This province is located on the western coast of Canada.
What is British Columbia?
100
What is the capital city of Saskatchewan?
What is Regina?
100
Definition: The atmospheric conditions in an area in general or over a long period of time.
What is Climate?
100
This region has a lot of tundra, which only allows for vegetation with short roots.
What is the Arctic.
100
This type of zone is when the oceanic plate moves under the continental plate.
What is Subduction zone
200
Name and spell this province.
What is Alberta?
200
What is the capital city of Yellowknife?
What is Whitehorse?
200
What type of precipitation is this?
What is Orographic Precipitation?
200
This area is well known for its mountain ranges, as well as its coniferous and deciduous trees.
What is the Cordillera?
200
Explain what is happening in this picture.
- two plates are converging.
- oceanic plate is heavier, so it sinks into the earth
- earth is hot inside, melts plate.
- magma rises to the surface, creates mountain ranges (volcanoes)
300
Name this province.
What is Quebec?
300
What is the capital city of Ontario?
What is Toronto?
300
This type of precipitation is where two air masses meet, one cold and one warm. The warm air mass is lighter, so it goes over the cold air mass. This causes it to cool and condense, creating short, light rain.
What is Frontal Precipitation?
300
This area is well known for its fertile soil, which was pushed there during the ice ages. This allows for them to harvest bountiful amounts of fruits, such as cherries, peaches, and apples.
What is the St. Lawrence Lowland regions.
300
This zone creates fold mountains when two continental plates smash into each other.
What is Convergent Zones.
400
Name and spell this territory.
What is Nunavut?
400
What is the capital city of Canada?
What is Ottawa?
400
This type of precipitation occurs when the land is heated up very quickly. The warm air quickly rises, causing quick cooling as it reaches higher atmosphere. This causes it to fall back down the earth. Since the earth is still hot, the air heats up again and moves back down. This creates a cycle in the cloud, which creates a bubble of energy.
What is Convectional Precipitation?
400
This area is well known for its extremely hot/dry summers, and its extremely cold/dry winters.
What is The Interior Plains?
400
This type of zone is found in the Atlantic ocean. It also causes the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What is Divergent Zones.
500
Name this Island.
What is Baffin Island?
500
What is the capital city of Newfoundland?
What is St. John's?
500
This type of precipitation creates thunder showers and lightening.
What is Convectional Precipitation?
500
This area is the largest region in Canada.
What is the Canadian Shield?
500
This types of zones cause stress in the land. When the land finally "snaps" apart, it can create very large earthquakes.