What is the term describing "all land" or one supercontinent
100
Canadian Shield, Highlands, Lowlands
What are the three landform regions of Canada?
100
Landform region that is at the centre of Canada's industrial and urban heartland.
What are the Great Lakes and St.Lawrence Lowlands?
100
Components of soil
What is Bacteria/Organic minerals, Moisture, Minerals, Air
100
Tundra, Grasslands, Forest
What are three types of vegetation regions in Canada?
200
Precambrian Era, Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, Cenozoic Era
What are the divisions of Earth's history into time periods
200
Geology and Glaciation
What are two factors responsible for the appearance of landforms in Canada?
200
Erosion
What is the process by which mountains and other elevated areas, in turn, are slowly and continuously worn down by wind, rain, running, water, and ice.
200
Humus
What is the breakdown of organic material
200
Decidious Forrest
What is Canada's smallest vegetation region?
300
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
What is the structure of Earth's interior?
300
Canadian Shield
What is the oldest and largest landform in Canada?
300
Mixed Forrest
What is the vegetation region where both coniferous and deciduous trees are found?
300
Topsoil, Subsoil, Parent Material
What is a soil profile or soil formation
300
Parent Material
What is rock, or lose material, from which minerals in the soil come from?
400
Ring of Fire
What is the area where a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the Pacific Ocean due to the movement of tectonics plates
400
Appalachian mountains
What is the oldest highland region in Canada?
400
Acidic soil
What is caused when coniferous trees lose their needles?
400
Calcification
What is the upward movement of water due to evaporation in dryer climates
400
Boreal and Taiga Forest
What is the largest vegetation region in Canada?
500
Eurasian plate, Juan De Fuca plate, Carribean plate
What are the tectonic plates bordering North America?