Landform Regions
How many landform regions are there in Canada?
7
What are the three main types of rocks
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
What are boil water advisories
Boil water advisories are when you have to boil out any bacteria in your water
What is Glaciation?
Glaciation studies how glaciers move, form, and shape landscapes
What are Climate Graphs
graphs that show weather conditions in a specific area
What's the biggest landform region?
The Canadian Shield
What is a convergent boundary?
The area where 2 tectonic plates collided
What is Indigenous Stewarships
The way Indigenous people manage their relations with the land
What are the 2 major types of Glaciers
Mountain Glaciers and Continental Glaciers
What month is the temperature highest in Winnipeg?
True or false? The Hudson Bay Lowlands are famous for their mountains
False
What causes earthquakes
Earthquakes are the result of tectonic plates colliding or shifting
What makes up Soil?
minerals, bacteria, air, and moisture
What are mountain Glaciers
bodies of ice, snow, and sediment formed in Canada's high mountain regions
What does the x-axis on a climate graph represent?
The 12 months of the year
What landform region is farthest North
The Arctic Lands
What layer of the Earth do the tectonic plates sit on
The asthenosphere
What are the Two Major types of Soil?
calcified and leached
What are continental glaciers
continuous plots of ice extending over large areas of land
the combination of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, and winds
Name all seven Landform regions
Canadian Shield, Interior plains, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, Appalachian region, Western Cordillera, Hudson Bay Lowlands and the Arctic Archipelago
How do igneous rocks turn into sediment?
How many boil water advisories are there still in Canada
32
What is the Timeline of Glaciation
Although it is not exact, it is estimated that there have been at least five different periods of major glaciation
How does Latitude affect the climate of an area
Distance from the equator determines whether a region is hot or cold. The further away from the equator you are, the more the sun's energy is spread out.