Unit 3 Weather & Vegetation

Question 1

What’s climate ?

Answer 1

Climate is a long term pattern that influences where you live & how you live

Question 2

Name the climate regions of Canada

Answer 2

1) Arctic 2) taiga 3) cordillean 4) pacific maritime

5) boreal 6) prairie. 7) southeastern. 8) Atlantic maritime

Question 3

What’s weather ? Give an example

Answer 3

It’s the day to day atmosphic conditions. Examples are temperature,precipitation,snow, etc.

Question 4

6 factors affecting weather & climate are:

Answer 4

1) latitude 2) ocean currents 3) wind & air mass. 4) elevation/altitude 5) relief/shape of land. 6) nearness to water

Question 5

What are the 4 ocean currents of canada?

Answer 5

Alaska current,pacific current,Gulf Stream current, & Labrador current

Question 6

What’s maritime climate?

Answer 6

Climate type that is strongly influenced by oceans & big bodies of water.

Question 7

What’s a continental climate?

Answer 7

Climate type that is not influenced by large bodies of water and therefore have no water bodies near by

Question 8

What are the 4 components of soil?

Answer 8

Minerals,air, bacteria& organic material and moisture

Question 9

What’s natural vegetation ?

Answer 9

Refers to the plants that can grow without human interference.

Question 10

What’s a vegetation region ?

Answer 10

It freezers to an area of land comprised of a certain type of natural vegetation

Question 11

3 types of vegetation?

Answer 11

1) tundra 2) grassland. 3) forest

Question 12

Explain confireous trees.

Answer 12

• known as the needle leaved trees
• can survive harsh climates
• looses some needles but never bare
• examples: pine & spruce

Question 13

Explain deciduous trees

Answer 13

• known as the broad leaved trees
• survives in warm moist parts because they for it in winter and need a monument of 10* or higher& looses leaves in fall
• examples: maple,birch and oak

Question 14

Define soil.

Answer 14

Surface layer of earth,composed of mineral and organic materials,air and water

Question 15

Define Permafrost

Answer 15

Permanently frozen ground that does not completely thaw in the summer

Question 16

What is humus?

Answer 16

Dark,upper layer of soil made up of partially decayed plant material.

Question 17

Define transition zones

Answer 17

Area where the characteristics of one region gradually change into those of another.

Question 18

Define capillary action

Answer 18

Movement of water upward through small spaces as in soil.

Question 19

Define air mass

Answer 19

Large body of air that have the same moisture & temperature conditions throughout

Question 20

What’s calcification?

Answer 20

Is when water reaches the surface & evaporates the minerals left behind which result in topsoil that is rich in minerals.

Question 21

Where does calcification occur ?

Answer 21

In dim climates

Question 22

What’s leaching ?

Answer 22

Continual downward movement of water through the soil which removes nutrients needed. Excessive leaching makes it difficult for plays & roots to get nutrients

Question 23

Where does leaching occur ?

Answer 23

Occurs when there is a great deal of precipitation