Exam

Question 1

What is the geographic perspective?

Answer 1

Social, Economic, Environmental, Political

Question 2

What are key questions in geographic perspective?

Answer 2

Why is something there/why does this matter? What can certain patterns tell us about something?

Question 3

What percentage of Canada’s landmass is the Canadian Shield?

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

Describe the Canadian Shield.

Answer 4

Region shaped by large bedrock covered by soil, with a horseshoe shape and thousands of small bites surrounded by bogs and marshes.

Question 5

What notable geological features does the Canadian Shield hold?

Answer 5

Some of the oldest rock on the planet and shorter, rolling hills.

Question 6

What are some economic activities in the Canadian Shield?

Answer 6

Mining, forestry, hydroelectricity.

Question 7

What are some leisure activities in the Canadian Shield?

Answer 7

Hunting, camping.

Question 8

Name major cities located in the Canadian Shield.

Answer 8

Sudbury, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Iqaluit, Thunder Bay, Winnipeg.

Question 9

What are glacial striations?

Answer 9

Scratches or grooves cut into bedrock by glacial movement.

Question 10

What are some other regions associated with the Canadian Shield?

Answer 10

Wapusk National Park, Baffin Islands, Coronation Hills, Lac de Gras, Torngat Mountains, Laurentian Mountains.

Question 11

Appalachian mountains

Answer 11

-east coast of canada
-small region on east coast
-rolling mountains: weathering and erosion has worn away the peaks
-clusters of peninsulas and islands
-tidal intlets and dunes on the coast
-was once a region covered in water

Question 12

major cities in the appalachian mountains

Answer 12

-st johns
-fredricton
-moncton
-charlottetown

Question 13

other regions (appalachian mountains)

Answer 13

-nova scotia highlands
-chaleur bay
-chic-chocs mountains
-gros morne national park
-gaspesie

Question 14

leisure activities in mountain ranges in appalachian mountains

Answer 14

hiking
skiiing
camping
canoeing

Question 15

leisure activities in the coastal ranges in appalachian mountains

Answer 15

whale watching
hiking
camping
sea kayaking
deep sea fishing

Question 16

economic activities at appalachian mountains

Answer 16

mining
tourism
agriculture
fishing

Question 17

what are the seven major plates

Answer 17

african
antarctic
eurasian
indo australian
north american
pacific
south american

Question 18

what is the crust made of

Answer 18

dozens of plates

Question 19

plates move as well as …

Answer 19

open and close ocean basins, form volcanoes, raise mountains, accumulate mineral and petroleum deposits, and influence evolution and climate change

Question 20

why do plates move

Answer 20

because inside the esrth there is a liquid layer called magma, which is very hot. the convection currents that result from heating and cooling moves the plates

Question 21

types of plate movements

Answer 21

-plates are not joined together, only touching
-plates move because molten rock below moves them (due to the movement of convection (heat) currents
-where the plates meet are called boundaries

Question 22

subduction

Answer 22

it takes place at a convergent boundary, one plate drives (subducts) beneath the other, resulting in a variety of earthquakes and volcanoes on the overriding plate (coming a ridge)

Question 23

definition of climate

Answer 23

daily weather condition of a place over a long period of time

Question 24

weathering

Answer 24

is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces (sediment) entire mountains can be weathered into sediment by wind water or chemicals

Question 25

renewable

Answer 25

can be continually harvested from nature

Question 26

non renewable

Answer 26

made by nature through prolonged process

Question 27

types of energy in canada

Answer 27

wind
oil sands
solar
tidal
geothermal
hydro

Question 28

ways we use energy

Answer 28

heating and cooling systems
manufacturing products
lighting
transportation

Question 29

L in lower near water

Answer 29

earths curvature causes suns energy to be less concentrated at the poles than near the equator (closer it is to the equator, the warmer it is)

Question 30

ocean currents

Answer 30

can be warmer or cooler than water around it, air above water is affected by the temperature of the water as it passed over

Question 31

winds and and air masses

Answer 31

air mass -> a large volume of air that has the temperature and humidity of the location where it was formed. if formed over water, air is wet. if formed iver land, air is dry.

patterns: prevailing winds. the westerlies (west of canada) is controlled via jet stream. both of jet stream is colder than south. jet stream moves forward in summer for eh north, and backwards in winter.

Question 32

elevation

Answer 32

height the land is above sea level. as air rises it expands due to the decrease in air pressure. as air expands it cools. since cold air can’t hold as much moisture (water vapour) as warmer air, when the air cools the water vapour condensed into liquid water droplets. once the droplets are big enough they fall as rain or snow, depending on the temperature .