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This composes about half of high-quality soil
What is water and air
100
The most northerly vegetation region of Canada
What is Tundra
100
Population of 1.7 million, on the Canadian Shield, short growing season, both coniferous and mixed forests
What is Boreal Shield
100
A wheat farm near Regina is an example of this type of farming
What is extensive farming
100
The value of all goods and services produced
What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
200
Decaying organic materials
What is humus
200
The wettest vegetation region in Canada
What is West Coast Forest
200
Has the mildest winters and longest growing season
What is Pacific Maritime
200
This term means use of machinery, for example, in farming
What is mechinized
200
These trees are well suited to cold temperatures
What are coniferous trees
300
Percentage of Canada's land that is classified as good or excellent
What is 5%
300
The smallest vegetation region in Canada
What is deciduous forest
300
Largest settlement has about 10 000 people, land is flat to gently rolling, growing season 130-165 days
What is the Boreal Plains
300
An apple orchard in the BC interior is an example of this type of farming
What is intensive farming
300
Permanently frozen ground
What is permafrost
400
The kind of soil the prairies have
What is dry-climate soils
400
A vegetation region that is considered a transition zone
What is mixed forest
400
Precipitation is more than 1000 mm per year, population 2.5 million, hills and coastal plains
What is Atlantic Maritime
400
Out of BC and Atlantic Canada, the province with the better farmland
What is BC
400
the 'line' after which tree growth is scarce/non-existant
What is the tree line
500
The Canada Land Inventory agricultural category that is least common in Canada
What is Class 1 (Excellent)
500
The largest vegetation region in Canada
What is the boreal and taiga forest
500
Temperatures average 0 degrees, most areas have no vegetation, total population about 1000.
What is the Arctic Cordillera
500
The term describing the 'window' of time in which food crops can grow
What is the growing season
500
A process that contributes to soil formation where there is a great deal of precipitation and continual downward movement of water through the soil.
What is leaching