Plate Tectonics
Landforms
Rock Cycle & Soil/Veg
Climate/Climate Graphs
Global Warming
100
The thinnest layer of the Earth
What is the crust
100
Mountains and other elevated areas are slowly and continuously worn down by wind, rain, running water, and ice; this process is called _____________.
What is erosion?
100
molten rock on the surface of the Earth
What is lava
100
When you calculate the highest temperature - lowest temperature
What is range
100
Global Warming is the increase of Earth's average surface temperature due to effect of _________ gases
What are greenhouse gases. Water vapour, carbon dioxide, and methane
200
The theory that all continents are fragments of Pangaea now drifting apart
What is the Continental Drift Theory
200
The Landform Region we live in
What is What is Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands
200
True soil is composed of these 4 main parts
What are Minerals, Organic Materials and Bacteria, Moisture, and Air. *Remember: MOMA
200
The red line on the Climograph
What is temperature
200
It is a measure of the reflectivity of the earth's surface
What is albedo.
300
Plates float on top of the _______________________.
What is asthenosphere
300
Canada's largest Landform Region
What is What is Canadian Shield
300
formed when magma cools and hardens
What is igneous rock
300
Average weather conditions over a period of time
What is climate
300
A process that acts to REMOVE carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
What is photosynthesis from trees/plants
400
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ____________________ boundary.
What is What is a transform boundary
400
This landform region, characterized by jagged mountain peaks, covers most of B.C. and the Yukon
What is What is the Western Cordillera
400
The outcome of the alteration of an existing rock due to heat and pressure will result in _______ rock.
What is metamorphic rock
400
State of the atmosphere for a particular place on a given day
What is weather
400
An effect of global warming that we can see
What is ice caps melting, graphs of temperature increase, sea level rise
500
Although the hottest layer of the Earth, this layer is solid metal
What is the inner core
500
This landform region covers all of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island.
What is Appalachians
500
The process of soil being filled with all the water it can hold, the water begins to leak downward through the layers of rock.
What is leaching
500
Name of climate that has cold temperatures and little moisture
What is Polar Continental
500
Name two human activities that contribute to global warming
What is driving cars (transportation), over use of electricity, air conditioners/light bulbs
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