Canadian Shield
If the Canadian Shield was a human would it be described as an infant, middle aged or elderly?
ELDERLY
If the Interior Plains were a human would they be described as young, middle aged or elderly?
Middle Aged
If the Rocky Mountains were a human would they be described as young, middle aged or elderly?
YOUNG
My sedimentary ground's elevation is located at or near sea level and is frozen by the time Southern Canada's leaves begin to change colour in the Fall (Autumn)? Which Canada Landform am I?
The Arctic Lowlands
What is the age of the Earth's oldest rock discovered in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in northern Quebec, Canada found?
4.3 Billion Years Old.
4, 300, 000, 000
Of the 3 Major Types of Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary which is NOT common in the Canadian Shield?
Sedimentary Rock
Of the 3 Major Types of Rocks: Igneous, Metamorphic and Sedimentary which is the MOST common in the Lowland Regions of Canada?
Sedimentary Rock
Metamorphism occurs deep within a mountain chain as it is formed by the folding and compression as two or more land masses (plates) collide. The folding heat and pressure never melts the rock instead it changes the rocks chemistry. What type of rock does Mountain Building, also known as Orogeny, create?
Metamorphic Rock
Which Canadian Landform Region has much of its rock exposed at the surface because glaciers have removed its soil and dumped it on to the Lowlands that surround ir?
Canadian Shield
What is the name of the Mountain Range, created when Baltica collided with Ancient North America at the equator, during the Precambrian Era, over 4 Billion years ago and was said to be higher than Mount Everest at 8,850 meters (29,035 feet)?
Grenville Mountains
What is the name given to the acidic soil found in the Canadian Shield that grows Black Spurce Trees well but is not great for farming?
Podzol
The soil of the Lowlands in Southern Canada is dark brown or black in colour and is fantastic for which type of Primary Economic (Human) activity?
Farming
In an area of high ground (elevation)or in the extreme north or south of the world, the point above or past which trees do not grow is call the ...
Treeline
What is the name of the Landform Region that the city of St. John's is located in?
Appalachian Mountains
What is the name of the Era that covers approximately 88% of Earth’s history - 4 Billion Years, and is marked by the formation of the planet, the rise of single-celled life forms and the development of complex multicellular organisms in the ocean.
Precambrian
After billions of years of erosion what type of landform is the Canadian Shield: mountain, hill, plain or plateau?
Plateau
What is the main type of landform of the Lowlands of Canada: mountain, hill, plain or plateau?
Plain
What are the TWO main types of landforms found in the Highlands of Canada: mountains, hills, plains or plateaus?
Mountains and Plateaus
What is the name of the Canadian Landform Region where Labrador City and Walbush have their iron ore mines?
Canadian Shield
In regards to gelogical time which mountains were formed first the Appalachian Highlands or the Western Cordillera?
Appalachian Highlands
When molton rock hardens what type of rock is created? The first rock type on Earth!!!
Igneous, Metamorphic or Sedimentary?
Igneous Rock
The Canadian Lowlands surround what Canadian Landform Region?
The Canadian Shield
In Canada, British Columbia experiences 1/5th (one-fifth) of Canada’s 1000 or so earthquakes, which equals 200 out of 1000 Earthquakes in Canada occur in British Columbia.
Remember British Columbia has lots of Mountains because it is located where an ocean plate is going under a continental plate. What kind of zone is this called?
Subduction Zone
Over Geological Time North America has shifted North and South of the equator. What is the name of the gentleman that proposed the Theory of Continental Drift in 1912?
Alfred Wegener, a German meteorologist
What Canadian Landform Region do the Canadian Highlands surround?
Canadian Lowlands