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📕Canadian Geo1️⃣📕 Flashcards

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👞represent specific symbols like bridges or buildings👞

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👞Point symbols👞:

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🐹an influence that people or things have with each other 🐹

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🐹Interaction🐹:

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🍘Sedimentary rocks🍘

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🍘sedimentary rocks form when rock sediments are carried away and laid down into layers. The lower layers get compressed and harder into different layers of rocks.🍘

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🗻What is Canada’s highest mountain, what is its height, and where is it found🗻

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🗻Canada’s highest mountain is found in the southern western part of the Yukon-Mount Logan with a height of 5959m.🗻

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🌂Describe how the Rocky Mountains were formed🌂

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🌂These mountains were formed when the pacific plate went under the North American plate by force, creating folds and faults. That and along with the volcanic activity are how the mountains were created🌂

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🌸a computerized system for input, management, mapping, and analysis of data that answers specific questions🌸

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🌸Geographic information system (GIS)🌸 :

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🍗the yearly path (orbit) of the earth as it travels around the sun🍗

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🍗Revolution🍗:

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👖Where do most major earthquakes and volcanoes occur?👖

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👖The pacific ring of fire has many oceanic trenches, volcanic mountain ranges, and a lot of plate movement occurs there👖

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🎭Geomatics is decided into 4 areas🎭:

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🎭Griffin Sure Makes Rand Cheery🎭
🎭GIS🎭
🎭Surveying and Measuring🎭
🎭Remote sensing🎭
🎭Cartography🎭
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⭕️an area that shares certain or similar characteristics (ex, landscape, climate, or human activities⭕️

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⭕️Region⭕️:

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🎌The theory behind the movement of the earth’s crustal plates causing earthquakes, volcanoes, and the formation of mountains🎌

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🎌Plate tectonics🎌

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🎭recording accurate details about the earth’s surface using sophisticated tools such as GPS🎭

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🎭surveying and measuring🎭:

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📍political boundaries that follow physical features (ex, mountains, rivers, etc.)📍

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📍Natural boundaries📍:

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👛2 plates separate, causing one plate to drop👛

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👛faulting👛:

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🚩a political boundary that does not follow physical features (ex, they follow lines of latitude and longitude)🚩

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🚩Artificial boundaries🚩:

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🏯is the study of how the earth works and how people interact with their earthly home.🏯

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🏯Geography🏯

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🍈What is on March 21🍈

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🍈vernal equinox: March 21 we experience 12hrs day and 12hrs night🍈

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🐃Words related to geography inquiry🐃

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🐃Analyze
🐃Synthesize
🐃Evaluate

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🎭effective map making to ensure that the special story is told🎭

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🎭cartography🎭:

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🍒When an extra day is added on February 29th every four years🍒

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🍒Leap year🍒

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👠magma pushes the land up from underneath👠

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👠Volcanic pressure👠:

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🍝the four main directions: north, south, east, west.🍝

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🍝Cardinal points🍝:

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🌑Igneous rocks🌑

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🌑Igneous rocks from when lava is ejected from beneath the earth’s surface. The lava cools very quickly so crystals don’t have enough time to form and solid rock form called igneous rocks🌑

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🏀method used to determine the most effective pathway for transfer of formations, materials or peoples🏀

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🏀Network analysis🏀:

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🐜A gigantic fast moving wave caused by an undersea earthquake🐜

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🐜Tsunami🐜

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🐈is the ability to observe and understand how different things are related within space on the earth’s surface. It helps you understand where you are in relation to other things.🐈

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🐈Spatial skills🐈:

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🍭a line of longitude that joins the north and south poles and measures 0 degrees longitude passing through Greenwich England.🍭

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🍭Prime meridian🍭:

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🌁the natural features ( mountains, plains, rivers) and human features (buildings)🌁

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🌁Landscape🌁:

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🍅What is on September 21🍅

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🍅autumnal equinox: September 21 we experience 12hrs day and 12hrs night🍅

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🎊What is June 21🎊

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🎊summer solstice: June 21 longest day🎊

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🎷method used to find the most efficient use of resources🎷

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🎷Optimization analysis🎷:

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👝A rule used for reading and making maps👝

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👝Map conventions👝

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🎭computerized system for mapping and analysis based on spatial data that answer specific questions🎭

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🎭GIS🎭:

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🎯a branch of geography that involved, tools, techniques, and technologies to answer ‘where’ (spatial) questions.🎯

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🎯Geomatics🎯:

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🚅a large scale map that shows natural and human features in the earth🚅

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🚅Topographic maps🚅

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🐠a complex problem that needs to be solved🐠

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🐠Issue🐠:

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☔️An area of land that drains into a particular river system or body of water☔️

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☔️Watershed☔️

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⏩a symbol that identifies the direction on a map and is usually pointing north⏩

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⏩Directional symbol⏩:

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🐙A small region with a distinct climate than the surroundings🐙

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🐙Bio region🐙

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🎹method used to answer which objects are located within other objects🎹

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🎹Overlay analysis🎹:

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📐the exact location of a place measured by latitude and longitude (ex, cape spear in nl is the easternmost place at 52 37w longitude📐

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📐Absolute location📐:

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🎫a side view of land that shows its height🎫

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🎫Relieve profile🎫:

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🎐What is December 21🎐

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🎐Winter solstice: December 21 shortest day🎐

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👕two plates are squeezed (compressed) together, causing the land in between to rise up.👕

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👕folding👕:

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🐰A visible effect of human activities on earth🐰

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🐰Imprint🐰

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🏯a description of where something exists in relation to other places by water, land, transportation, technology (Pearson academy is 5 mins away from my house)🏯

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🏯Relative location🏯:

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🌹misleading information that presents an unbalanced, one sided point of view leaves out important facts or shows prejudice🌹

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🌹Biased🌹:

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⏰one-sixtieth of a degree of latitude or longitude⏰

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⏰Minutes⏰:

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👊a rule used for reading and making maps👊

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👊Map conventions👊:

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🔌represent linear features like roads and railways🔌

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🔌Line symbols🔌:

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🔋are colored patterns that represent physical features like woods and lakes🔋

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🔋Area symbols🔋:

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↕️imaginary lines that run north and south on a map and measure the distances east or west of the prime meridian↕️

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↕️Longitude↕️:

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🎀the time (June and December 21) at which the overhead is furthest from the equator and appears to stand still before returning towards the equator🎀

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🎀Solstice🎀:

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🌇How much of the worlds earthquake happens in the pacific ring of fire🌇

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🌇90%-81%🌇

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🐛improving our quality of life while using natural resources wisely so that they last and are available for future generations.🐛

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🐛Sustainable development🐛:

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🐽a mass of ice which may be moving, or has moved, overland. ________ have tremendous weight and can gouge out huge chunks of rock, carry it away and drop it when it begins to melt🐽

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🐽Glacier🐽:

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🌼The difference in interval between each contour line🌼

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🌼Contour interval🌼

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😝any spot or area on the surface of the earth.😝

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😝Place😝:

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🍙the daily spinning of the earth on its axis🍙

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🍙Rotation🍙:

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🎓The breakdown of rock into smaller particles by wind, air, water, and chemical reactions.🎓

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🎓Weathering🎓

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🏮Briefly explain the cause of the seasons🏮

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🏮As the earth moves around the sun, it’s axis points in the same direction causing the North Pole to lean toward or away from the sun. The tilt of the axis causes the seasons because certain parts of the earth receive more sunlight and heat while other parts receive less sunlight and heat.🏮

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💐The height of land above sea level💐

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💐Elevation💐

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💀the ability to last into the future without demolishing the property💀

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💀Sustainable💀:

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🌏the 0 line of latitude that circles the earth from west to east🌏

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🌏Equator🌏:

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🏇The movement of rock particles into other places🏇

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🏇Erosion🏇

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🎭collecting information about the characteristic of an area from a distance using tools such as satellite imagery and aerial photography🎭

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🎭remote sensing🎭:

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↔️imaginary lines that run east and west on a map and measure the distance north or south of the equator↔️

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↔️Latitude↔️:

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〽️the shape, the slope, and the altitude of the earth’s surface〽️

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〽️Relief〽️:

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📊reference lines on a map. They’re usually at right angles and used to locate places and things📊

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📊Grid📊:

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🐤a systematic method for conducting research and solving problems (pg34)🐤

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🐤Geographic inquiry🐤:

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👣The laying down of earth’s materials👣

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👣Deposition👣

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🌎the division of the world into four hemispheres ( northern, southern, eastern, western)🌎

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🌎Hemisphere🌎:

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👾a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph oscillations👾

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👾Richter scale👾

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🍧means equal nights and occurs twice a year. Once in the spring and once in the fall.🍧

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🍧Equinox🍧:

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🚒a long narrow arm of the sea which is a result of the “drowning” of a glaciated valley🚒

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🚒Fiord🚒

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🐍A method for solving problems🐍

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🐍Spatial inquiry🐍

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🐋a reference number and letter assigned to a grid on a map🐋

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🐋Coordinates🐋:

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🎵method used to explore the distance between toe objects of interest🎵

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🎵Buffer analysis🎵:

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💙Metamorphic rocks💙

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💙metamorphic rocks form when igneous and sedimentary rocks undergo heat/pressure changing them.💙

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