Definitions
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100
Latitude- lines running north, and south, measured in degrees. Longitude- lines running east, and west, measured in degrees.
What is the definition of longitude and latitude?
100
1. Sheep 2. Pigs 3. Cows
What are 3 animals that biotechnology has modified?
100
Canada became a country.
What happened on July 1st, 1867?
100
24 time zones
How many world time zones are there?
100
Solar energy is a renewable resource.
Is solar energy a renewable or non renewable resource?
200
A temportary situation in which a country or region does not have enough available food to feed it’s population.
What is the definition of famine?
200
Non-renewable- poor management crop can become nonproductive. Renewable- crops can reproduce year after year.
How can land be considered both renewable and a non- renewable resource?
200
On November 11, 1918 the war ended!
What happened on November 11, 1918?
200
The secondary points of a compass are NE, SE, SW, NW.
What are the four secondary points of a compass called?
200
They are called water resources.
Natural resources such as rivers, lakes, glaciers, and groundwater are called what?
300
An average/estimated ammount of time that it takes to grow a crop.
What is the definition of growing season?
300
86% of the land has no farming capability.
What percentage of Canada’s land has no farming capability?
300
Helen Armstrong started a strike for equal pay and for equal work.
What did Helen Armstrong start?
300
In one hour the earth rotates 15 degrees.
How many degrees of longitude does the rotate in one hour?
300
This is called mining.
What is the process of extracting valuable metals and minerals from the earth’s crust?
400
A region defined by characteristics of the natural environment rather then by man-made divisions.
What is the definition of bioregion?
400
The kind of agriculture that happens in the little ammounts of good land is, intense farming.
For the parts of Canada that has great land for farming, what kind of agriculture happens there?
400
His mission was to bring medication to a little village!
William Wop accepts a mission. On the suicide mission he attempts to fly open cockpit during a snowstorm. What was his mission?
400
1. Tracking people, amd where they wanna go. 2. Tracking wildlife
What are 2 uses for GPS technology?
500
BPC- Biological control is a method of controlling pests such as insects, mites, weeds, and plant diseases, using other organisms.
What is the definition of Biological Pest Control?
500
The percentage of excellent land is 0.5%
What percentage of Canada’s land is excellent quality for farming?
500
His name was Samuel De Champlain.
In 1608, a European discovers and explores part of what is now Canada. What was his name?
500
The military grid is called that because it was developed and used by Britain and its allies during World War 1.
How did the ‘military grid’ get it’s name?
500
It is known as the Greenhouse Effect.
The warming of the earth’s atmosphere due to build-up of carbon dioxide and methane is known as what?
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