Canada's Physical Geography I
Study of Earth’s natural features and processes
Physical Geography
The breaking down of the earth's materials by wind, water, ice, freezing, and thawing, waves etc. is called?
Weathering
This landform region covers nearly half of Canada
Canadian Shield
Which Canadian landform region is called "Canada's bread basket?"
The Interior Plains
Which type of forest found in the Canadian Shield
Boreal Forest (Spruce, Pine, and Fir)
What major force helps to create mountains through plate movement?
Plate tectonics
This type of rock often exhibits distinct layers or bedding
Sedimentary Rock
What landform region has the major cities of Victoria, Vancouver and Whitehorse?
The Western Cordillera
Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal are cities found in which Canadian landform region?
The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowlands
The word “cordillera” means?
A group of mountain ranges
What natural event is caused by the movement of Earth’s plates shifting?
Earthquake
Layers of rock that are pushed upwards, often due to the collision of plates are called what?
Mountains
This landform region has excellent farmland (wheat, canola, barley), oil and gas, potash.
Interior Plains
Flat, swampy land with bogs and wetlands are features of which Canadian landform region?
Hudson Bay Lowlands
Flat land, rolling hills, and river valleys are features of which Canadian landform region?
Interior Plains
This type of rock is also known as "fire rock" created by molten rock cooling and hardening.
Igneous Rock
The transportation of sediments by forces of nature such as wind, running water, currents, and waves is called?
Erosion
The Interior Plains covers what 3 Canadian Provinces?
Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
Newfoundland is part of which Canadian landform region?
The Appalachians
Mosses, lichens, small shrubs, and stunted trees is vegetation found in which Canadian landform region?
Hudson Bay Lowlands
________________ carved valleys, lakes, and smoothed the land over millions of years, creating the regions we see today
Glaciers
A long period of significantly lower global temperatures when continental ice sheets and glaciers cover large parts of Earth's surface is known as?
The Ice Age
What landform region has high, cold mountains covered in ice and snow, with few plants.
Innuitian Mountains
Which Canadian climate region has very long, harsh, freezing winters and short cool summers?
Arctic Region
Soil that stays frozen all year is called?
Permafrost