Landforms
What is the name of the westernmost landform in Canada?
Western Cordillera
What is the boundary called where plates move apart from each other?
What are soils that are prevalent in dry climates called?
dry climate soils
What two types of plates need to collide in order to create an earthquake?
Continental + Oceanic
What does the "O" stand for in LOWERN
Ocean currents
What is the northernmost landform in Canada?
The Arctic
What is the boundary called where plates collide with eachother?
Convergent
What is the soil in the arctic called?
Tundra soil
At which type of boundary do volcanoes occur?
What do the bars represent in climate graphs?
Precipitation
What landform is the most prone to grassfires?
Canadian Shield
What two plates collide to create mountains?
Continental + Continental
What is process called where a soil's vital minerals and nutrients are flushed out by water?
Leaching
What is the name of the type of plate movement that causes an earthquake?
Transform
What is an air mass that is formed over the ocean called?
What is the name of the easternmost landform in Canada?
Appalachian Mountains
What is the process where an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate called?
Subduction
What is the name of the process that creates soil through breaking down rocks?
weathering
What is the term for limiting the damage of a natural disaster called?
Mitigation
millimeters ( mm)
What landform kind of sounds like Captain America's Canadian counterpart?
Canadian Shield
What is the name of the massive ancient supercontinent we discussed in class? (theory developed by Wegner)
Pangea
What is the frozen layer under the first meter of arctic soil called?
What are the places where tectonic plates meet and undergo the friction required to create an earthquake called?
Fault-lines
Does a place with a continental climate have a high or low temperature range?
High