Geography Test

Question 1

British Columbia

Answer 1

Victoria

Question 2

Alberta

Answer 2

Edmonton

Question 3

Saskatchewan

Answer 3

Regina

Question 4

Manitoba

Answer 4

Winnipeg

Question 5

Ontario

Answer 5

Toronto

Question 6

Quebec

Answer 6

Quebec City

Question 7

New Brunswick

Answer 7

Fredericton

Question 8

Prince Edward Island

Answer 8

Charlottetown

Question 9

Nova Scotia

Answer 9

Halifax

Question 10

Newfoundland

Answer 10

St. Johns

Question 11

Yukon

Answer 11

Whitehorse

Question 12

Northwest Territories

Answer 12

Yellowknife

Question 13

Nunavut

Answer 13

Iqaluit

Question 14

What province is Whitehorse in

Answer 14

Yukon

Question 15

The three major oceans that surround Canada

Answer 15

The pacific in the west, the Atlantic in the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north.

Question 16

What is the most eastern province

Answer 16

Newfoundland

Question 17

Most western Province

Answer 17

British Columbia

Question 18

How many provinces and territories does Canada have

Answer 18

10 provinces and 3 territories

Question 19

What does GIS mean

Answer 19

Geographical Information System

Question 20

What does GPS mean

Answer 20

Global Positioning System

Question 21

Who created the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift

Answer 21

Alfred Wegener

Question 22

What is the name of the supercontinent

Answer 22

Pangea

Question 23

Different type of plate boundaries

Answer 23

Convergent, Divergent, Transform

Question 24

Convergent plate

Answer 24

Tectonic plates moving towards each other. It’s typical for one plate to descend under another, which is known as subduction.

Question 25

Divergent

Answer 25

Tectonic plates move away from each other

Question 26

Transform

Answer 26

Two plates scrape against each other while moving in opposite directions,

Question 27

What are patterns

Answer 27

This concept involves recognizing characteristics that are similar and that repeat themselves in a natural or human environment (patterns)

Question 28

What are trends

Answer 28

characteristics or traits that exhibit a consistent tendency in a particular setting over a period of time (trends).

Question 29

What type of plate boundary is found between the Nazca plate and South American plate?

Answer 29

Convergent boundaries

Question 30

4 Major components of Earths structure

Answer 30

Inner core, outer core, mantle and the crust

Question 31

- 8 to 64 km thick - Cold and fragile - Granite and basalt

Answer 31

The Crust

Question 32

-1800 km thick - hot and molten - Magnesium and Silicon

Answer 32

Mantle

Question 33

2000 km thick 3000 - 4000 degrees C liquid nickel and iron

Answer 33

Outer Core

Question 34

1400 km thick 5000 - 6000 degrees C Solid Nickel and iron

Answer 34

Inner Core

Question 35

Capital of Nova Scotia

Answer 35

Halifax