Lovely Landforms
This massive, rocky region covers more than half of Ontario and is famous for its massive forests, lakes, and minerals.
What is The Canadian Shield
This "R" word means sorting items like plastic bottles and cardboard so they can be processed and turned into new things instead of garbage.
What is recyling
This is the term for a local government area, like a city, town, or township, that takes care of local needs.
What is a manicipality
This type of land use includes spaces like parks, splash pads, and soccer fields where people go to play and relax.
What is recreational land use?
Because the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands have incredibly rich soil and a warm climate, this outdoor job is very common there.
What is a farmer
This flat region in southern Ontario is where the majority of the province’s people live and where a lot of our food is grown.
What is the St. Lawrence Lowlands
Clearing away an entire forest of trees to build houses without planting new ones causes this major environmental problem.
What is deforestation
This is the title given to the elected leader of a town or city government in Ontario.
This type of land use is where people build houses, townhomes, and apartment buildings to live in.
What is residential land use
If you work in the dense forests of the Canadian Shield cutting down trees to make paper and lumber, you work in this industry.
What is forestry or logging
Located in the far north of Ontario, this flat, wet, and swampy landform region touches Hudson Bay and James Bay.
What is the Hudson Bay Lowlands
This term means taking care of the Earth responsibly so that our water, air, and land stay healthy for future generations.
Environmental Stewardship
In many First Nations communities, this group of elected leaders makes decisions for the community, working alongside a Chief.
What is a Band Council (or Chief and Council)
This is how land is used when farmers plant crops like corn and soybeans or raise livestock like cows and chickens.
What is agricultural land use
Beautiful, lake-filled areas like Muskoka create many seasonal jobs in this industry, which helps visitors enjoy their holidays.
What is tourism
These five massive bodies of freshwater border southern Ontario and are vital for shipping, fishing, and drinking water.
What is The Great Lakes
Building a new shopping mall directly on top of a wetland can destroy the homes of birds, turtles, and frogs, meaning humans have ruined their local _________.
What is a habitat
This is a specific area of land set apart for First Nations communities to live and work on, separate from Ontario's municipal system.
What is a reserve
When land is legally set aside to protect plants, animals, and natural habitats from being built on, it is used for this purpose.
What is conservation
Because of the valuable minerals and rocks buried deep inside the Canadian Shield, many people in cities like Sudbury work in this job.
What is mining or to be a miner
This is the word used to describe any natural feature on the Earth's surface, like a mountain, hill, valley, or plain
What is a landform
Using giant wind turbines or solar panels to make electricity uses natural resources that will never run out, making it this type of energy.
What is renewable energy
ire protection, snow plowing, public libraries, and trash collection are all examples of services provided by this level of government.
What is a muncipal or local government
Large factories, warehouses, and car manufacturing plants fall under this specific type of land use.
What is industrial land use
Big cities like Windsor and Toronto have many jobs in this sector, where workers put together complex goods like electric cars in factories.
What is manufacturing