Farming
Forestry
Fishing
Mining
Key Terms & Ideas
100

This is replacing family farms

Factory farms

100

Large scale logging operations take place in which Canadian province?

British Columbia

100

Microscopic marine organisms that act as a source of food for larger fish.

Plankton

100

This type of mining leaves a giant hole in the Earth.

Open pit mining

100

This type of resource cannot replenish itself. Once it is used, it is gone.

Non-renewable

200

This type of farming employs few people and produces low profits.

Extensive farming

200

This is the most sustainable way to harvest trees.

Selective cutting

200

This fishery is located on the West coast of Canada.

Salmon fishery

200
The majority of our fossil fuels come from which Canadian province?

Alberta

200

Solar energy is an example of this type of resource.

Flow

300

This type of farming employs many people and produces high profits.

Intensive farming

300

In this type of cutting, loggers clear-cut small sections of forests in long lines or checkerboard patterns.  

Strip and Patch

300

This type of fishing uses baited lines.

Small scale

300

These are responsible for the creation of aggregates in Ontario.

Glaciers

300

What are the 3 E's?

Economy, Environment, and Equity

400

The name of the prime agricultural lands surrounding Lake Ontario.

The Golden Horseshoe

400

Tent caterpillars are an example of this.

Invasive species

400

This type of fishing uses trawlers and hunting equipment.

Large scale

400

These cannot be taken to landfills because they are flammable and toxic.

Lithium-ion batteries

400

The act of responsibly using and protecting something entrusted to you. It requires you to think about your actions and the decisions you make.

Stewardship

500

The process by which people move from the cities to areas outside of the city and develop the land.

Urban sprawl

500

He clear-cut the truffala trees in The Lorax.

The Oncler

500

Outline the 3 reasons the cod fishery on Canada's East coast collapsed.

Quotes were too high. Foreign trawlers fished in Canadian waters. Lack of scientific research about cod.
500

Elliot Lake is an example of this.

A boom and bust town

500

Explain two ways fast fashion harms people and/or the environment.

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