Unit #1
What are the three movements of glaciers:
a) advancing, retreating, and stationary.
b) advancing, shrinking and stationary.
c) growing, retreating and stationary.
a).
In a climate graph, precipitation levels are represented in the bar or line part of the graph?
Bar graph.
What are the four types of Primary Industries?
Fishing, Farming, Mining, and Forestry.
What is the Death Rate?
This is the number of deaths per 1000 people in a year.
What are continental plates?
Huge, slow-moving blocks of material that make up the earth's crust.
What are the four components that make up true soil?
Bacteria, Air, Minerals. Moisture.
What is the Secondary Industry and one example of it?
The secondary industry deals with manufacturing and construction.
What is doubling time?
It is how long it will take for the population of a country to double.
What is glaciation, and what are the two types of glaciers?
Glaciation is when a glacier changes the landscape. The two types are Alpine and Continental.
What is weather?
Weather is the day-to-day characteristics of the atmospheric conditions.
What is the most costly method of transportation?
Transportation by air.
What is the rule of 70?
The approximate amount of time it will take for a population to double.
What landform region has a landscape with worn down, old, rounded mountains?
The Appalachian Mountains
Spruce, poplar, and cedar are all deciduous trees, true or false?
False.
What is the difference between intensive and extensive farming?
Intensive farming is high in manual labor, pesticides, and machinery. Extensive farming is farming very low-yield, perishable crops, that are lower maintenance.
Approximately what percent of Canadians live in urban areas?
80%
What is the oldest and largest landform region in Canada and which era was it formed during? (BONUS: State its nickname)
The Canadian Shield. It was formed during the Precambrian era. (BONUS: The Storehouse of Canada's Metallic Minerals.)
What are the six factors that affect climate? Explain.
Latitude, ocean currents, wind, elevation, relief, and water bodies.
Which method of transportation is the most cost-efficient? And what is its fault?
Railways. The fault is that it can take a long time (and therefore not useful for perishable food items.)
What is urbanization?
Urbanization is the process of turning rural areas into metropolitan areas, where there are lots of buildings, businesses, and a bigger economy.