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What in the World?!
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Grade 7 Geography Curriculum, Ontario
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What is an ecological footprint?
The amount of carbon used to support your lifestyle
the amount of land space on earth, measured in hectares
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Minerals are washed from and & carried by rivers & lakes into oceans, then evaporate to form
salt
iron
ore
saline
3
Plateaus are mainly found at
low elevation
high elevation
mid elevation
4
Groundwater is
water that puddles on the ground
a body of water
water held below the Earth's surface
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Air masses are large bodies of air that have similar temperature & moisture contents throughout
True
False
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Tectonic plates build mountains
True
False
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A resource that is limited and cannot be replaced once used up
Flow Resource
Renewable Resource
Natural Resource
Non-Renewable Resource
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Climate regions are
areas of earth with similar weather patterns
areas of earth with the same vegetation
areas of earth being impacted by climate change
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Land form regions have patterns tell us clues about how the regions were created
False
True
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This image shows an example of what kind of resource use
Non-renewable
Renewable
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Weathering is another term for
erosion
weather
temperature
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Factors that affect climate include
wind and rain
pollution
air masses, winds, latitude, ocean currents, relief, water
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What kind of map is shown in this image?
Thematic Map
Topographic Map
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Erosion is
the build-up of layers of rock
the wearing away of earth's surface by oxygen and gasses
the wearing away of earth's surface by wind,m rain, glaciers
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Valleys areas of
high land between low land
low lands surrounded by water
Low land between high lands
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Plains are
places where wheat grows
flat and grassy
flat to gently rolling stretches of land
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Tundras and high-mountain vegetation regions are examples of which type of land?
Desert
Plain
Grassland
Plateau
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Something found in nature that people find useful or valuable such as trees, fruit, fish
Non-Renewable Resource
Renewable Resource
Natural Resource
Flow Resource
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Tectonic plates push together at
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
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The image below is an example of which type of forest:
Boreal
Broadleaf Deciduous
Mediterranean
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Tectonic plates slide beside each at
convergent boundaries
transform boundaries
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Empty choice
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The epicentre of an earthquake is
the measurement rating
the point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake
the part of the tectonic plate where the earthquake happened
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Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere contribute to the greenhouse effect by absorbing c02 and
methane and ozone
ozone
methane
oxygen
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The asthenosphere is
a layer of molten rock below the lithosphere
a layer of molten rock deep in the centre of the earth
a layer of molten rock under the crust of the Earth
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The 4 major land form regions around the world are
continents, oceans, rivers, streams
tropical, moderate, arctic, temperate
oceans, mountains, plains, continents
mountains, plains, plateaus, shields
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Ocean currents are a flow of water within an ocean that is influenced by winds, gravity
True
False
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To extract a resource means to
remove it from a factory
remove it from the earth
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Watershed, drainage basin, source, tributary, channel, delta and mouth are all parts of what?
Oceans
Forests
Rivers
Continent
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A shield is
the flat, rocky plain up the side of a mountin
the flat, rocky base underneath plains
the flat, rocky base created when mountains erod
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Ecotourism is a way to enjoy nature with low impacts to the environment. An example is
going to the zoo
Visiting the amazon jungle
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The chart below shows carbon footprints. How many hectares does the average Canadian need?
less than 1
3
2
6
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This is an example of which type of map?
thematic map
topographic map
climate map
34
Precipitation patterns tell us
whether there are drier summers or wetter winters
how global warming is impacting the planet
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The image below is an example of which type of forest?
Boreal
Mediterranean
Sub-tropical
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A resource that can regrow or reproduce as long as it is not overused
Flow Resource
Non-Renewable Resource
Renewable Resource
Natural Resource
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The image below is an example of
boreal forests
deciduous forests
arctic forests
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A resource that must be used up when and where it is found or it is lost
Flow Resource
Non-Renewable Resource
Renewable Resource
Natural Resource
