Unit 3- short answer

Question 1

Why is the UN important?

Answer 1

The UN is important because it provides a variety of services for developing countries (providing basic needs like fresh water). They also are involved in many peace keeping missions which usually bring other countries into helping with peace keeping.

Question 2

What is the Canadian Shield?

Answer 2

It is a large vast area that covers more then half of Canada and is very rocky.

Question 3

What are the 7 landform regions in Canada?

Answer 3

Canadian Shield, interior planes, Great Lakes/st lawerence lowlands, Hudson Bay/arctic lowlands, Appalachians, western cordillera and the innuation mountains

Question 4

What are the interior plains?

Answer 4

They stretch from the Arctic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico and they are pretty flat so there is lots of farming there.

Question 5

What are the Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence lowlands?

Answer 5

They are 2 regions deprecated by a thin slice of Canadian Shield and glacial ion created this rolling landscape

Question 6

What is igneous rock? Where in Canada can you find it?

Answer 6

Igneous Rock is rock formed by the cooling of molten materials from the interior of earth. They can be found in the western cordillera

Question 7

What are the 7 factors that effect the location of a business? (Will be continued)

Answer 7

• proximity to raw materials
• location of market
• transportation
  Availability if water and power
  Labour supply
  Political factors
  Circumstance

Question 8

What are the Hudson Bay/Arctic lowlands?

Answer 8

They are very flat and low and covered by a swampy forest. The arctic lowlands are also a series of islands

Question 9

What is metamorphic rock? Where in Canada can it be found?

Answer 9

Metamorphic rock is a type of rock that results from changes produced by heat and/or pressure in other rock types ex limestone to marble. This type of rock can be found across Canada because it is widely spread

Question 10

What is sedimentary rock? Where in Canada can you find it?

Answer 10

Sedimentary rock is a type of rock formed by compression of deposits for water wind and ice. It can be found in the northern provinces (Nunavut)

Question 11

What is the lithosphere? What layer is it?

Answer 11

It is the outer crust of the earth

Question 12

What is the asthenosphere? What layer is it?

Answer 12

Where convection currents are formed. It is the second layer

Question 13

What is the lower mantle? What layer is it?

Answer 13

It is about 80% of earths total volume and is the third layer.

Question 14

What is the outer core? What layer is it?

Answer 14

It is the last layer before the core and it movers with rotation of the earth to form magnetic fields.

Question 15

What is the inner core? What layer is it?

Answer 15

The inner core is the very center layer of the earth. It is the reactive mix of materials that generates heat that allows life to exist on earth

Question 16

What are the Appalachians?

Answer 16

They are the oldest highland region in North America and have Manu major cities and harbors

Question 17

What is the western cordillera?

Answer 17

They are very mountainous and the cities are on very flat coastal locations

Question 18

What are the innuation mountains?

Answer 18

Thy are the “icy watchtowers” of Canada. But development is too expensive and there are cheaper alternatives so there is little up there.

Question 19

What re the difficulties for farmers today?

Answer 19

• hard to start bc. Gov’t pays big farms lots of money to keep growing crops but pays small farms not enough money to stay growing
• companies want more of the product in a shorter period of time
• farmers don’t get to chose where their crops go after they are harvested
• if the season is too wet or too dry the crops won’t grow.

Question 20

What factors make up an Ecozone?

Answer 20

• landforms
• climate
• vegetation
• type of soil
• human activities
• major urban areas

Question 21

Why has there been a loss in farming?

Answer 21

Bc. Big farms can grow crops on large plots quickly with the help of machinery so there are less farms needed to get the same amount of crops.

Question 22

What are the 4 ways of moving goods?

Answer 22

• road and car/bus
• rail and train
• water and ferry
• air and plane

Question 23

Why are cars and buses good for moving people?

Answer 23

Because they are very mobile and flexible and can let people go where ever they want and can make quick route changes but are expensive to buy and insure

Question 24

Why are trains good for moving people?

Answer 24

They can move people within a city or outside one but customer service isn’t very good and they usually carry cargo because it is more profitable. Bit if they got high speed trains, they could compete with planes for customers, but would be expensive

Question 25

Why are airplanes good for moving people?

Answer 25

They can travel long distances quickly and can go places where there are no roads

Question 26

Why are ferries good for moving people?

Answer 26

They can take people across rivers and lakes or to islands but can be cancelled easily because of bad weather or mechanical problems.

Question 27

Why are trucks good for moving cargo?

Answer 27

They can be used to finish a route and are cheap and good for light less bulky cargo but can damage roads and are bad for traffic

Question 28

Why are trains good for moving cargo?

Answer 28

Good for moving large amounts quickly and can use the piggy back system and are fairly cheap but they are not flexible and can only take certain routes

Question 29

Why are planes good for moving cargo

Answer 29

They are good for moving light, high value, perishable and items that are needed quickly so they are the fastest and can get to remote places but are more expensive and not a mobile

Question 30

Why are ships good for moving cargo?

Answer 30

Good for bulky low worth items and can take things to all 3 coasts but they are slow and unreliable.

Question 31

How does proximity of raw materials affect the location of a business?

Answer 31

Factories with perishable foods or companies that take bulky raw materials and make finished goods want to be close to their raw materials to process them quickly and so they can be grown near the factory.

Question 32

How does the location of market affect the location of a business?

Answer 32

They locate near the majority of customers because they can keep delivery costs and time low, and lets them use just-in-time delivery

Question 33

How does transportation affect the location of a business?

Answer 33

They need a fast and efficient transportation system to ship finished products and raw material, international companies need international modes of transportation and some companies may need major highways or rail roads

Question 34

How does availability of fresh water and power affect the location of a business?

Answer 34

These are the basic needs of a factory bc. They use water for Collin and cleaning and they need cheap power

Question 35

How does labour supply affect the location of a business?

Answer 35

Companies need to consider cost and Availability of labour. Canadian companies need higher skilled workers so they locate near colleges, universities and apprenticeship programs.

Question 36

How does political factors affect the location of a business?

Answer 36

The gov’t could make direct decisions that could improve the business climate or make indirect ones that weren’t meant to, but do anyway.

Question 37

How does circumstance affect the location of a business?

Answer 37

Circumstance is all the other factors that could effect business. Like if entrepreneurs honk of ideas or trade laws limit trade.

Question 38

Why is culture and multi-culturalism important to Canada?

Answer 38

Because we have many immigrants and we like to have amid of cultures and encourage people to preserve their culture when they come to Canada.

Question 39

Why does Canada use so much energy?

Answer 39

• we live in a very cold climate
• we have a small population over a large area
• our industrialized economy needs a lot of energy to run
• energy is cheap so we tend to waste it
• it takes a lot of energy to make energy

Question 40

What is hydroelectricity and what are some pros and cons?

Answer 40

Hydroelectricity uses water to make energy. It is cheap, produces no air pollution and uses renewable resource but is expensive to build and the dams it needs can cause environmental problems.

Question 41

What is thermoelectricity and what are some pros and cons?

Answer 41

It is using heat and steam to make energy. It is cheap and costs less for customer and can be built near customers but needs non renewable resources, makes air pollution and contributes to global warming and can also lea to environmental problems

Question 42

What is nuclear energy and what are some pros and cons?

Answer 42

It is using uranium rods and a pump to make energy. It can be built near its customers, Canada has a lot of uranium and it doesn’t produce air pollution but it is expensive to build, the fuel is very dangerous to human health as well as its waste products and the plants age quickly and cost too much to replace