What region do we live in?

Great Lakes - Saint Lawrence Lowlands

What is oceanic crust?

The thin core that resides underneath large bodies of water

When does folding occur?

When pressure inside of the lithosphere causes buckles

What is the difference between magma and lava?

Once magma is outside of the Earth, it is called lava.

What is continental drift?

The theory that the continents are on plates that move

When one plate slides under another and is recycled

Why do tsunami's form?

Convergent plates slipping upward instead of subducting

What is a convergent zone?

Where two plates move towards each other

What are the 4 major eras? (in order)

Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

The breakdown of rocks due to weather

The breakdown of rocks due to things rubbing against them

Describe a convection current.

The motion that the crust is recycled in the mantle

Describe a transforming plate boundary.

Plates that rub up next to each other

When does faulting occur?

When convergent plate boundaries meet

The physical arrangement of rocks and trees on a land mass

Who is the best Geography teacher?

Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Ferguson

What are the 4 types of maps?

General purpose, Topographic, Thematic, Political

What is the Ring of Fire?

A ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific

The process of huge sheets of ice covering a land mass

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The Study of Canada's Landforms

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This Quiz will help to prepare grade 9 students who are studying #Geography about Canada's landforms.

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1
Where do the Rockies reside?
Innuitians
Canadian Shield
Western Cordillera
Appalachians
2
How many mass extinction events have occurred so far?
3
5
4
6
3
What region do we live in?
Interior Plains
Arctic Bay / Hudson Lowlands
Innuitians
Great Lakes - Saint Lawrence Lowlands
4
What is oceanic crust?
The thin core that resides underneath large bodies of water
The area surrounding the core of the Earth
The outline of a large body of water
A new vegan alternative to pizza
5
When does folding occur?
When transforming boundaries grind against each other
When pressure inside of the lithosphere causes buckles
When convergent plate boundaries meet
When the crust gets too heavy and tips over
6
How many plates are there?
More than 12
10
6
12
7
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Once lava is outside of the Earth, it is called magma.
Once magma is outside of the Earth, it is called lava.
Nothing.
8
What kind of rock is Granite?
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
Pink!
9
What is Canada's largest landform region?
Appalacians
Canadian Shield
Western Cordillera
Great Lakes Lowlands
10
What is continental drift?
An Ice Age movie
The theory that continents are growing
The theory that continents are sinking into the ocean
The theory that the continents are on plates that move
11
Describe subduction
A reduction to your grades
When one plate slides under another and is recycled
When two plates get stacked on top of each other
When two plates crash into each other
12
Why do tsunami's form?
Plates separating
Convergent plates slipping upward instead of subducting
Under Water earthquakes
Volcanic eruptions
13
What layer of Earth is the mantle from the core to the crust?
4
3
2
1
14
The Arctic Lowlands are around what body of water?
Mackenzie River
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Hudson Bay
15
What is a convergent zone?
Where two plates move against each other
Where two plates move towards each other
Where rocks are melted in mantle
A type of criminal
16
What are the 4 major eras? (in order)
Precambrian, Precanadian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
There are more than 4 major eras
Paleozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
17
What era do we currently live in?
Paleozoic
Cenozoic
Mesozoic
Precambrian
18
What kind of boundary causes tsunami's?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Tsunami's have nothing to do with plate boundaries
19
How is a rift valley formed?
By a divergent plate boundary
Manmade, with escavations and bombs
By a transforming plate boundary
By a convergent plate boundary
20
Which was the longest era?
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
21
What is weathering?
The study of Earth's weather and climate changes
The study of the orgins of rocks
Global warming
The breakdown of rocks due to weather
22
What is erosion?
Another word for weathering
The study of rocks
Rocks disinigrating
The breakdown of rocks due to things rubbing against them
23
What type of rock is the bedrock for the landform region we live in?
Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
24
What is it called when two plates move away from each other?
A breakup
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
25
Describe a convection current.
A social media trend
The motion that the crust is recycled in the mantle
The biggest wave in a Tsunami
A type of powerful wind
26
What causes earthquakes?
Divergent plate boundaries
The earth being mad
Convection currents
Transforming plate boundaries
27
Describe a transforming plate boundary.
Plates that rub up next to each other
Metamorphism
Plates pulling away from each other
A plate boundary that changes
28
The Innutian region is found in what territory?
North-West
Yukon
Nunavut
29
Where are sedimentary rocks formed?
Inside volcanoes
Under water
The ring of fire
In Australia
30
When does faulting occur?
When the crust gets too heavy and tips over
When transforming boundaries grind against each other
When convergent plate boundaries meet
When pressure inside of the lithosphere causes buckles
31
'Maritimes region' can also mean...
Appalacians
Different time zones
The area surrounding Hudson Bay
Innuitians
32
What is topography?
The physical arrangement of rocks and trees on a land mass
Bushes and flowers planted by humans
The act of trimming trees so more can grow
33
Where are igneous rocks formed?
Volcanic regions
Only in Canada
On mountains
Under water
34
When did Alfred Wegener propose the idea of continental drift?
1912
1910
1913
1911
35
The Western Cordillera is mainly in what province and territory?
Nunavut, Manitoba
North West, Alberta
Yukon, British Columbia
North West, Saskatewan
36
What is the inner core made of?
Nickle and Iron
Silver and Silicon
Gold and Silver
Iron and Silicon
37
What 'time bomb' lies underneath San Francisco?
Marina rubble
Acidic fog
San Andreas Fault
Lithosphere button
38
Who proposed the idea of continental drift?
Mr. Ferguson
Mrs. Crowley
Alfred Wegener
Carl Ritter
39
How are fiords formed?
Transforming plate boundaries
Naturally on its own, over a long period of time
Glaciation
Divergent plate boundaries
40
Who is the best Geography teacher?
Mr. Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
41
What is a plateau?
Another name for mountain range
An underwater cliff overlooking a trench
A cliff overlooking a body of water
A high area of land
42
What kind of rock is a limestone?
Metamorphic
It's a fruit
Igneous
Sedimentary
43
What are the 4 types of maps?
Political, General purpose, Volcanic, Thematic
General purpose, Volcanic, Subductory, Platonic
Thematic, Topographic, Subductory, Platonic
General purpose, Topographic, Thematic, Political
44
What is the Ring of Fire?
Another name for convection currents
A ring of volcanoes that reaches around the Pacific
A ring of volcanoes and earthquakes around the Pacific
A Lord of the Rings reference
45
How are metamorphic rocks formed?
Melting igneous rocks
Impense pressure and over time
Eroding Igneous rocks
Melting sedimentary rocks
46
What is the lithosphere made of?
Oxygen, Crust
Crust, Upper mantle
Crust, Dirt and gravel
Crust, Mantle
47
True or False: The Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Lowlands flooded at the end of the last ice age.
True
False
48
What is glaciation?
The process of large sheets of ice covering the entire Earth
The aftereffects of Ice Age
Cold winds blowing in from the North and South poles
The process of huge sheets of ice covering a land mass
49
What kind of rock is Basalt?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sodium
50
Describe the landscape of Interior Plains
Rocky mountains
Wide, rolling hills
Deep wide river valleys
Thick forest on flat land

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