Mapping
What line separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
Equator
Canada consists of three different landform regions. Name them?
Canadian shield, highland, lowlands.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
When two tectonic plates move towards each other.
Is a lack of jobs or opportunities and poor medical care a push or pull factor?
push
How many types of rocks are there and what are they called?
there are three kinds and they are called metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary.
Name two things found on a map?
Scale, title, latitude and longitude, compass and legend
What region of Canada covers parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba?
Interior plains
What are tectonic plates made of?
They are made of continental and oceanic lithosphere.
What are three pull factors that makes a person move countries?
employment, educational opportunities and political freedom
What kind of rock is usually found close to volcanoes?
Igneous rock.
What are the west and east halves of the earth called? What are they separated by?
Western Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere, Prime Meridian
What provinces does the Western Cordillera cover?
British Columbia, Yukon and parts of Alberta and Northwest territories.
How much do tectonic plates shift each year?
about 0.6 inches per year.
What does it mean for someone to emigrate?
for somebody to leave their country to settle permanently somewhere else.
How is Magma formed?
melting of igneous, metamorphic rock, sedimenrty rock
Latitude runs _____ to the _____ and mesures distance _____ and _____.
Parallel, equator, north, south
How were the St. Lawrence Lowlands formed?
The faulting of two tectonic plates
In 1912 Alfred Wegner suggested a supercontenent named Pangea. Name his four proofs of evidence?
Puzzle piece fit, fossils evidence, rock evidence and glacial evidence.
What calculation is used to determine the birth rate in a population?
birhts per year per 1000 people
How many steps does it take for metamorphic rock to become igneous rock?
2