Unit 1
One of the 7 landforms in Canada, also known as “The Storehouse of Canada’s Metallic Minerals”.
What is the Canadian Shield?
The temperature and precipitation in a certain area of the course of many years.
What is a Climate?
When unwanted fish or even mammals are brought onto a boat via fishing net.
Roughly how long it would take for a country to double in it's current population size.
What is Doubling Time?
A supercontinent that was formed nearly 299 Million years ago.
What is Pangea?
A region based on its ecological characteristics.
What is an Ecozone?
The industry responsible for the gathering of raw materials to be shipped off and turned into products.
What is a Primary Industry?
What is an Emigrant?
A cone-bearing, softwood tree, with needles that stay on it's branches year-round.
What is a Coniferous tree?
The L in the Acronym LOWER, referencing the measurement of distance north or south of the Equator.
What is Latitude?
The industries responsible for bringing products to the general population, usually retail or companies that offer services.
What is a Tertiary Industry?
The study of Human populations.
What is Demography?
When a rock is broken down into particles, then spread to a new area.
What is Erosion?
The E in the acronym LOWER, referencing something's height, measured from sea level.
What is Elevation?
One of 5 types of commercial forests in Canada, containing both Coniferous and Deciduous trees.
What is a Mixed Forest?
One of 6 types of land use, and usually consists of education of some sort.
What is an Institution?
The third layer of the earth going inwards, after the Mantle.
What is the Outer Core?
A climate that has over 1000mm of yearly precipitation, and an annual temperature range of 25 degrees or lower.
The percentage of land in Canada that can be used for farming.
The lot settlement pattern used in Quebec.
What is a Long-Lot System?