Unit 1 Exam Review

Question 1

Which province is located on the Atlantic Coast of Canada?

Answer 1

British Columbia

Question 2

What is the capital city of Canada?

Answer 2

Ottawa

Question 3

Step 1 of spacial significance?

Answer 3

Identify where on earth this place or event is occuring

Question 4

Step 2 of spacial significance?

Answer 4

Identify what is occuring naturally at this location

Question 5

Step 3 of spacial significance?

Answer 5

Identify important human activities occuring at this location

Question 6

Step 4 of spacial significance?

Answer 6

Explain why it is important to know what is going on at this location

Question 7

What is the order of the time zone names going from east to west?

Answer 7

Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern, Atlantic, Newfoundland.

Question 8

How to calculate cm to km?

Answer 8

Multiply the number of cm by 0.00001

Question 9

How to calculate km to cm?

Answer 9

Multiply number of km by 10000

Question 10

What direction do lines of longitude run in?

Answer 10

North- south

Question 11

What direction do lines of latitude run in?

Answer 11

East- west

Question 12

Longitude line name?

Answer 12

Prime meridian

Question 13

Latitude line name?

Answer 13

Equator

Question 14

What is a pattern?

Answer 14

A pattern describes when a variable changes in a repeating or predictable way

Question 15

What is a trend?

Answer 15

A trend is a general change in one variable compared to another over a period of time

Question 16

Types of patterns (6)

Answer 16

Dispersed, concentrated, clustered, linear, outlier, absent

Question 17

Types of trends (5)

Answer 17

Increasing, decreasing, unchanging/static, flucuating, unpredictable

Question 18

What are contour lines?

Answer 18

A line drawn on a topographic map to indicate ground elevation or a depression

Question 19

Alpha-numeric definition?

Answer 19

A grid system that uses a series of letters and numbers to define and name square sections of a map

Question 20

How to use angle bearings?

Answer 20

Start at north and count the number of degrees in a clockwise direction until you get the bearing you want