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What is the internal structure of the earth?

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The curst, the mantle, the inner core, the outer core

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What are plate tectonics

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Plate tectonics is a theory that explains how the Earths outer shell moves and drifts

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explain the three types of tectonic plate movement

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Divergent- occurs when two plate move apart
Convergent - two plates move toward each other
Transform - plates are made neither larger nor smaller

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4
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What are the 3 types of rocks?

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Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic

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describe igneous

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-Formed from melted rock that had cooled and solidified
-when rocks are buried deep within the earth, they melt because of the high pressure and temperature
- the molten rock (magma) can flow upward/erupt

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describe sedimentary

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-formed at the surface of the earth, either in water or on land
-they are layered accumulation of sediments
-most sedimentary rocks become cemented together over time from pressure

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describe metamorphic

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  • Formed deep in the earth where high temperature, great pressure, and chemical reactions cause one type of rock
    Metamorphic rocks begin to form at 12-16 km beneath the earths surface
    -they begin changing at a temperature of 100 c
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8
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recreate rock cycle

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check word for answer

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9
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How do you make a climate graph? What features are in a climate graph

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12 months across the bottom
temperature on left side, (in red)
At 6, green line for growing season

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10
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What is a landform region? examples?

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A landform region is an area of the earth with a unique set of physical features. examples, islands, mountains, volcanoes, rivers

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What is a glacier? What are some effects?

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A glacier is a body of ice that is constantly moving under its own weight , increases coastal erosion and elevates storm surge

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12
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What are Canadas landform regions? What are their characteristics

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western cordillera (sharpened mountains tops + U shaped valleys)
- interior plains (large, wide open area without trees/ Mountains)
- Canadian shield (formed in stages)
-Appalachians (eastern provinces + part of Quebec)
- intuition mountains (mountains regions for north)
-Hudson Bay- artic lowlands (islands formed by sedimentary rock)
- great lakes – St. Lawrence lowlands (in Ontario + Quebec)

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13
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LOWERN

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Latitude
Ocean currents
Wind / air mass
Elevation
Relief
Near water

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14
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Relief precipitation, convection precipitation, cyclonic precipitation

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Relief
precipitation created when air mass rises to cross a mountain barrier
Convection
Precipitation develops because of the uneven heating of the earth’s surface by the sun
Cyclonic
Precipitation created when air masses that are different in temperature and mature Cadile

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15
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What is the total annual precipitation for stoney creek

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-655mm

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16
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What is the average monthly

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8.75 c

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17
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know the climate regions of Canada, which are we located in?

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Canada has two
maritime –> (us)
continental

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18
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What are the soil regions of Canada?

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Canada has four
Tundra soils
Wet climate soils
dry climate soils
Mountains soils

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What are the parts of soil?

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topsoil
subsoil
parents material

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20
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What is calcification?

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forming process of dry climatic regions. Where evaporation exceed participation

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21
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What is leaching?

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is the downward movement of dissolved mobile plant nutrients is the soil profile following water such as rain

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22
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describe Canadas vegetation patterns

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The natural vegetation in any given region is manly a product of the combination of temperature and precipitation
Ex. The vegetation in BC may be different than the vegetation in Ontario

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23
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total stock

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all parts of the natural environment including energy, living organisms, and non - living materials

24
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Resource

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any physical material constituting part of Earth that people need and value.

25
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Natural resources

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Natural resources are materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people’s needs.

26
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what are the 3 Rs

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reduce, reuse, recycle

27
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Mining a resource

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Mining is the process of extracting useful materials from the earth.

28
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Sustained yield management

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maintaining continuous production on all our lands that are economically and environmentally suited for timber production.

29
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Farming

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Farming is the act or process of working the ground, planting seeds, and growing edible plants.

30
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Forestry

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trees are the renewable resource in forestry. Poor forestry can result in scrub bush replacing a high quality of forest. The size and boarders of forest regions will change

31
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Fishing

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ishing is important as a source of food and a source of income. Fish stocks are too often mined. Pollution of the ocean can reduce the numbers of fish and make the fish dangerous to eat. Since oceans around the world are warming. Fish populations are moving

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Mining

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the process or industry of obtaining coal or other minerals from a mine.

33
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intensive farming and extensive farming

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Intensive- small areas of land, large amounts of labour, near large urban areas produces product for nearly large population (ex: dairy)
Extensive farming- large amounts of land, small amounts of labour, produces products for export (ex: wheat, cooking oil)

34
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Metallic minerals

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a mineral that yields a metal (ex: iron, gold, copper, uranium, zinc, silver, lead) when melted, it typically comes from igneous and metamorphic rocks

35
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Non-metallic mineral

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a mineral that does not change its form when melted (ex: potash, sand, gravel, diamond, slat, limestone) it most commonly comes from sedimentary rocks

36
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Ore

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a rock that contains enough of valuable metallic mineral to make mining profitable

37
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what happened to the east coast fishers?

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the catch of cod and other ground fish had declined in the late 70s, which later led to an unexpected collapse in 1991

38
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inshore and offshore fishing

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inshore being within two miles of the shore, and offshore being out at sea

39
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define reserves

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deposits of natural resources like fuels, elements, and minerals that are known to exist with a reasonable level of certainty based on geological and engineering studies.

40
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fossil fuels

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A fossil fuel is a hydrocarbon material formed naturally in the Earth’s crust from the remains of dead plants and animals that is extracted and burned as a fuel. the main fossil fuels are coal, oil and natural gas.

41
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what are the 3 types of mining?

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strip mining
open pit mining
underground mining

42
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strip mining

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is the cheapest but can only be used for mineral deposits located very close to the surface. Strip mining is used to extract minerals such as sand, gravel, some coal deposits, and oil sands. It has the most severe environment impact since very large areas of the surface must be disturbed

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Open pit mining

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is more expensive than strip mining. It is used for minerals relatively close to the surface but deeper than can be accessed by strip mining. Examples of minerals mined by open pit mining are some diamon deposits, oil, sands, and iron deposits.

44
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Underground mining

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is the most expensive mining method, it is used to extract potash and vauable ores, such as gold, nickel, and copper, that may be more than 1000 meters (about 3280.84 ft) below the earth’s surface. In extreme cases, underground mines can be 3000 meters deep.

45
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diamonds

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diamond, a mineral composed of pure carbon. It is the hardest naturally occurring substance known; it is also the most popular gemstone.

46
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what are Canadas types of industries?

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anufactured products include paper, high technology equipment, automobiles, machinery, food, clothing and many other goods.

47
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define free trade and tariff

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Free trade- Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports.
Tariff- is a tax charged on goods or services as they move from one country to another

48
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what are some of Canadas largest companies

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Royal bank of Canada, Enbridge, Toronto domination bank

49
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what is the multiplier effect?

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Multipiler effect- the increase in total wealth or income that occurs when new money is injected into and economy.

50
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What are basic and non-basic jobs?

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Basic job- a job that brings money into an econmy from somehwere else.
Non-basic- a job that circulates money within an economy.

51
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What happens when we have more or less basic jobs?

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For every basic job in town there will be about three non-basic jobs, if there were to happen that there were more basic jobs, we wouldn’t have enough people to work at grocery stores, malls, banks and the hours would have to be different.

52
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practice calculations

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53
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what is the rule of 70?

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used to determine the number of years it takes for a variable to double by dividing the number 70 by the variable’s growth rate.

54
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what is immigration

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process through which individuals become permanent residents or citizens of another country.

55
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Canada immigration history

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rom 2001 to 2014, an average of around 250,000 landed immigrants settled in Canada every year

56
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what are push and pull factors?

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Push- Push factors “push” people away from their home and include things like war.
Pull- people to a new home and include things like better opportunities.

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