Test 1: Physical Geography

Question 1

what’s the smallest landform religion with the biggest population?

Answer 1

Great lakes, st lawrence lowlands

Question 2

human activities to do in the western cordillera

Answer 2

hiking, skiing, mountain biking, mining, forestry, rock/ ice climbing

Question 3

what is it called when plates meet

Answer 3

boundaries

Question 4

how many major tectonic plates are there

Answer 4

7

Question 5

when was pangea existing

Answer 5

200-300 million years ago

Question 6

who discovered pangea

Answer 6

alfred wegner

Question 7

what are the three main functions for glaciers

Answer 7

erode rock and soil
transport sediments
deposits sediments

Question 8

what are the two types of glaciers

Answer 8

alpine- movement due to to gravity and found in mountainous regions
continental- movement due to weight and found at the poles (greenland)

Question 9

plucking

Answer 9

glaciers grabs huge boulders and carry them long distances

Question 10

drumlin

Answer 10

egg shaped hills that usually occur in clusters , used tor farming due to the soil deposits and are mined for gravel

Question 11

till

Answer 11

material picked up and carried by the glacier . could be anything from sand particles to huge boulders

Question 12

glaciers used to cover all of candana

Answer 12

remember tbat

Question 13

interior plains

Answer 13

18% of land surface,
flat region w rolling hills,
plains go north to the arctic ocean, rich soil,
prairie grassland,

Question 14

hudson bay lowlands

Answer 14

soil drains poorly
part is covered in wetland and peatland
costal zones are breeding zones for animals

Question 15

what’s a continental climate

Answer 15

not close to any body of water,

Question 16

maritime climate

Answer 16

near a body of water

Question 17

who has cooler summers, maritime or continental

Answer 17

maritime because the wind from the cool ocean blows

Question 18

largest greenhouse emissions

Answer 18

human activity, fossil fuels

Question 19

global temperature rise

Answer 19

1.5 degrees fahrenheit since the 1800’s

Question 20

layers of the earth

Answer 20

crust
mantel
inner core
outer core

Question 21

what is the crust made of

Answer 21

minerals and sediments
metamorphic rocks

Question 22

biggest to smallest layers of the earth

Answer 22

mantle, outer core, inner core, crust