Physiographic Regions
The Canadian Shield
Climate Change & Global Warming
Canada & Pollution
Major Drainage Basins
100
What is a large area of the earth's crust that has three characteristics
What is a physiographic region
100
The Canadian Shield forms the ancient geological core of ____ ______
What is North America
100
Large sections of the atmosphere with similar temperature and humidity characteristics
What is air masses
100
Most air pollution results from ______ emissions and from automobile and truck exhaust
What is "industrial"
100
What is a land that slopes towards the sea and is separated from other lands by topographic ridges
What is a drainage basin
200
What is the gradual wearing down of mountains by erosion and weathering over time
What is denudation
200
What type of surface does the Canadian Shield consist of
What is a rock-like surface
200
Canada is affected by how many air masses?
What is five air masses
200
A mixture of smoke, sulphur dioxide, and other contaminants with a brownish haze over cities
What is smog
200
What is the largest basin in Canada
What is The Hudson Bay Basin
300
What area has the most uniform relief
What is Hudson Bay Lowlands
300
What is the debris created from the edge of ice sheets melting called?
What is "till"
300
When land masses heat up and cool more quickly then oceans
What is the continental effect
300
What province accounts for most of Canada's greenhouse gases
What is Alberta
300
What is the smallest basin
What is The Pacific Basin
400
Each physiographic region has its own _____
What is topography
400
What are low elliptical hills composed of till
What is "drumlin"
400
What is Climatic zone
What is an area of the earth's surface where similar weather conditions occur
400
What is the largest basin in Canada
What is The Hudson Bay Basin
400
Particularly in the dry Southwest of the United States water is a _____ _______
What is a scarce commodity
500
The Canadian Shield has produced particular deposits of copper, ______, gold, nickel, iron and uranium
What is diamonds
500
Scratches in the rock surface caused by large rocks embedded in the slowly moving ice sheet
What is glacial striations
500
How many climatic zones does Canada have?
What is seven climatic zones
500
When did Canada's greenhouse gas emissions peak
What is 2007
500
Under which act was water classed as a commodity
What is The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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