LAST ICE AGE

Question 1

During last Ice Age, Canada was _________

Answer 1

covered almost entirely by ice

Question 2

What happens with ice after/during ice age?

Answer 2

Ice pressed down into the earth, now that it’s melted ground is rebounding

Question 3

Niagara Escarpment

Answer 3

Big kind of hill right of QEW. Was covered by Massive Glacier.

Question 4

Where is the Ontario land rising

Answer 4

Northern/Central Ontario Rising

Question 5

In Northern Ontario, how fast is the land rising

Answer 5

1-3 metres per 100 years at Hudson and James bay coast.

Question 6

When was the last Ice Age

Answer 6

2.5 million years ago

Question 7

Where did the last ice age cover

Answer 7

Antarctica, Canada, Europe

Question 8

Up to how thick was th eice

Answer 8

3 Kilometres Thick

Question 9

What was this age known as?

Answer 9

Pleistocene Epoch

Question 10

Ocean Levels dropped ______

Answer 10

120m

Question 11

It was from __________ to _______

Answer 11

From 2.588 Million years ago to 11700 years ago

Question 12

Time of _______–

Answer 12

Dramatic temperature swings

Question 13

What were the two Ice Sheets

Answer 13

Laurentide –> Ontario, Canada east of the rocky mountains

Cordilleran –> Rocky Mountains

Question 14

What were the era names for the cold and warm temperature swings

Answer 14

OLDEST TO YOUNGEST
COLD: Nebraskan, Kansan, Illinoian, Wisconsin
WARM: Altonian, Yamouth, Sargamon

Question 15

What is an escarpment?

Answer 15

A steep slope/cliff made from faulting and erosion