Geography Test Flashcards
British Columbia
Victoria
Alberta
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Regina
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Ontario
Toronto
Quebec
Quebec City
New Brunswick
Fredericton
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Newfoundland
St. Johns
Yukon
Whitehorse
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Nunavut
Iqaluit
What province is Whitehorse in
Yukon
The three major oceans that surround Canada
The pacific in the west, the Atlantic in the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north.
What is the most eastern province
Newfoundland
Most western Province
British Columbia
How many provinces and territories does Canada have
10 provinces and 3 territories
What does GIS mean
Geographical Information System
What does GPS mean
Global Positioning System
Who created the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift
Alfred Wegener
What is the name of the supercontinent
Pangea
Different type of plate boundaries
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
Convergent plate
Tectonic plates moving towards each other. It’s typical for one plate to descend under another, which is known as subduction.
Divergent
Tectonic plates move away from each other
Transform
Two plates scrape against each other while moving in opposite directions,
What are patterns
This concept involves recognizing characteristics that are similar and that repeat themselves in a natural or human environment (patterns)
What are trends
characteristics or traits that exhibit a consistent tendency in a particular setting over a period of time (trends).
What type of plate boundary is found between the Nazca plate and South American plate?
Convergent boundaries
4 Major components of Earths structure
Inner core, outer core, mantle and the crust
- 8 to 64km thick
- Cold and fragile
- Granite and basalt
The Crust
-1800 km thick
- hot and molten
- Magnesium and Silicon
Mantle
2000 km thick
3000 - 4000 degrees C
liquid nickel and iron
Outer Core
1400 km thick
5000 - 6000 degrees C
Solid Nickel and iron
Inner Core
Capital of Nova Scotia
Halifax
