Manitoba

Question 1

List the three Eras that sedimentary rock in Manitoba was deposited. (3 Marks):

Answer 1

Paleozoic
• Mesozoic
• Cenozoic

Question 2

The _______ period of rocks are hidden from sight and are not exposed at the surface.. (1
Mark)

Answer 2

Mississippian

Question 3

List the four natural region found in Manitoba. (4 Marks)

Answer 3

Canadian Shield
• Interior Plains
• Hudson Bay Lowland
• Artic Region

Question 4

A vast mass of exposed Precambrian rock known as the Canadian Shield covers about ____ of
Manitoba. (1 Mark)

Answer 4

3/5

Question 5

The Manitoba Escarpment divides Manitoba into what two areas? (2 Marks)

Answer 5

Manitoba Plains

• Saskatchewan Plains

Question 6

Where is Brandon, Manitoba located? Manitoba Plain or Saskatchewan Plain

Answer 6

Saskatchewan Plain

Question 7

Riding Mountain National Park is located on the ______

Answer 7

Manitoba Escarpment.

Question 8

The Hudson Bay Lowland lies in the transition zone between the ______ (boreal forest) and the
Arctic Region in the northeast. (1 Mark)

Answer 8

taiga

Question 9

All of Manitoba drains into the _______

Answer 9

Hudson Bay

Question 10

The oldest and most abundant rocks found in Manitoba are __________ in age.

Answer 10

Precambrian

Question 11

12. List the 2 provinces that Precambrian rocks in Manitoba are divided into. (2 Marks)

Answer 11

• Superior Province

* Churchill Province

Question 12

______ are named for the presence of green metamorphic minerals such as chlorite,
actinolite and epidote. (1 Mark)

Answer 12

Greenstones

Question 13

14. A boundary zone, known as the ________ occurs between the two
    Precambrian Provinces of Manitoba. (1 Mark

Answer 13

Churchill Superior Boundary Zone

Question 14

15. Marine vertebrate fossils of mosasaurs and plesiosaurs (marine amphibians) are found in the
    ________ rocks of Manitoba

Answer 14

Mesozoic

Question 15

16. Minor occurrences of ________ Era rocks (rocks between 65 and 1.6 million years old) occur in
    the Turtle Mountain area of Manitoba. These sediments consist of sandy to silty shales.
    (1 Mark

Answer 15

Cenozoic

Question 16

During the last 1.6 million years, the ________, Manitoba has been subjected to
repeated glacial advances and retreats. Glacial ice advances resulted in erosive scouring of the
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks. (1 Mark)

Answer 16

Pleistocene Epoch,

Question 17

The eroded material picked-up by the ice was later deposited as ____ (a mixture of rock and
mineral fragments scoured from rocks over which the glacial ice moved), _________ (as
water flowed from the melting glacier) and ___________ (in pro-glacial lakes: Lake
Agassiz) as the glacial ice receded. (3 Marks

Answer 17

till
Outwash deposits
fine grain lake deposits

Question 18

What is causing Norther Manitoba to gradually rise to its pre-existing level prior to glaciation, at
a rate of about 60cm per century? (1 Mark)

Answer 18

Glacial rebound.