Building Landforms
Canada's Landform
Regions
Regions
Climate and
Weather
Weather
Provinces
Surprise
100
What is the innermost layer of the earth?
The core
100
what are regions classified by the characteristics of the rocks and shape of the landforms within them?
Landform Regions
100
This type of storm cloud has a flat base.
Cumulonimbus
100
Which province is this?
Newfoundland and Labrador
100
The science of weather is know as what?
Meteorology
200
The wearing down of the earth’s surface by running water, waves, wind and glaciers is called __________.
Erosion
200
This is a type of fertile soil.
Brown Earth.
200
The leading edge of an air mass is known as a ________.
Front
200
What province is this?
Quebec.
200
What is the solid outer layer of the earth called?
The crust
300
List the layers of the earth starting from the center.
Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust, Atmosphere.
300
Black earth is a deep, rich soil, also known as ______________.
Chernozem
300
This type of precipitation is caused when air masses of contrasting temperatures meet.
Frontal Precipitation
300
What province is this?
North West Territories
300
Why is central Canada (such as Alberta and Saskatchewan) often very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter?
Central Canada is very cold in the winter and hot in the summer because they are continental land masses that are not surrounded by large bodies of water.
400
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
The Pacific Ring of Fire is a circle of volcanoes that surrounds Western Canada and Eastern Asia.
400
Which landform region is NL a part of???
Appalachian Mountains
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!
What is the difference between climate and weather?
Climate is the average conditions of the atmosphere over a long period of time, whereas weather is the changing day to day conditions of an area.
400
What is this province?
Manitoba
400
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!!
The theory that the earth’s plates interact to produce mountains, trenches, earthquakes and volcanoes is known as ______ ______.
Plate Tectonics
500
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed before continental drift?
Pangaea
500
What five things do geographers use to classify landform regions?
Age of rock, type of rock, relief, gradient and the process that has shaped the area.
500
What are the three regional factors that affect climate and weather?
Altitude, Bodies of Water, and Mountain Barriers.
500
What is this province?
Alberta
500
What are the names of the four types of air masses?
Maritime Tropical, Maritime Polar, Continental Arctic and Continental Tropical