The Big Three
Landform ID
Canadian Map
Natural vs Human
100
These plates move apart, or are "ripped apart."
What is a Divergent Boundary?
100
Describe a Plain and how it is formed.
A large piece of relatively flat land; formed when an ancient sea bed is exposed after water disappears.
100
What is the capital of Ontario?
Toronto
100
Name a natural process that changes landforms.
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, or Glaciation.
200
These plates "drag alongside" each other, often causing earthquakes.
What is a Transform Boundary?
200
Describe a Plateau and how it is formed.
A flat-topped highland with at least one steep side; formed by tectonic forces pushing land up or by cooling lava.
200
What are the capitals of the three Territories (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)?
Whitehorse, Yellowknife, and Iqaluit
200
Name a human activity that changes landforms.
Mining or Land Reclamation.
300
This boundary type involves plates "smashing together" to create fold mountains.
What is a Convergent Boundary?
300
What landform is this?
Plains
300
Match these provinces to their capitals: Alberta and Manitoba.
Edmonton and Winnipeg
300
How does mining affect a landform?
An open-pit mine cuts a wide and deep hole in the earth. Often, trees and other vegetation, and therefore animal life, are destroyed.
400
Explain one similarity and one difference between a volcano and an earthquake.
Both are caused by tectonic pressure/plate movement; volcanoes create new land/mountains while earthquakes are a sudden "snap" or release of energy.
400
Explain why you would NOT expect to find a plain very close to a plate boundary.
Plains are stable, flat ancient sea beds; plate boundaries are "active" zones where the land is constantly being folded, ripped, or smashed.
400
Match these East Coast provinces to their capitals: Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Halifax and Charlottetown
400
What is the difference between Weathering and Erosion?
Weathering breaks the rock down into smaller parts; Erosion moves those pieces to a new location using wind, water, or ice.
500
Which movement is this? Which landforms are created by this movement?
Convergent
Fold Mountains or Volcanoes
500
Describe a Shield and how it is formed.
An area of very old, ancient rock (like the Canadian Shield); formed through billions of years of volcanic activity and erosion.
500
Which province is this? What is it's capital city?
Nova Scotia
Halifax
500
Daily Double! $1000
Compare a natural change to a human change. Define Glaciation and Land Reclamation, and explain one way they are different in how they change the Earth.
(Glaciation): A natural process where thick ice sheets cover the land and scrape/change the surface as they move.
(Land Reclamation): A human process where new land is built in water by filling it with rock, cement, and dirt.
Difference: One is a slow natural cycle caused by climate/ice; the other is a deliberate construction project by people to create more space.