General Info Flashcards
What are the 3 geo questions?
- what is where?
- why there?
- why care?
What is spatial significance?
how the location of something is connected to other things
how do you calculate pop density?
ppl/ # sq km
why is canada’s pop so low? 1
young country (short history)
What is leaching?
When water washes nutrients down into lower layers where plants can’t use them
What is a divergent plate boundary?
plates moving away from eachother
what is a convergent plate boundary?
plates moving towards eachother
what is a transform plate boundary
plates slide past eachother
what are the 3 largest cities in Canada in pop
Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal
What are the characteristics of the Canadian shield? 4
- many minerals
- igneous rock
- largest Canadian feature
- soil was scraped away from glaciers
what landform region do most Canadians live in?
Great lakes to St Lawrence lowlands
How do ocean currents affect climate? 3
- water moving away from the equator is warmer
- winds pick up temp from currents and affect land weather/ temp.
- warm currents and cold air = fog/ cold currents and warm air = fog
How do ocean currents affect climate? 3
- water moving away from the equator is warmer
- winds pick up temp from currents and affect land weather/ temp.
- warm currents and cold air = fog/ cold currents and warm air = fog
why are places at higher latitudes colder than places near the equator?
the sun’s rays are stronger by the equator
what are examples of deciduous trees-
- maple
- hickory
- oak
- birch
examples of renewable resources - 3
- fish
- forests
- animals
what are the 3 Rs?
reduce, reuse, recycle
the three kinds of commercial fisheries
groundfish, pelagic fish, shellfish
why do fish flourish on the grand banks?
- water shallow
- warm and cold currents mix to make perfect temp for breeding grounds of fish.– good nutrients
Is a forest as healthy once it has been clearcut?
No.
-destroys environments and habitats of animals
what is TFR?
Total Fertility Rate.
- the average # of children born to a woman in her lifetime
what percent of the world’s water is fresh
3%
4 economic sectors
- primary
- secondary
- tertiary
- quaternary
examples of jobs in basic industry
- coal miner
- iron and steel worker
- wood and papermill
