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Grade 9 Exam Geography Flashcards

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Equator

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0 degrees latitude that divides the earth into Northern and soulthern hemisphere

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Tropic of cancer

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Lines of latitude 23.5 degrees north or soulth of the equator

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Prime meridian

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Line of longitude at 0 degrees that divides the earth into the eastern and western hemisphere

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Longitude

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Measures the distance north snd soulth of the equator

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Latitude

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Measures the distance east or west from the equator

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Western cordilla

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High area with rocky mountains

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Canadian sheild

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Oldest area and has dense boreal forests, glacial lakes, and mineral rich

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Canadian arctic

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Very cold Temps, Tundra, low preciptarion

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Interior plains

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Flat fertile areas covered in ice and snow and stow with super harsh weather

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Hudson Bay lowlands

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Marshy wetlands, low population

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St lawerence lowlands

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High population, fertile soils

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What are the 5 biomes of canada

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Arctic, west coast, mountain, boreal, prairie

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Weather

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The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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Climate

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The long-term pattern of weather In a given area

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Primary industry

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Mining, fising, lumber

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Secondary industry

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Manufactering

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Teritary

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Service based, reatail

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Quatenaery

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Research and education based

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Threshold population

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The minimum number of people needed for a service to work

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What are demographics?

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Study of human population statistics

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Precambrian

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The early age of earth, when earth became a thing

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Paelozic

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Ancient life when the first animals apeared

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Mesozoic

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The age of reptiles as dinosaurs abd crocodiles ruled this era

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Cenozoic

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Recent life (right now)

25
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What is the order of geologic eras?

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Precambrian,Paleolithic,mezozic andcenozoic

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What is a population pyramid

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A bar graph showing gender statistics comparing all genders

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What are tectonic plates

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Massive slabs of rock made-up up of the earths lithosphere that can cause erosion and national disasters on earth

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What is subduction?

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When an oceanic plate runs into a continental plate and slides beneath it.

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What are the 3 types of volcanoes

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Cinder cone volcanoes, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes

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What is a caldera?

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A bowl shipped depression at the top of the volcano after an eruption

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What is permafrost

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Any ground that remains completely frozen for at least two years straight.

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What are the 3 main types of rocks

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Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

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What are igneous rocks

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Rocks formed from magma

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What are sedimentary rocks

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Rocks formed from compaction

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What are metamorphic rocks?

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Rocks transformed from other rocks

36
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Name five factors affecting climate

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Wind, elevation, being near water, latitude and ocean currents

37
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What is the pacific ring of fire?

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Region surrounding the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific plate

38
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What are the five types of settlement patterns?

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Clustered,disperesed,peripheral,scattered,linear

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What is a refugee?

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A person leaving their home country to escape war or persecution

40
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What is an enclave?

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A cultural and social unit/ neighborhood inside a larger city or urban area and has a distinct cultural.

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What are the structural layers of the earth

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Crust, mantle, outer and inner

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What are the 4 main types of settlements

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Rural, compact,dispersed, and urban

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What are the main livibillity factors

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Access to freshwater, food, housing, health care, and education are the main ones

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Names some energy sources

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Fossil fuels, hydroelectric, nuclear,wind, solar and tidal

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Climate change

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Change in long-term weather heat and precipitation

46
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What are greenhouse gases

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Gases in the earths atmosphere that trap heat.

47
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Green house examples

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No2

Co2

Methane

Pfc

Hfc

48
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What are the three main Fossil fuels

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Coal, natural gas and oil

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