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How Many Landform Regions are in Canada?
7!!!!!
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Which Canadian landform region is known for its series of mountain belts separated by plateaus and valleys?
Western Cordillera - glaciers gouged out very large valleys that were later filled by bodies of water.
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Which Landform region has many metallic minerals (gold, nickel and copper) left behind from volcanoes which surrounded the area millions of years ago?
The Canadian Shield! A lot of mining companies have set themselves up here for business to extract the minerals.
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What are the 5 Great Lakes?
Huron, Superior, Ontario, Erie, Michigan
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True or False - Canada is NOT a physically diverse country
FALSE - Each landform region in Canada has very different characteristics from those nearby. These landform regions, and the processes that have shaped them, give Canada its tremendous physical diversity!
200
Name all of Canada's Landform Regions.
Appalachian Region, Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay Lowlands, The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands, The Interior Plains, The Arctic Lands, Western Cordillera Region
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What can happen when a glacier moves/retreats?
It can leave scratches or gouges cut into the bedrock that are called glacial striations.
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Which landform region is known for fishing communities and for having the oldest mountains in Canada?
Appalachian Region
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What are the geographic perspectives, known as SEEP?
Social, economic, environmental, and political.
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Which landform region would you find the Rocky Mountains?
The Western Cordillera
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Canada has 7 Landform Regions - what is a 'landform region'?
A landform region is a specific area of the Earth with a unique set of physical features.
300
I'm boggy, and I make up 3% of Canada's landmass. What region am I?
Hudson Bay Lowlands.
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Where might you find a job, either mining, farming, in forestry, working for a hydroelectric company, or at a ski hill?
The Western Cordillera
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What percent of the world's freshwater do the Great Lakes hold?
20%
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What are the Great Lakes a result of?
The process of a large ice sheet melting causes the land to erode and fill with water.
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What region is known as the "breadbasket" of Canada?
The Interior Plains because of its great soil for farming.
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Known for mountains and glaciers. You might find farming here to be a bit tricky...
Arctic Lands.
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Which landform region is divided into three regions: Arctic Coastal Plains, Arctic Lowlands, and the Innuitian Region?
Arctic region.
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What is mass wasting?
The movement of rock or soil down slopes under the force of gravity.
400
What is the largest landform region in Canada, and what is the smallest landform region in Canada?
Largest = Canadian Shield
Smallest = The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Lowlands
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Looking to find transportation? Which landform is most likely to have the smoothest ride? The Great Lakes or Hudson Bay & Arctic Lowlands. Why?
The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway - the land is very flat and less swampy.
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I make up 50% of Canada's landmass and am composed of bedrock covered by soil. What am I?
The Canadian Shield.
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Why might many find jobs soon in the Arctic? What is being talked about as a result of Global Warming?
Global warming is opening new shipping lanes due to the melting of sea ice, and new mining projects are in development as a result.
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What is the difference between faulting and folding?
Both are a result of the forces in the Earth's surface that cause movement of the Earth's plates. Folding occurs when the crust is bent upward or downward. Faulting occurs when the crust breaks.
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Below is a Canada Population Density Map. Which Landform Regions do we see the majority of Canada's population living in?
The Great Lakes/St. Lawrence region.