Important Terms
The fracture or break in the rocks of the earth's crust along which movement can take place is called?
Fault (Candy Prize!!)
This Canadian landform region has lowland areas with little vegetation near areas of Nunavut
Arctic Lowlands (Candy Prize!!)
How close the land is to the equator is a global regional factor of climate called?
Latitude (Candy Prize!!)
Canada has some of the oldest rocks in the world. How old are the said to be?
4 billion years old
Alfred Wegener proposed that the earth was once one giant land mass called
Pangea
Water that falls from clouds (Rain, Snow, Sleet and Hail, etc.)
Precipitation
The Canadian Landform Region where the Rocky Mountains are located.
Western Cordillera
Newfoundland weather is affected by 2 ocean currents called?
The Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current (Candy Prize!!)
Scientists believe that the earth formed layers. The centre layer of the earth is called?
The Core
Plates (sections) of the Earth's crust move because of slow moving convection currents in the mantle referred to as?
Plate tectonics (Candy Prize!!)
A high altitude of wind
Jetstream (Candy Prize!!)
This Canadian landform region has the oldest rocks in Canada. It is also the biggest Canadian landform region.
Canadian Shield (Candy Prize!!)
Name the air mass that refers to warm water making the air warm and moist.
Maritime Tropical (Candy Prize!!)
Canada is located on which plate?
North American Plate (Candy Prize!!)
The movement of continents on the Earth's plates is called?
Continental Drift (Candy Prize!!)
Weather conditions over a long period of time
Climate
This Canadian landform region covers most of Atlantic Canada including Newfoundland
Appalachian Mountains
When one air mass displaces another it is called?
Frontal Precipitation (Candy Prize!!)
The North American Plate separates from what other plate along the mid- Atlantic Ridge?
Eurasian Plate (Candy Prize!!)
The natural features of the Earth's surface ex. mountain
Landform
The wearing down of the earth's surface by running water, waves and glaciers is called?
Erosion (Candy Prize!!)
This Canadian landform region contains mountainous areas of the far north where it is too cold for trees to survive.
Innuitian Mountains (Candy Prize!!)
Within a main climate region there are _______________ which are smaller areas that are considered warmer, colder, wetter or drier. Ex. Lewis Hills
Microclimate
The area of the earth's crust where one plate slides beneath another, creating volcanoes and potential earthquakes. May also result in the formation of a trench.
Subduction zone (Candy Prize!!)
What covers a landform ex. vegetation
Landscape (Candy Prize!!)