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📕🌐Canadian Geo7️⃣🌐📕 Flashcards

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Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapour that trap the heat of the sun in the atmosphere, affecting climate

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Greenhouse gases

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Soft, layered sedimentary rock made up of compressed mud or clay

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Shale

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3
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A revolving engine that changes the energy of a moving stream of water into mechanical energy

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Turbine

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4
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Having energy from the break up of atoms that moves through the air

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Radioactive

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5
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The study of the distribution and interconnections among economic activities, including business, and the straight, trade, and transportation

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Economic geography

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6
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A substance made from coal, is also used for smelting of steel

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Coke

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7
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Mucky areas of sand mixed with oil

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Tar sands

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8
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A map that contains several shades of one colour

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Graded shading maps

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9
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A gradual increase in the average temperatures of the earth due to increasing levels of greenhouse gases in atmosphere

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Global warming

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Long term changes in the climate of a place due to natural processes or as the result of human activities; often used interchangeably with global warming on a global scale, but is more specific in may also include cooling, or changes and precipitation, storm frequency, and when intensity in some places

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Climate change

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11
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The movement of carbon and oxygen through the Earth systems

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Carbon and oxygen cycle

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12
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The process of plants giving off Moister

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Transpiration

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13
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A combination of evaporation and transpiration that the current plan services

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Evapotranspiration

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14
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The absorption of heat energy by greenhouse gases and radiation into the atmosphere

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Greenhouse effect

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15
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Permanently frozen ground found in polar regions

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Permafrost

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16
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The use of equipment such as photovoltaic solar panels or fans to convert solar energy into heat

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Active solar power

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17
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The mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced from the decay of sewage or plants matter, that is used as fuel

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Biogas

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18
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Gases, liquids, or particles into the atmosphere from a source, such as vehicles burning gasoline

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Emission

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19
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Fuel made from different kinds of plants matter used to power motor vehicles

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Ethanol

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20
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The use of heat from deep underground to generate electricity

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Geothermal power

21
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A device which uses hydrogen as fuel source and oxygen as an oxidant to produce electricity for continuous long term operations of a motor vehicle where the only waste product is water or water vapour

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Hydrogen fuel cell

22
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The treaty, designed to limit the production of greenhouse gases that was fear and thereby reduce impact of global warming

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Kyoto protocol

23
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The suns energy is converted into heat when sunlight enters a building through windows and is absorbed through the walls, floors, and furniture

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Passive solar power

24
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A device that converts sunlight directly into electricity

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Photovoltaic cell

25
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The mouths of large rivers where they flow into the sea

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Estuaries

26
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Tidal power is a natural alternative for __________. Where tides are the highest in the world

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Nova Scotia

27
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Using ______ and ______ is a key part of bringing down the greenhouse gas emissions

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Hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies

28
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Over ____% of all north American corn is used for ethanol production

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20%

29
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Carbon dioxide makes up about ____% of the greenhouse gases

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55%

30
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One car produces ____ times its weight and carbon dioxide every year

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3.5

31
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_______ Is used to make gasoline, cosmetics, car, and almost all plastics

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Oil

32
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________ Is the biggest user of nuclear power in Canada

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Ontario

33
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Coal releases ____% more carbon into the atmosphere than oil does and ____% more than natural gas

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29% and 80%

34
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Most of Canada’s coal comes from _______

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Alberta

35
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Natural gases found above the oil in __________

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Non-porous rock

36
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Hydroelectric energy needs ___________ to work

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Water and slope

37
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Hydroelectric energy is a _________, meaning it does not burn any of the three fossil fuels

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Flow resource

38
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Oil is found underground in the holes in _____________, sandwiched between two layers of ______________

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A porous rock

Nonporous layers

39
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Countries like ________ are becoming more ________ and therefore need more energy

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China and industrialized

40
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In Canada today, Coal is mostly used to keep ________ running

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Powerplants

41
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There are oil Fields __________ in Canada

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East and north continental shelfs

42
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The fuel used for nuclear power is __________ and is cheap and abundant

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Uranium

43
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Fuel rods containing __________ are used to heat water. The steam created ___________ to create energy

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Radioactive radium and turns turbines

44
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The value of oil production in NL in 2011 was $____

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10.7 billion

45
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_________ has a lot of volcanic activity and therefore get a lot of their energy from geothermal sources

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Iceland

46
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Ethanol is a form of _________ made from ________

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Alcohol and different plant matter

47
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Canada is now taking a _________ approach, including regulations on ____________ and ____________

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Sector by sector
Vehicle emissions
Coal fired electric plants

48
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Companies use _______ as biofuel

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Wood

49
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Homeowners should use __________ and high efficiency furnaces and windows to reduce heat use un the home

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Insulations

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