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Question 1

lagoon

Answer 1

shallow body of water separated from the ocean by reefs or low strips of land

Question 2

peninsula

Answer 2

piece of land almost completely surrounded by water

Question 3

channel

Answer 3

narrow passage of water connecting to larger bodies of water

Question 4

marsh

Answer 4

low, water soaked, poor drainage, talk grasses and reeds

Question 5

bay

Answer 5

small area of a sea or lake, partly enclosed by a sea of lake

Question 6

plateau

Answer 6

elevated, mostly level area of land

Question 7

isthmus

Answer 7

a narrow strip of land that connects larger areas of land and separates two larger bodies of water

Question 8

headwater

Answer 8

the area where a river originates

Question 9

Cape

Answer 9

marge piece of land extending into a body of water

Question 10

strait

Answer 10

a narrow passage of water connecting 2 seas or 2 large areas water

Question 11

glacier

Answer 11

slowly moving mass or river of ice

Question 12

oasis

Answer 12

desert area with water very fertile

Question 13

tributary

Answer 13

a river or streak flowing into a larger river

Question 14

gulf

Answer 14

a very wide large bay or arm of the ocean or sea extending into the land

Question 15

delta

Answer 15

sediment deposit at the mouth of a river

Question 16

what is the earths crust made of?

Answer 16

solid rock

Question 17

what is Pangea

Answer 17

when the earths plates were all together

Question 18

what causes an earthquake?

Answer 18

when the earths plates shift

Question 19

what are all of the regions

Answer 19

1) western cordillera
2) Appalachian
3) Great Lakes/st. Lawrence lowlands
4) interior plains
5) Canadian shield
6) intermountain region
7) Arctic
8) costal plains

Question 20

Appalachian vegetation

Answer 20

forest

mixed coniferous trees

Question 21

Great Lakes climate

Answer 21

humid continental

Question 22

interior plains vegetation

Answer 22

prairie grasses

Question 23

Canadian Shield economic activity

Answer 23

mining

pulp and paper

Question 24

what are glaciers

Answer 24

large masses of snow that come in great quantities

Question 25

what is a moraine ?

Answer 25

the maximum advance of a glacier is marked by a termina moraine

Question 26

2 types of glaciers

Answer 26

mountain

valley

Question 27

4 diff types of precipitation

Answer 27

snow
freezing
Avalanche
drifting snow

Question 28

what are glacier kettles

Answer 28

2 major erosional process over at the base of a glacier

Question 29

archipelago

Answer 29

group or chain of islands

Question 30

boreal or Tagia

Answer 30

coniferous, forests in cold, high latitude areas

Question 31

western cordillera

Answer 31

moist and mild climate

Question 32

intermountain region

Answer 32

vegetation -pine forest

Question 33

Arctic

Answer 33

climate -little rain

Question 34

coastal plains

Answer 34

vegetation

very sandy