Map Skills
Types of landforms
Creation of landforms
Challenges caused by Earth's forces
General Geography
100
The seven largest bodies of land are called?
Continents
100
The natural features that make up the earth's surface are
Landforms
100
Name the plates within the Earth, that are constantly moving?
Tectonic plates
100
What is the red line called?
Ring of fire
100
A model of the earth that is circular is called a .........
globe
200
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
200
What are the flat, rocky base created when an ancient mountain region has been worn away?
Shields
200
The movement of the tectonic plates is called
Convection flow
200
Our Earth is ever changing. Some of these changes, take millions of years to happen, and some of them are catastrophic changes that occur in seconds. These changes to our Earth can be categorized as either ___________ forces or _____________ forces.
Destructive and Constructive Forces
200
Land with little rain and few plants is called
Desert
300
What is the capital of nova scotia?
Halifax
300
What is the name of the largest sheild in Canada?
The Canadian Sheild
300
Most mountaisn are built at the edges of these plates. There are three categories of plate boundaries. These are the ...
Convergent Boundary, Divergent boundary, Transform boundary
300
A _____________________ is an important tool that measured and records the size and magnitude of movements of the ground, especially of an earthquake.
Seismograph
300
Which of the four oceans is the largest?
Pacific Ocean
400
Name atleast 3 lakes in Canada?
Lake superior, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Winnipeg, Great bear lake, Great slave lake
400
Flat, long stretches of land are called
Plains
400
What is the difference between erosion and deposition? Explain with an example
Wind blowing rocks and water freezing in rocks both cause erosion too. Deposition is the dropping of sediment by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
400
The __________________ is known as the place on the Earth’s surface directly above where the main shock of an earthquake occurs.
Epicenter
400
A piece of land surrounded by water all around is called
Island
500
How many provinces and territories are in Canada?
10 provinces and three territories.
500
What does the image represent? Name atleast 2 things. 
Topographic map and contour lines
500
When the edges of the plates meet, Four things can happen?
1. When it breaks loose, earthquakes happen and the ground trembles and may crack apart.
2. it will crumple and fold. The crust is forced up, mountains form, and earthquakes happen.
3. Earthquakes occur. Magma erupts from volcanoes that form between the plates and cools to form new crust.
4. Earthquakes occur and molten magma forms and rises to Earth's surface to cause an explosive volcanic eruption
500
Say atleast three types of damages that could happen when an earthquake of 7-8 magnitude occurs?
1. Buildings can be displaced from their foundations.
2. Bridges can be destroyed.
3. cracks in the earth
4. Underground pipes can be destroyed.
500
What is this Monument called?
Colosseum