Crops
Name a crop grown in Canada
Wheat, Canola, Apples, Strawberries, Grapes, etc.
What is clear cutting?
Removing all trees from an area
Name the 3 main fossil fuels
Coal, oil, natural gas
Most economically important/biggest fishery in Canada
East Coast Fishery
What are the two qualities of a natural resource
Used by humans
Naturally occurring
2 main factors affecting agriculture
Climate and and Quality
Which two countries have more forest than Canada
Russia and Brazil
Give an example of a metallic mineral
Gold, silver, iron, nickel, etc
The word for fish farming
Aquaculture
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Name a region of Canada that has excellent farmland
Niagara Fruit Belt, Okanagan Valley, etc.
Name the three types of logging
Clear cutting
Shelterwood
Selective
Give a pro and a con of underground mining
Con- unsafe, expensive
Pro- least harmful to the environment
The most important fish for the West Coast Fishery
Salmon
This level of industry is sometimes called the "information industry"
Quaternary
What is intensive agriculture
Small amount of land, large amount of workers
Name an invasive species than is an issues for forestry
Mountain Pine Beetle, Emerald Ash Borer
What is the name of the substance that is found in sands and processed into oil.
Bitumen
How has climate change affected the fishing industry, specifically on the East Coast
Changes temperature of the water, which changes where plankton are able to thrive, which affects where fish go
Name Canada's top 5 trading partners
USA, Mexico, UK, China, Japan
Not counting the territories, which province has the least prominent agriculture sector
Newfoundland & Labrador
Name three types of forest found in Canada
Boreal, Deciduous, Mixed, West Coast/Cordilleran
Approximately how many years do we have until we run out of oil
38
Approximately how many Canadians work in the fishing industry today?
80 000
Ranking countries by GDP the top 4 are:
1. USA
2. China
3. Germany
4. Japan
What is number 5?
India