Urban planning
Residential area
What is 3 different public transportation services?
Bus - travels on roads and stops at bus stops
Subway - an underground train used in cities
Streetcar - a train-like vehicle that runs on tracks on city streets
Train - travels between cities or across large areas
Ferry - a boat that carries passengers across water
What is global warming?
The gradual increase in Earth's average temperature
What is the transfer of heat through direct touch?
Conduction
Whats the capital city of Canada
This area of a city is used for stores, offices, and businesses
Commercial area
What is an electric car?
A vehicle that runs on electricity instead of gasoline
What is biodiversity?
The variety of living things in an ecosystem
What is the process where liquid water turns into water vapour?
Evaporation
What is the ocean beside British Columbia?
Pacific Ocean
What is the movement of people from rural areas into cities?
Urbanization
What is rapid transit?
A system that gives buses or trains their own lanes to move faster
What is it called when forests are cut down on a large scale?
Deforestation
What is the nucleus?
The part of the cell that controls its activities
What colour planet is Mars known as?
What is it called when an area in a city have homes, stores, and offices built close together?
Urbanization
What is capacity?
When the number of people or vehicles that can move through a transportation system at one time
What is renewable energy?
A type of energy that comes from natural sources that can be replaced, like sunlight or wind
What is the force that opposes motion between 2 surfaces?
Which country is the Great Wall located?
China
What is transit-oriented development?
A planning strategy that builds communities around public transit stations to reduce car use
What is congestion?
When a transportation problem caused when demand is greater than the road or transit system can handle
What is the urban heat island effect?
The process where cities become hotter than nearby rural areas because of pavement and buildings
Who created the law that states that every action has san equal and opposite reaction and which law is it?
Newton's third law
This international organization was created after which war to promote peace, cooperation, and human rights between countries. What is the organization called and after which war was it created?
The United Nations, and it was created after World War 2