LANDFORM REGIONS
This region covers more than half of Canada.
What is the Canadian Shield?
Large cities like Toronto and Montreal are located in this lowland region, where the land is flat and good for farming and settlement.
What is the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands?
This term describes a flat area of land that has little or no change in elevation.
What is a plain?
This scientist proposed the theory of continental drift in 1912, suggesting that continents were once part of a supercontinent.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
This term describes the difference in elevation between two contour lines on a topographic map.
What is contour interval?
This region is located along the Pacific Coast and is known for the Rocky Mountains and deep valleys.
What is the Cordillera?
In this northern landform region, most people live in small communities and depend on hunting, fishing, and trapping for their livelihoods.
What is the Arctic Lands?
These are large, slow-moving masses of ice and snow that shape the landscape by carving valleys and depositing sediments.
What are glaciers?
This large supercontinent, which existed about 300 million years ago, included all of Earth’s landmasses.
What is Pangea?
On a topographic map, closely spaced contour lines indicate this kind of terrain/land.
What is steep terrain/land?
This flat landform region, rich in fertile soil, is ideal for farming and stretches from Manitoba to Alberta.
What is the Interior Plains?
This very large landform region is sparsely populated but known for its mining towns and industries.
What is the Canadian Shield?
This type of landform is characterized by high elevations and steep slopes, often created by plate tectonics.
What are mountains?
A piece of evidence to support Continental Drift Theory showed that the coastlines of these two continents fit together like puzzle pieces.
What are South America and Africa?
These specific lines on a topographic map represent points of equal elevation above sea level.
What are contour lines?
This region is home to the Great Lakes and has some of the most fertile land in Canada.
What is the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands?
Farming and ranching are the main economic activities in this region, which includes parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Most people live in the Southern regions.
What is the Interior Plains?
This is a region of flat, treeless Arctic land where part of the ground is permanently frozen.
What is a tundra?
These have been found in parts of the world that they are not normally found in, providing evidence for certain landmasses once being connected to each other.
What are fossils?
When contour lines form a series of closed loops that increase in elevation toward the centre, this landform feature is represented.
What is a hill or mountain?
This northern landform region is covered by permafrost and tundra and has some of the coldest temperatures in Canada.
What is the Arctic Lands?
This region is a major hub for the forestry industry, providing valuable timber and wood products. Most bigger communities are in the south.
What is the Cordillera?
This term describes a raised rocky platform with a flat top.
What is a plateau?
These have been found in North America and Northern Europe with similar physical characteristics, providing evidence that these 2 continents were once connected.
What are mountains?
This term describes the highest point on a mountain, often marked by a specific symbol or labeled with the exact elevation on a topographic map.
What is a peak or summit?