Geographic Skill Development
The four main directions shown on a compass.
What are north, south, east, and west?
This word stands for: Latitude, Ocean Currents, Winds and Air Masses, Elevation, Relief, and Nearness to Water
What does "LOWERN" stand for?
This city is the most populated city in Canada while being very multicultural.
Why do people mostly immigrate to Toronto?
Selling goods or services to people within the local community.
What is a non-basic industry?
A long-term shift in Earth's average weather patterns.
What is climate change?
This map feature explains symbols and colors.
What is a map legend?
It's the day to day reading temperatures and precipitation.
What is "Weather"?
War/Conflict, Unemployment, Poverty, Natural Disasters.
4 reasons that cause people to emigrate out of a country.
This is mainly used for: Furniture, Flooring, Cabinetry, Musical Instruments, etc.
What are the uses for Hardwood?
The rising of the average temperature of earth.
What is Global Warming?
Lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator.
What is latitude?
This type of rock forms from magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
These homes are built far away from each other. Usually spread far apart.
What is a Dispersed Settlement Pattern?
This type of farming is near cities for labour and closer markets.
What is an Intensive Farming?
A process where certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun.
Define 'Greenhouse Effect".
Earth is divided into 24 time zones
How many time zones are there in earth?
The movement of tectonic plates that causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is plate tectonics?
Forced to cross the border or leave the country due to war, danger and prosecution
What is a refugee?
This type of mining is used when materials are deep underground.
When is "Underground Mining" used?
It refers to the responsibility we all have to the environment and resources that was been left to us by our ancestors.
What is 'Stewardship'?
An imaginary line (0° longitude) running through Greenwich England.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The process by which sedimentary rock changes into metamorphic rock.
What is heat and pressure?
Homes that are built closer together in one area of a land.
What is a Cluttered Settlement Pattern?
This means only taking as much of a resource as can be naturally replaced.
What does "Sustained Yield Management" mean?
This refers to the skill to develop in order to meet the needs of the present without affecting future generations.
What is 'Sustainability'?