Multiple Choice Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is demographics?
The study of human population
What is pop. density?
The average number of people living in a certain area.
What are tectonic plates?
Individual plates that move and make up the earths crust.
What makes tectonic plates move?
The movement of molten rock under the earths crust.
What is glaciation?
The process of ice advancing and covering large areas of land.
When did the last ice age in Canada end?
15 000 years ago
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Weather is on a day to day situation
Climate is the weather over a long period of time.
Factors that affect climate?
L atitude O cean currents (bodies of water) W ind and air masses E levation R elief N earness to water
What is soil made up of? (6 things)
minerals air moisture living organisms decomposed plants decomposed animals
What’s Canada’s primary energy source?
Hydro-electric.
What are fossil fuels?
Non-renewable resources (natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
What’s Canada largest land inventory?
Class 7- impossible to grow
What are the types of farming?
Intensive- small areas of land large amounts of labour (mushrooms)
Extensive- large areas of land, small amounts of labour (corn)
What are the biggest reserves of freshwater?
Ice, snow, glaciers
What are the three types of rock?
Sedimentary, metamorphic, igneous
What is transpiration?
Transpiration is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere
What is the pop. of Canada?
Around 35 million
