Geologic forces

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why did the UN create the UNSDG and what does it stand for?

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to make the world a better place by maintaining peace and security. The “United Nations Sustainable Development Goals”

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how does the quality of life change between different countries

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canada- free healthcare, homes/houses, fresh food clean water
poorer countries- no healthcare, no homes/poorly built, no food and no access to clean water

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oldest place in Canada?

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Canadian shield

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flow of energy inside the earth

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convection currents

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means “mountain,” found in western Canada

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western cordillera

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time from the formation of the earth to present day

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geologic time

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formed globally by heat from the earth’s core

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global hotspots

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existed around 135 million years ago

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Laurasia and Gondwana

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Hudson Bay… landform region

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lowlands

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melted rock that filled the Sudbury Basin

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magma

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second most recent era

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mesozoic

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was 10km wide and formed the Sudbury basin

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meteroroid

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means “all lands,” existed 200 million years ago

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pangea

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large slabs of rock that make up the earth’s crust

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plates

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the study of movement of large crustal slabs

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plate tectonics

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oldest era of geologic time

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precambrian

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has different characteristics than other places

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region

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area where there are many earthquakes and volcanos

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pacific ring of fire

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scientist who studies seismic waves

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seismologist

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where one plate sides below another

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subduction zone

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mining centre sits in huge crater formed by meteorite

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the Sudbury basin

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how do volcanos change landscapes

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basalt floods (lays dense layers of rock) cinder, pumice and ash build up can create volcanic mountains

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how do earthquakes change landscapes

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warping of the ground, abruptly moved hill sides, and some areas can move upward

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who created continental drift

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Alfred L. Wegener

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what does J. Tuzo Wilson theory state

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it states that the earth's outer shell consists of plates that move causing earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and new formation of new crusts

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in what year did evidence prove continental drift

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in the 1960's

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what is Pangea and the meaning?

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a super continent (all continents combined that's 200 million years old) means "all land"

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what's geology

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the study of the earth, the materials used to make it, the structure of those materials and the processes acting upon them

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what's some support for continental drift

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-continents fit together like a puzzle (America and Africa) -fossils evidence (same fossils different continents like mesosaurus found in Africa and South America), similar rocks, different mountain ranges (Appalachian mountain- eastern US and the caledonian mountains- British isles), -ice sheets (same scars), -location of coal (coal has been found in temperate and polar regions; however, coal is formed in tropical regions

Question 30

what are the four main parts of our earth

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inter core, outer core, crust, and mantel

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name 3 processes by which the crust is built

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earthquakes, volcanoes, and folding/faulting

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name 3 processes by which the crust is eroded

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wind, rain and ice

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what are plates?

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large slabs of rock that makes up the earths crust (they move slowly)

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where are volcanic and earthquake activities found in North America

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along the plate boundaries

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two examples of major drainage systems in north America

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Great Lakes and Mississippi

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how are people changing the face of north america

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deforestation, mining, and herborisation

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what's the Canadian shields type of rock and major use

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- the root of ancient mountains - made of igneous rock (cooled magma) - gold, copper, nickel (they mine)

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what's the type of rock in the appalachians, and the major use

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- paleozoic era - sedimentary rock (compressed sediment) - coal, oil and natural gas

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what's the type of rock from the cordillera and the use

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- mesozoic era - sedimentary and igneous rock - gold

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what does a volcanologist do

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its a geologist that studies volcanoes

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what are the dangers of a volcanologist

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possible eruptions and inhaling toxic fumes

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what are the factors that determine climate in the lower lakes region

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Lake Erie (large body of water), latitude, wind + air masses and the polar jet stream

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what climate region do we live in

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lower lakes region

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what is located near the Pacific Ocean?

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The ring of fire

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how old is earth predicted to be?

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4.6 billion

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oldest landform region

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Canadian Shield

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how to convection currents move plates?

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convection currents move the magma in a circular motion which moves the plates. this is called plate tectonics

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what weathering causes rocks to crack

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mechanical weathering

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what's the current geologic time

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cenozoic

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the oldest era of geologic time

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precambrian