Landform Regions
This is the largest landform region in Canada, covering almost half the country.
What is the Canadian Shield?
The short-term conditions of the atmosphere, like temperature and precipitation, describe this.
What is Weather?
These type of rocks are formed when magma/lava cools and solidifies.
What are Igneous Rocks?
A funnel-shaped cloud that touches the ground is known as this.
What is a Tornado?
A warm, wet forest that gets heavy rainfall all year and is home to a huge variety of plants and animals. (hint: climate region)
What is a Rainforest?
These mountains along Canada’s west coast were formed by convergent tectonic plate movement.
What is the Western Cordillera (or the Rockies)?
This long-term pattern of temperature and precipitation defines a region’s typical conditions.
What is Climate?
200 million years ago, all the present-day continents combined to form this supercontinent.
What is Pangea?
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis are examples of this type of Natural Hazard - caused by plate tectonic movements.
What are Geological Hazards?
This force of nature slowly breaks down rocks into smaller pieces.
What is Weathering OR Erosion?
This region contains rolling hills and rich minerals from ancient sedimentary rock.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
There are 6 main factors that affect the climate of a region (acronym).
What is LOWERN?
This type of rock is "recycled" - they are made from small pieces of other rocks that are weathered down and transported via wind, and water.
What are Sedimentary Rocks?
This climatic hazard is defined as "a period of below-average precipitation. Causes water shortages and crop failure."
What is a Drought?
The imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Moraines, Eskers, and Drumlins are all formed by this process.
What is Glaciation?
This type of climate would be represented on a climate graph with tall precipitation bars and a flat temperature line.
What is a Maritime Climate?
Marble and Gneiss are commonly used examples of this type of rock.
What are Metamorphic Rocks?
According to the Canadian Government, this many people have had to die for an event to be classified as a Natural Disaster.
What is 10 (people)?
This country is home to Transylvania, the region famous for the legend of Count Dracula.
What is Romania?
These slabs are floating on a layer of molten rock called magma which allows them to move slowly in one direction by a few cm each year.
What are Plate Tectonics?
When air is forced up a mountain, cools, and releases rain or snow on one side, it’s called this type of precipitation.
What is Relief?
The natural process of creating, recycling and repurposing rock through physical processes like plate tectonics, volcanism, weathering, erosion, deposition.
What is The Rock Cycle?
Reduced air quality and loss of animal habitat are examples of this type of impact caused by forest fires.
What are Environmental Impacts?
Halloween originated from an ancient festival called Samhain, celebrated by people in this modern-day country.
What is Ireland?