Settlement Patterns
This settlement pattern forms along a road, river, or transportation route.
$100: What is linear settlement?
I describe the number of people living in a specific area, usually per square kilometre.
$100: What is population density?
This term refers to a sudden event that causes damage and harm to people and land.
$100: What is a natural disaster?
This climate zone is very cold year-round and has little vegetation.
$100: What is a polar climate?
This is the removal of forests for human use.
$100: What is deforestation?
This settlement pattern has homes grouped closely together.
$200: What is clustered settlement?
I describe the movement of people from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization?
This disaster is caused by movement of tectonic plates.
$200: What is an earthquake?
This climate zone is warm during the summers and cold during the winters. It also has four distinct seasons.
$200: What is temperate climate?
This term describes changing land we have disturbed back into its natural state.
$200: What is land reclamation?
This settlement pattern has buildings spread far apart, often in rural areas.
$300: What is scattered settlement?
I describe how people are spread out across a region or the world.
What is population distribution?
I am the type of land that is most at-risk to flooding.
What is low-lying land, floodplain
The four climate zones are (and you must name all of them):
Polar, Subpolar, Temperate, Tropical
This is a deserted or largely depopulated human settlement that was once active, typically featuring abandoned buildings and infrastructure
$300: What is a ghost town?
The Town of Whitby is an example of this settlement pattern.
What is a clustered settlement?
I am a place with a very high number of people living in a small area. I have _____ population ______.
High population density
I am a type of natural disaster that happens when an underwater volcano, landslide, or earthquake triggers a series of high-energy waves.
What is a tsunami?
I live in Toronto, Ontario. Home of the 6, the Leafs, and this climate zone...
$400: What is temperate climate?
What are three negative impacts that humans have on the environment?
Pollution, loss of green-space, overconsumption etc.
I describe how people arrange homes and buildings in an area.
What is a settlement pattern?
I am an area with a very low number of people living in a large space. I have ______ population ______.
Low population density.
Building a levee or seawall to prevent flooding in low-lying areas is an example of a ______.
What is a mitigation strategy?
I live in an area that experiences warm weather all year-round, but I experience a lot of rainstorms in this climate zone...
What is a tropical climate zone?
I am a town that depends on one main natural resource for jobs and income.
What is a resource town?