Canadian Landforms
The middle layer of the earth between the crust and the core, containing magma
The mantle (prize!)
This area of Canada has little to no earthquakes activity
Eastern Canada
Maritime Polar air feels....
Wet and Cold
When the earth was one giant landmass
Pangaea (prize!)
Used to describe the height of a landform
Elevation
The theory of moving tectonic plates
What is the Theory of Continental Drift?
This Canadian Landform Region has the oldest rocks in Canada
Canadian Shield (prize!)
Canada's most predominate wind is called...
Westerly Winds (prize!)
The inner most layer of the earth
Core
Type of mountain that looks pointed, rugged or jagged
Fold Mountains (prize!)
The natural features of the land is called?
Topography
This is the Canadian Landform Region where Newfoundland is located?
The Appalachian Regions (prize!)
Canada does not have this type of climate region
Tropical (Type A) (prize!)
The wearing down of the earth's surface (ex. glaciers)
Erosion (prize!)
Depositing of the weathered particles as sediment by the agents of erosion.
Deposition
When plates collide or separate at the boundaries resulting in land being pushed upwards to create mountains or downward to produce trenches.
Plate Tectonics (prize!)
This Canadian Landform Region has the Rocky Mountains
The Western Cordillera
Newfoundland is located in this climate region
Region D (Cool, Moist Climate) - short cool summers with precipitation all year
Molten rock within the earth
Magma
The side of a mountain that receives weather and precipitation
The windward side (prize!)
The gradual breakdown of solid rock by exposure to the elements of the weather
What is weathering (prize!)
This Canadian Landform Region is known as "Canada's Bread Basket."
The Interior Plains (prize!)
The climate of a small area where the average conditions differ from those of a surrounding region (Ex. top of a mountain is colder then the base of the mountain)
Microclimate (prize!)
Water that falls from clouds (rain, snow, sleet, etc)
Precipitation (prize!)
A type of graph meteorologist use to look at weather patterns (shows precipitation and temperature)
Climograph (prize!)