Provinces and Territories
Name 4 cities in territories
Iqaluit, Resolute, Yellowknife, Whitehorse
What landform region has the best soil
Interior plains
What was the theory of tectonic plates originally called
Theory of continental drift
What does LOWERN stand for
Latitude, Ocean Currents, Winds and Air Masses, Elevation, Relief, Nearness to water
How old is the earth
4.6 billion years or 4.5 billion years
Name 10 provinces and 3 territories
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut
What is the smallest landform region
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
What are the 4 plate boundary types
Divergent (Apart), Convergent (Collide), Subduction (Slide past), Transform (The other one)
Why does canada have a variety of climates
Because of it's large land size
What does GIS stand for
Geographic Information System
Name 3 cities on islands in Canada
Resolute, Iqaluit, Fredericton
Which landform region is the biggest
Canadian Sheild
What 4 proofs were in the theory of Continental Drift
Continents fit together like a puzzle, there are the same mountains on both sides of the atlantic, there are the same fossils on both sides of the atlantic, and there is proof ice sheets once covered India
Why does toronto have neither a continental or maritime climate
It would be continental due to it's distance from an ocean, however because of the great lakes, toronto's temperature range and precipitation amounts yearly is neither continental or maritime
Why does Dr. Tyson repeat: "The past is like another planet"
Because there were different landforms, species, and constellations
Name 3 cities in canada not on islands
Toronto, Ottawa, Thunderbay
Name the 7 landform regions
Western Cordillera, Interior plains, Canadian Sheild, Innuitions, Appalachians, Hudsons bay Arctic Lowlands, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
What 2 pieces of information are present in the theory of Tectonic plates, but not in the theory of Continental Drift
The plates move due to convection currents
The water moves too
What are the 3 characteristics of a maritime climate
Near an ocean, low temperature range of under 25, over 1000 mm of precipitation yearly
What are the most common greenhouse gasses
Carbon, Methane, Nitrous Oxide
Name 13 cities in provinces
Victoria, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Quebec City, St. Johns, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Thunder Bay, Prince George
What 3 landform regions are in Ontario
Canadian Shield, Hudson's bay arctic lowlands, and Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Which plate movements make fold mountains
Convergent
Define Climate
The weather prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time
What is the change in temperature for every 100 meters in wet air
-0.6˚C