Geo Mapping
The ratio between distance on a map and actual distance on the ground.
What is a scale?
Must be at least 600 meters tall to be classified as such.
What is a mountain?
This region is characterized by heat, humidity, and high precipitation (wet/dry seasons).
What is the tropical region?
Daily temperature and precipitation.
What is weather?
A natural process where atmospheric gases trap the sun's heat to keep Earth habitable.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The "key" that explains symbols and colours.
What is a legend?
A high, flat area of land with steep sides.
What is a plateau?
This region is characterized by low precipitation (deserts).
What is the dry region?
The average temperature and precipitation conditions measured over at least 30 years.
What is climate?
A gradual increase in global temperatures because the atmosphere is retaining too much solar energy due to human activity (burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas).
What is global warming?
Distance measured in degrees North or South of the Equator.
What is latitude?
Covers approximately 71% of the Earth.
What is water?
This region is characterized by moderate temperatures.
What is the temperate region?
These hemispheres have opposite seasons.
What are the northern and southern hemispheres?
Global warming causes sea ice in Hudson Bay to melt. This loss of ice leads to hunger and population decline for this animal.
What are polar bears?
Distance measured in degrees East or West of the Prime Meridian.
What is longitude?
An area where rainfall gathers and flows into a specific body of water (e.g., the St. Lawrence River).
What is a drainage basin?
This region is characterized by large temperature variations between summer and winter (found only in the Northern Hemisphere).
What is the continental region?
A climate graph for this hemisphere shows January/February as its warmest months.
What is the southern hemisphere?
The three main sources of pollution in the St. Lawrence River.
What are residential areas, agricultural centers, and manufacturing?
These maps use contour lines to show elevation (Rule: If lines are close together, the land is steep. If they are far apart, the land is flat or a gentle slope).
What are topographic maps?
An underground layer of sand, rock, or gravel that is saturated with water. It acts as a natural storage and filter system.
What is an aquifer?
This region is characterized by extreme cold and is covered in ice year-round.
What is the polar region?
The four primary hemispheres that the Earth is divided into.
What are the northern, southern, eastern, and western?
Pollution in the St. Lawrence River is difficult to solve because of these factors.
What are the different stakeholders and types of infrastructure?