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.

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

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

highlands, lowlands, and plains.

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Landform Regions Practise Test

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

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