UNIT 1
What is a stereotype?
A stereotype is a simple but unfair idea about a group of people, assuming they are all the same.
What is a region
A region is an area that is grouped together because of a common characteristic.
What are primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, and why is the tertiary sector most important.
Canada’s economy works in stages, and the tertiary sector now employs the most people.
What kind of food is Mr. Watkins's favourite?
SPICY
What is geography?
Geography is the study of earth, and everything on it.
Who proposed the theory that continents were once joined together?
Alfred Wegener
What is a resource, and how do ecocentric and technocentric views affect how resources are used?
Whether something is considered a resource depends on human needs, technology, and values.
Where does Mr. Watkin buy his clothes
shein
what are the five themes?
1. location—(where a place is, like the coordinates)
2. Place—(What stands out about this place, like a big mountain)
3. Human-environmental interaction—(how people and the environment affect each other)
4. movement—(how people, goods, ect move from one place from another)
5. region—areas that share common features (e.g., language or climate)
THREE types of plate movement.
1. Transform is when the plates slide past eachother not creating or destroying land.
2. divergent plates move away creating magma and creating more land usally underwater
3. convergent move towards together a plate can go under the other possibly making mountians
What is an ecological footprint?
This measures how much land and water are needed to support a person’s lifestyle and waste.
Where does Mr. Watkin go on Fridays?
the library
What are five things every human needs
food,water,air,protection,human interaction
What natural feature is found along the Ring of Fire?
Volcanoes and earthquakes
What was the collapse of the East Coast cod fishery?
Advanced technology, overfishing, and poor management caused a once-thriving industry to collapse.
What does Mr. Watkin do during his free time in the summer
ride his scooter
Name a career that uses geographic skills/technology
Urban planner—to decide where to build roads, houses, etc.
pilot—to navigate safely in the air
geologist—mapping landforms, finding natural resources, studying natural disasters
environmental scientist—to track pollution and study ecosystems
Why can natural disasters affect cities and communities?
by damaging homes, roads, cities, etc., making it dangerous for humans and animal life.
What is a renewable/nonrenewable resource
A renewable resource is something that can naturally be replaced, like, for example, water. A nonrenewable resource is something that is all done once used up like coal.
What kind of drink does Mr. Watkin always have
ENERGY DRINKS (NOS/REDBULL)