Exam - Physical Processes Flashcards
What landform region is London, Ontario located in?
Great Lakes Lowlands
What is the largest landform region in Canada?
Canadian Shield
The area of crust where one plate slides below another is called ________.
Subduction Zone
Chemical weathering is the result of ________ interacting with minerals.
Water
What are examples of physical weathering?
Frost heaving and wedging, plant roots, friction and impact, burrowing of animals, temperature changes
What was the name of the most recent supercontinent that broke apart to create the continents we known today?
Pangea
What is the term for the open crack in a solid surface that produces a lava plateau?
Fissure flow
What are the other names for a hurricane?
Cyclone and typhoon
What is a hurricane referred to in the Indian Ocean?
Cyclones
An earthquake’s magnitude is measured in a numerical scale called _________.
Richter scale
What are the two categories of metamorphic rock?
Foliated and nonfoliated
What are the three types of rock in the rock cycle?
Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
What is the acronym that explains the factors that affect climate?
LOWERN
What landform region has the most major oil reserves?
Interior Plains
What type of eruption has a slow steady flow with bursts of expanding gases that eject lava in continuous eruptions?
Strombolian
