Climate
A city gets 1500 mm of precipitation yearly and has a temperature range of 18 C. What type of climate is this - maritime or continental?
maritime
A map that shows state/provinces and national boundaries and capital and major cities.
Political map
Two types of glaciers.
1. alpine
2. continental
Three mountain ranges in Canada.
1. Western Cordillera
2. Intuitions
3. Appalachains
True or False: Alfred Wegener believed that millions of years ago, the world was divided into two continents and slowly moved into what we have now.
False
Alert, Nunavut and Pt. Pelee, Ontario have very different average temperatures. Which climate factor (LOWERN) is the major reason for this?
Latitude
LOSTBAD - what do the letters stand for?
Legend
Orientation
Scale
Title
Border
Author
Date
What area of Canada was Sir John Franklin trying to discover?
Northwest Passage
Smallest, yet most populated landform region.
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
What was the name of the original large landmass Alfred Wegener believes to be the first continent.
Pangea
The warmest month is 25 C and the coldest is -8 C, what is the temperature range?
33 C
Capital of Manitoba?
Winnipeg
Scratches left on rock from glaciers moving is known as _________________________
striations
Banff is in this landform region.
Western Cordillera
What continent do we live in?
North America
What climate factor is the major reason why the weather is often rainy + foggy in Newfoundland?
Ocean Current - warm + cold current meet
Ocean that touches British Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Glacial garbage - so unsorted piles (NOT HILLS) of gravel, dirt, rocks, etc. dropped off by glaciers.
till
Landform region that is the furthest north.
Intuitions
In a convergent boundary, how to the plates move?
Together
How has climate change impacted Kiribati and Tuvalu?
flooding
Province that stretches the furthest north
Nunavut
Name of Sir John Franklin's two (2) ships.
Erebus + Terror
Camping and hiking are appealing features of this landform region. We also live here!
Canadian Shield
What are four (4) pieces of evidence to support Pangea?
1. jigsaw puzzle
2. mountain ranges have identical rock layers
3. fossils of plants + animals in various continents
4. glacial evidence in hot places