Answer 45

Yukon, NWT, Nunavut

Question 46

Landform Regions

Answer 46

Canadian Shield, Interior Plains, Hudson Bay Lowlands, Great Lakes St Lawrence Lowlands, Arctic Lands, Western Cordillera, Appalachian Mountains

Question 47

Canadian Shield

Answer 47

Poor Farming (Thin soil); Natural Resources; Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg; “Storehouse of Canada’s Metallic Minerals”

Question 48

Interior Plains

Answer 48

Fossil Fuel, Agriculture, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, “The Bread Basket of Canada”

Question 49

Hudson Bay Lowlands

Answer 49

Swampy Forests; Hunting and Fishing; Churchill and Moonsonee; “The Arctic Archipelago of Canada”

Question 50

Great Lakes St Lawrence Lowlands

Answer 50

Trade and commerce area; Agriculture; Toronto, Quebec City, & Niagara Falls; “The Manufacturing Heart of Canada”

Question 51

Arctic Lands

Answer 51

Natural Resources; Tourism; Nunavut Northwest Territories; “The Superior North”

Question 52

West Cordillera

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Natural Resources; Tourism; Vancouver, Victoria & Whistler; “The Great Wall”;

Question 53

Appalachian Mountains

Answer 53

Natural Resouces; Tourism and Agriculture; Charlottetown, Fredericton & St. John’s; “The Green Tunnel”; Oldest and shortest of the three highlands in Canada