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Toronto is located in this landform:
Appalachian
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
2
"Though I try, I find digging hard and staying warm is quite a feat" in most parts of...
Interior Plains
Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands
St. Lawrence Lowlands
Humus
3
What is an Air Mass?
Weight of air.
The side of a mountain range that faces the prevailing wind.
body of air with the same moisture/temperature conditions
Horizontal movement of air over Earth's surface, by pressure
4
When you think of Sudbury, you think of this Landform region
Canadian Sheild
That city Mr. Shannon talks about a lot for some reason...
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
Western Cordillera
5
Because of thick layers of rich and fertile soils, this region is know as Canada's Breadbasket"
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
Canadian Sheild
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
6
Identify the glacial features on the landscape #2
esker
drumlin
horn
truncated spur
7
The leading edge of an air mass is called
Snout
line
Front
high pressure
8
Identify the glacial features on the landscape #6
ground moraine
medial moraine
esker
outwash plain
9
Identify the glacial features on the landscape #3
outwash plain
cirque
kettle lake
ground moraine
10
The Rocky Mountains make up only one part of me
Canadian Mountains
St. Marys
Western Cordillera
Great lakes and St. Lawerence Lowlands
11
The area between two vegetation regions is called the:
Cut Off Point
Transition Zone
The Tree Line
No Man's Land
12
The “tree line” separates these two vegetation zones:
The grasslands and the Deciduous Forest
The Tundra and the Boreal Forest
The Boreal Forest and the Mixed Forest
The “tree line” separates these two vegetation zones:
13
I am a very active landform region preferring to shake, rattle and role
Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands
Appalachian Mountains
Canadian Sheild
Western Cordillera
14
What major industry is found in the Interior Plains?
fur trading
farming
tourism
fishing
15
Which of the following statements is true?
Weather is far easier to predict than climate
Climate can predict long term patterns over time
Weather focuses more on precipitation and temperature only
Climate is best explained using latitude
16
Sediments from the Canadian Shield and the Rocky Mountains were deposited in this landform
Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands
Interior Plains
Appalachian Mountains
Western Cordillera
17
I am the middle sibling of Canada's other mountain landform regions
Western Cordillera
Innuitian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Your pile of notes in your locker
18
Earthquakes and volcanoes frequently occur
at the edges of plates
along ocean shorelines
in the middle of land masses
in the centre of tectonic plates
19
Identify the glacial features on the landscape #4
drumlin
esker
esker
end moraine
20
This climate graph is most likely to represent what city?
Vancouver
Halifax
Toronto
Yellowknife
21
The greatest place in ontario is...
Shelburne
Pickering
St. Marys
Mississauga
22
The Appalachian Mountains
formed when the N.A. plate collided with the Pacific plate.
are now rounded mountains and hills with wide valleys.
have the same history and appearance the western Cordillera
are higher today than they were millions of years ago.
23
Identify the glacial features on the landscape #1
end moraine
esker
kettle lake
drumlin
24
Continental glaciers shape the landscape by which of the following process pairs?
Plate tectonics and uplift
Wind and precipitation
Gravity and landslides
Weathering and erosion
25
i am very sturdy but not too young, I once stood tall but time has worn me down
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Lowlands
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands
26
The ground layer of the Tundra that thaws in the warmer months is called the
Active Layer
Soil Horizon
Thaw Layer
Permafrost Zone
27
Why is there so little farming in the Canadian Shield?
too many black flies and mosquitoes
climate is too cold for most crops to grow
lack of soil
too far from populated areas
28
Tundra soils drain poorly and are waterlogged because
of air that is missing from the soil’s profile
of the slow breakdown of organic materials into humus
the cool growing season limits plant growth
the permafrost does not allow water to drain downward
29
What are the prevailing winds called in Canada?
southerlies
westerlies
northerlies
easterlies
30
The largest landform region in Canada is
The Hudson Bay Lowlands
The Canadian Shield
The Great Lakes / St. Lawrence Lowlands
The Western Cordillera
31
he part of "Canada" created in the Precambrian era was the
Western Cordillera
Canadian Shield
Interior Plains
Arctic Lowlands
32
The Great Lakes are the result of
glaciation
differential erosion
folding
volcanic activity
33
The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle which drives plate movements is called
fault lines
High pressure front
compound currents
convection currents
34
Glaciers eroded the costal valleys in this landform region to create fjords
Western Cordillera
Appalachian mountains
Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands
Canadian Shield
35
Toronto's climate is moderated due to
Nearness to water
Latitude
Elevation
Ocean currents
