VOCAB

Question 1

Urban

Answer 1

Of relating to or located in a city

Question 2

Rural

Answer 2

Of relating to or characteristics of the country

Question 3

Suburban

Answer 3

Inhabited residential districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of the city

Question 4

CMA

Answer 4

Census Metropolitan Area. A city that has a minimum population of 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the core.

Question 5

Sustainability

Answer 5

Improving the quality of human life while within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems

Question 6

Liveability

Answer 6

All the characteristics of a community that contribute to improving the quality of life for the people who live there

Question 7

Land Use

Answer 7

The various functions of land in an urban or rural area

Question 8

Ecumene

Answer 8

A region well suited for people to live permanently with high population Canada’s ecumene is located within 600km of the US-Canada border where 95% of the population lives.

Question 9

Sustainable City

Answer 9

A city that works so that all its citizens are able to meet their own needs without endangering the well-being of the natural world or the living conditions of other people, now or in the future

Question 10

Till

Answer 10

Sediment consisting of particles of various sizes deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets

Question 11

Headwater

Answer 11

The source of a stream

Question 12

Aquifer

Answer 12

A permeable rock that contains and transmits groundwater

Question 13

Kettle Lake

Answer 13

Depressions filled with water

Question 14

Kettle

Answer 14

A dried-up kettle lake

Question 15

Quarry

Answer 15

A place typically a large, deep pit from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted

Question 16

Vernal Pool

Answer 16

Small shallow wetlands often dry out during the summer. Provide critical breeding habitat.

Question 17

Urban Sprawl

Answer 17

The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas

Question 18

Revitalization

Answer 18

The action of imbuing something with new life and vitality

Question 19

Urbanization

Answer 19

The growth in the percentage of a country’s population that lives in cities and towns

Question 20

Urban Growth

Answer 20

The increase in the number of people who live in cities and towns.

Question 21

Urban Agriculture

Answer 21

The practice of farming in an urban area, more specifically the cultivation of food crops for human consumption

Question 22

Greenbelt

Answer 22

Land around a city that cannot be built on

Question 23

Compact Growth

Answer 23

A compact pattern of growth that encourages the re-use of under-utilized land

Question 24

GDD

Answer 24

Growing Degree Days. A measure of how warm the growing season is in a given location

Question 25

Natural Core Areas

Answer 25

Areas with high concentrations of key natural heritage features, hydrological sensitive features and landforms

Question 26

Natural Linkage Areas

Answer 26

Areas that act as central corridors connecting core areas and river valleys

Question 27

Country Side Areas

Answer 27

Areas that provide an agricultural and rural transition and buffer between the Natural Core Areas and Urbanized Settlement Areas

Question 28

Settlement Areas

Answer 28

Areas that reflect a range of existing communities planned by municipalities to reflect community needs and value

Question 29

Aggregate

Answer 29

A mixture of sand and gravel