Grade 10 Geography Test 1 / 2022

_______ is a large volume of air with the climate conditions of the area where it is formed:

This kind of cloud looks like a flat sheet of clouds:

What is the capital of Canada?

The Earth once had one giant land mass, a supercontinent called ______.

This type of rock is usually formed in layers from the compression of sediments over millions of years.

In 1950 ________ discovered mountains, deep canyons and trenches about 2 miles beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean.

Geography is the study of:

How long does it take the Earth to orbit the sun?

What is the name of province or territory #12

Are these lines of latitude or longitude?

______ ______ is famous for his 1912 Theory of Continental Drift.

The leading edge of an air mass is called a ______.

Why is the Canadian Shield not well suited for farming?

What percent of life on Earth disappeared 65 million years ago?

When trying to find a six digit coordinate on a map, do you list the Easting first or the Northing?

Is Winnipeg located near the edge, or the centre of a tectonic plate?

What kind of map focuses on the boundaries between cities, states and capitals? They show no topographical features.

What is the process called when you have matter changing state from liquid to gas?

A ____ _____ surrounds our planet that protects us from most of the damaging effects of cosmic radiation.

What is the name of province or territory #10

Why does air expand as it rises?

What is the name of province or territory #8

What continent did all human life originate on?

The first layer that rises from the surface of the Earth to an altitude of 10 miles is called the _________.

Water flows, and the pattern of drainage, make the Canadian Shield ideal for this type of factory/plant:

Mountains are slowly and continuously worn down by wind and running water. This wearing down is called ________

Elevation is:

What is the name of province or territory #9

What is the name of province or territory #7

This type of rock is formed when sedimentary and igneous rocks are subjected to great heat and pressure.

If you see a towering cloud with a dark base, what kind of weather will it likely produce?

_______ is a material made clay, sand and gravel that is deposited by an ice sheet.

In which direction do most of the prevailing winds over Canada and the United States blow?

How old is the Earth?

A scale on a map given as a ratio of distance on the map to a distance on the ground is called a:

What physiographic landform region of Canada do we live in?

What is the name of province or territory #2

How much of Manitoba was covered by a continental ice sheet 20,000 years ago?

_________ can be defined as the day-to-day characteristics of atmospheric conditions.

Canada, The United States, Russia, Denmark and Norway can each stake a claim to part of the:

How long does it take the Earth to complete one revolution on its axis?

A long term pattern of weather is called _________.

Movement along a crack (a fault) or cracks in the Earth’s crust, is called:

What is the name of province or territory #6

This type of rock is formed from cooling molten rock (magma or lava).

A country controls the resources under its coast waters up to 200 nautical miles from its shoreline. This is called its:

Define the term “Seismologists”.

Around the Earth there are high and low pressure belts that have created a well established pattern of _________ winds.

Is this a Mercator projection or an Equal Area projection?

What kind of information is included in weather forecasts?

If it is 10 pm in Winnipeg, what time is it in Vancouver?

What is the process called when water evaporates from plants?

What is the process called when you have matter changing state from solid to gas?

In the image below, what season is it in Canada?

What is now known as “North America” was not glaciated when Pangea was covered in glaciers. Why?