Physical Features
a natural feature of the earth’s surface, examples include mountains, rivers, and glaciers.
What is a landform?
an instrument used for navigation and orientation that shows direction relative to the geographic cardinal directions.
What is a compass?
the 3 types of settlements in order of least populated to most
What are rural, suburban and urban settlements?
an area where people establish a permanent community
What is a settlement?
large moving bodies of ice.
What is a glacier?
refers to the physical features that make a location unique, examples: natural resources for extraction, waterfall for hydropower
What is site?
this shows the shape, elevation, and features of the land's surface.
What is a topographic map?
refers to the particular location of a settlement relative to its surroundings and other places, examples: a nearby city, an airport
What is situation?
a low area between hills or mountains
What is a valley?
landscapes or places that are crucially important to biodiversity, soil, water, or other natural resources
What are environmentally sensitive areas?
What are ESAs?
3 ways in which humans have modified landforms for their benefit
What are mining, construction, population growth, pollution and deforestation?
many settlements developed in this way due to being along rivers or railway lines
What are linear settlements?
What are linear populations?
green space, institutional, agricultural, residential, commercial
What are examples of land use?
natural stresses and movements within the Earth's lithosphere that cause the deformation and shifting of the Earth's crust.
What are tectonic forces?
a raised area of land that is flat on top. They are sometimes located in mountainous areas.
What is a plateau?
2 technologies that make the environment more comfortable and liveable for Canadians
What is heating and air conditioning?
these are typically scattered throughout a city or urban area for people to play and relax in
What are parks or green spaces?
The overuse of fossil fuels and the excess of CO2 in the environment has contributed to this
What is the greenhouse effect?
desalination
What is removing mineral components from salt water?
What is industrial?
Manitoulin, Baffin, Vancouver, Labrador
What are islands?
What are examples of islands?
example: 10 people per km2
What is population density?
an assertion of Indigenous peoples' rights to ownership or control over ancestral or traditionally occupied lands
What is a land claim?
The St. Lawrence River is an example because water from surrounding lands in Canada and the United States eventually drains into the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.
What is a drainage basin?
the four forces that cause erosion
What are water, wind, glaciers and gravity?