Landform Regions And Rock Cycle

Question 1

Alfred wegener?

Answer 1

Person who thought of continental drift (Pangea)

Question 2

Alfred wegener proof?

Answer 2

Puzzle piece
Fossil evidence
Geological evidence
Glacial evidence

Question 3

Tectonic plates?

Answer 3

The outer layer of the earths crust. It is where earthquakes happen when they collide. Or the formation of volcanoes/ mountains when there is folding or faulting

Question 4

Geological eras

Answer 4

Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

Question 5

Precambrian era

Answer 5

Geological events = erosion filled with sea continuously, ice sheets covered covered North America

Biological events = primitive life forms, no fossils

Question 6

Paleozoic

Answer 6

Geological events = shallow seas covered North America, Appalachian mountains formed

Biological events = fossils present, age of big fish

Question 7

Mesozoic

Answer 7

Geological events = formation of Rocky’s began, innuition mountains formed

Biological events = first flowering plants, Jurassic - dinosaurs

Question 8

Cenozoic

Answer 8

Geological events = glaciers, niagra falls formed

Biological events = human beings, modern forms of life formed

Question 9

Faults

Answer 9

A fault is a crack in the earths surface/ tectonics plates

Question 10

Western Cordillera mountain regions

Answer 10

Western cordillera mountain regions are : coastal mountains, interior plateaus, and Rocky Mountains/The Rockies

Question 11

Western cordillera

Answer 11

Formed by folding and faulting with North American and pacific plates. Highlands. Igneous and sedimentary rock. Farming, mining, tourism, fishing, logging. A lot of valley and rugged mountains.

Question 12

Interior plains

Answer 12

Shallow seas, sediments from Canadian Shield. Lowland. Sedimentary rock. Wheat agriculture, beef products, oil, oats. Gently rolling hills.

Question 13

Canadian Shield

Answer 13

Eroded for billions of years so the land is flat. Volcanic activity. Igneous and metamorphic rock. Metallic minerals, lakes and forests, oil, tourism, forestry. Flat land with lots of forests and lakes.

Question 14

Innuition mountains

Answer 14

Volcanic activity, folding, faulting. Igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rock. Potential mining but expensive due to it being under glaciers. A lot of mountains.

Question 15

Hudson Bay-arctic lowlands

Answer 15

Sediments from Canadian Shield compressed in ocean. Sedimentary rock. Bitumen, great whale hydro project (james bay). Flat land

Question 16

Great Lakes- St.Lawrence lowlands

Answer 16

Sediments eroded from shield and compressed by ocean. Sedimentary rock. Fishing, hydro, transportation, tourism, farming. Flat lands, and small hills.

Question 17

Appalachian highland

Answer 17

Folding, faulting, erosion due to glaciers. Oldest mountains. Sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic rock. Fishing, ship building, coal mining, tourism,farming. Rolling mountains, and hills
Annapolis valley has the biggest farming area

Question 18

Convection currents, earthquakes, volcanoes

Answer 18

Look up

Question 19

Types of rocks

Answer 19

Magma -cooling - igneous- erosion, deposition, lithification- sedimentary- heat and chemical activity- metamorphic- heat and melting- magma

Question 20

Mountain formation

Answer 20

Volcanism = volcanic eruption and lava dries.
Faulting = tectonic plates overlap
Folding = tectonic plates pushed together to make folds

Question 21

Most common igneous rock?

Answer 21

Igneous

Question 22

Most common sedimentary rock

Answer 22

Limestone

Question 23

Most common metamorphic rock

Answer 23

Marble

Question 24

Magma vs lava

Answer 24

Magma is underground and has not yet touched oxygen and lava has

Question 25

Fjord

Answer 25

A long and narrow cove from the sea between slopes of mountains. Formed when water flows into a valley near the coast.

Question 26

Glaciers

Answer 26

a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

Question 27

How do we know age of mountains

Answer 27

Higher and a peak = young (rocky)

Round and hill like = old (Appalachian)