Climate Change
Landform Regions
Physical Processes
Factors Affecting Climate
RANDOM
100
This is the leading country in GHG emissions.
What is China?
100
In which landform region could I watch my dog run for miles?
Interior plains
100
Explain how igneous rock is formed
Magma or lava cools
100
Explain Latitude's impact on climate?
The closer to the equator the warmer, the closer to the poles the cooler.
100
What is the difference between magma and lava?
magma is below the earth's surface and lava is above it
200
How are wildfires impacted by climate change?
Drier conditions make it easier for flame to catch, spread and maintain.
200
Which landform region has the oldest mountains in Canada?
The Appalachian region.
200
What are the two types of plate boundaries that build?
convergent and divergent
200
What does each letter in LOWERN stand for?
Latitude, Ocean Currents, Winds, Elevation, Relief, Nearness to Water
200
What are the four geographic perspectives?
Social, Economic, Environmental, Political
300
Explain why some politicians/leaders deny climate change.
Oil and gas companies "buy their credentials" and pay them to deny it!
300
What landform region is highlighted here?
The Hudson Bay Lowlands.
300
What processes are associated with rivers?
weathering and erosion & deposition. building up and wearing down!
300
What prevailing wind is Canada exposed to?
Westerly
300
What are the four eras of geologic time?
Precambrian, Palaeozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic
400
Ms. Dion said that deforestation is 'doubling down' on climate change-- explain what this means?
The trees are no longer there to soak up the carbon AND the trees release their stored carbon!
400
What landform region has the oldest rocks in Canada?
The Canadian Shield
400
How do glaciers build up?
They carry different things (erratics) like stone and Earth and deposit them
400
How are the coasts of Canada impacted by the letter O of LOWERN?
The west coast exists on a warm ocean current and the east coast exists on a cold ocean current.
400
Name the northern most VEGETATION region in Canada.
The Tundra.
500
go to the whiteboard and draw the green house effect!
500
What landform region do we live in?
The Great Lakes and St Lawrence Lowlands
500
What is the name of the underground mountain range/uneven ocean floor running along so much of the Atlantic ocean?
The mid-Atlantic ridge
500
Describe relief and how it impacts climate?
mountains act as a barrier to air masses. The windward side of the mountain is warm and wet (rainy), and the leeward side is cool and dry.
500
go to the whiteboards and draw the rock cycle!
I couldn't insert a photo lol! I will check it