Canada
Canada's official languages
French and English
Diverging, converging, transform
Plate boundaries
Which direction does longitude run?
Vertical
Rock formed when sedimentary and igneous rocks are subject to great heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock
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
Connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, allowing vessels to pass through.
Welland Canal
San Andreas Fault
Transform boundary
What is the purpose of a title on a map?
Shows the subject of the map.
What is the largest landform region in Canada?
Canadian Shield
What was the name of the original large landmass Alfred Wegener believes to be the first continent.
Pangea
The five great lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Canada is bordered by these three oceans.
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans?
What are two things every map needs?
Legend
Title
Scale
Compass
the picking up and movement of weathered rock particles (sediment) by wind, ice or water
Erosion
What continent do we live in right now?
North America
Largest city in Canada
Toronto
London, and most of Southern Ontario, as well as parts of Southern Quebec are a part of this landform region
What is the Saint Lawrence Lowlands?
Is the Prime Meridian vertical or horizontal?
Vertical
What process or action needs to happen in order for sedimentary rocks to form?
Weathering and erosion and then compaction and cementation
How long ago did the continents drift apart?
a) 200 000 million
b) 2 million
c) 200 thousand
d) 2 billion
Canada has 6 of these
Time zones
What is a GPS?
Global Positioning System
What is a Compass Rose?
a small drawing on a map that shows direction
What are the 7 landform regions found in Canada?
Canadian Shield, Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands, Interior Plains (lowlands), Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Lowlands, Appalachian Mountains, Western Cordillera, Innuitian Mountains
What are the seven continents?
North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia