highlands, lowlands, and plains.

Faulting, in the Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Lowlands occurs when

two plates move away from one another, causing a valley.

We live in this landform region.

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands

This regions was formed from glacial debris and sediment.

The Hudson Bay/ Arctic Lowlands.

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Landform Regions Practise Test

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1
Volcanoes form because of
friction between two plates
Continental Drift
earthquakes
tsunamis
2
On top of the Earth's crust are
oceans.
land masses and oceans.
continents.
land masses.
3
Canada has
highlands, lowlands, and plains.
mountains, deserts, and lakes.
jungles, prairies and arctic tundra.
forests, permafrost, and tropics.
4
The northward movement of the North American plate formed
The Appalachian Mountains
The Innuitian Mountains
The Western Cordillera
5
The most difficult region for growing crops is
Western Cordillera
Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Lowlands
Canadian Sheild
The Innuitian Mountains
6
Which landform region covers most of the Yukon?
Appalachians
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
7
Evidence that supports continental drift has been provided by
earthquakes
highlands and lowlands
fossils and rock formations
volcanoes
8
Canada has mountains in the
south, east and west
south, west and east
east, west and north
south, east and north
9
Places far from fault lines are more likely to have this type of landform:
mountain
valley
plain
volcano
10
Which region is best for crops?
Hudson Bay Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Innuitian Mountains
Interior Plains
11
Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?
Fossils of plant life that were found on continents.
The fit of the continents.
Earthquake activity.
The same type of rocks found on coastlines of continents.
12
This landform region has two mountain ranges and plateaus.
Canadian Sheild
Innuitian Mountains
Western Cordillera
Appalachian Mountains
13
Faulting, in the Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Lowlands occurs when
two plates crumple together, causing fold mountains.
two plates collide.
voolcanic activity occurs.
two plates move away from one another, causing a valley.
14
The Appalachians are Canada's oldest mountains, since they have
are pointiest
eroded
are furthest east
are tallest
15
The Great Lakes were originally
valleys formed from faulting plates.
gouged by glaciers.
created from sediment.
plates colliding.
16
We live in this landform region.
Hudson Bay Lowlands
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Cordillera
17
The earth's crust
doesn't have oceans on it.
is in sections called plates.
is the thickest layer of the earth.
is just beneath the mantle.
18
Alfred Wegener called the supercontinent
Pangaea
Wgenerland
Eurasia
Oceania
19
Which region is on Canada's east coast?
Arctic Lowlands
Appalchians
Cordillera
Great Lakes St. Lawrence Lowlands
20
The oldest highland region in Canada is
the Western Cordillera
Innuitian Mountains
the Applaachian Mountains
Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Lowlands
21
Plate tectonics continue to move
shields
plains
the continents
tsunamis
22
Where plates meet, there is less of a chance for
shields
volcanoes
earthquakes
mountains
23
Canada has many landform regions because
it has a large population.
it is part of the Earth's crust.
it is in the North.
it is large.
24
This regions was formed from glacial debris and sediment.
The Hudson Bay/ Arctic Lowlands.
Great Lakes/ St. Lawrence Lowlands
The Canadian Shield
25
An underwater earthquake is called a
typhoon
tectonic shift
hurricane
tsunami

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