Geo Basics and Maps
Yukon is _______ of British Columbia.
Answer: North
Alfred Wegener's theory of Continental drift is that the continents were once a single supercontinent called ________________.
Answer: Pangea
Solar energy is a ______________resource.
Answer: Renewable Resource
A strong education system would be a _________factor.
Answer: Pull
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Answer: Equator
Immigration would be an example of what theme of geography? HLPMR)
Answer: Movement
The distribution of hot magma in the mantle (near the core towards the crust) and vice versa create________________.
Answer: Convection Currents
The most effective waste management strategy is to ______________.
Answer: Reduce
An example of_______________migration would be a family moving from Toronto to Windsor.
Answer: Intramigration
What term is used to describe a large body of land surrounded by water?
Answer: Island
Topography is the study of _____________.
Answer: Elevation
Volcanoes form at __________ boundaries where plates collide, and also at ____________boundaries where plates pull apart.
Answer: Convergent, divergent
_______________ is all parts of the natural environment including energy, living organisms, and non-living materials ( ex, sunlight, trees, water) before it is used by humans.
Answer: Total Stock
CBD for a city is also known as the downtown area. What does CBD stand for?
Central Business District
Which ocean is the largest in the world?
Answer: The Pacific Ocean
Name the three types of map scales
Answer: Linear, ratio, word
_______ measures the energy released from an earthquake, using a _______________.
Answer: Magnitude, Richter Scale
About 7% of Canada’s total land area is _________, or suitable for growing crops
Answer: Arable
_____________ is a rapid decline in the number of children being born.
Answer: Birth dearth
A country has a hot, dry climate with very little rainfall and sparse vegetation. What type of climate region is this?
Answer: Desert climate
Which type of graph would be best represented to show changes over time.
Answer: Line Graph
___________form when magma or lava cools. You can tell where its cooled by the structure of it’s crystals.
Answer: Igneous rocks
Top of the soil zone in which all pore __________________ are filled with water.
Answer: Water table
Using the demographic transition model, we can divide the world’s nations into 3 groups.
Group 1 - post-transition stage.
Group 2 - late transition stage.
Group 3 - early transition stage.
What group is Canada in?
Group 1
Which country has the largest population in the world?
Answer: India