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Check all 7 landform regions of Canada
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Western Cordillera
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Superior Plains
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St. Lawerence Lowlands
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Hudson Bay-Arctic lowlands
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Western Mountains
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Appalachians
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Canadian Shield
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interior plains
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The innuitian mountains
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Highland plateaus
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Alpine glaciers are found in mountainous regions
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- True
- False
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What are the 3 basic ocean currents?
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Labrador Current from the East Coast
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Alaskan Current from the West Coast
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Nova Scotia Current from the East Coast
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Gulf Stream Current from the Gulf of Mexico
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Antarctic Current from Antarctica
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LOWER-NW, which is an acronym for a factors that affect climate, stands for [blank_start]Latitude[blank_end], [blank_start]Ocean Currents[blank_end], [blank_start]Wind[blank_end], [blank_start]Elevation[blank_end], [blank_start]Relief,[blank_end] and [blank_start]Near Water[blank_end].
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Latitude
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Ocean Currents
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Wind
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Elevation
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Relief,
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Near Water
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As you increase in elevation, you decrease in temperature.
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- True
- False
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Continental glaciers cover large land masses.
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- True
- False
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Continental climates develop under the influence of an ocean or a large body of water.
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- True
- False
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Maritime climates have:
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high temperature range (>25 degrees) and low precipitation
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low temperature range (<25 degrees) and high precipitation
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moderate temperatures and an equal distribution of precipitation
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none of the above
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The three types of precipitation are [blank_start]orographic[blank_end], [blank_start]frontal[blank_end], and [blank_start]convectional[blank_end].
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orographic
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frontal
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convectional
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What is climate?
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Where weather takes place
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rain, hail, snow, or freezing rain
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the day to day characteristics of weather which include wind direction, humidity, temperatures, pressure, etc.
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long term patterns of the day to day characteristics such as wind direction, humidity, temperatures, pressure, etc.
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in a high pressure atmosphere, the sky is dark and cloudy.
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- True
- False
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Where can orographic (relief) precipitation be found in Canada?
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Great Lakes- St. Lawerence Lowlands
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Western Cordillera
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Hudson Bay- Arctic lowlands
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Interior plains
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What is frontal precipitation?
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The meeting of cold and warm air where warm air is forced to rise and thunderstorms occur
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Where really hot air rises into spontaneous vertical drafts
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When moist air from the ocean condenses and drops onto one side of a mountain and creates a rainshadow on the other side
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What is the polar front jet stream?
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An ocean current that moves moisture into an area
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Fast moving air that divides cold and warm air
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A certain area in which airplanes travel to the Arctic
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What are the 4 main components of soil?
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humus (organic materials)
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dead animal
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minerals
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sunshine
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air
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carbon monoxide
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moisture/water
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What is permafrost?
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permanently frozen soil that does not thaw out in the summer
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a layer of thin ice that covers the Great Lakes in the winter
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The top layer of snow
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A type of ice
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A tree line is a boundary between the Tundra and the Boreal Forest. North of this line, it is too cold for trees to grow.
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- True
- False
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A deciduous tree is a tree that stays green all year and does not have leaves that fall off
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- True
- False
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What is natural vegetation?
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Vegetables grown in a garden without the use of GMOs
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Types of plants that would grow in an area without human interference
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Plants grown without the use of humus
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What are the 4 pieces of proof that Alfred Wegener used to prove his theory about Pangea and its continental drift?
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The same traditions were found on continents in similarity
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South America and Africa aligned together perfectly like a "jigsaw fit"
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ice sheets similar in characteristics were found on continents that could have possibly been closer to the south pole at one point
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New Zealand and Mexico fit together perfectly like a "jigsaw fit"
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Similar fossils of species were found on different continents
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There were mountains similar in structure found on different continents.
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All the continents were similar in size and age at the time
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What is the theory about plate tectonics?
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convection within the earth caused plates underneath the earth's mantle to move
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volcanoes erupted and developed land
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earth's moving plates stopped moving
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What are the 2 main types of rock found in the Canadian Shield?
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igneous
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sedimentary
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sediments
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magma
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metamorphic
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After the condensation level begins, the rate of temperature dropping in a rising air mass in an elevated area is:
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1° C/100m
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0.8°C/100m
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0.6°C/1000m
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0.6°C/100m
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Prevailing winds are winds that are commonly found in an area. What is the name of Canada's prevailing winds?
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Easterlies
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Westerlies
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Polar Easterlies
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Polar jet stream
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Igneous rock, Sedimentary rock, and metamorphic rock can all [blank_start]melt[blank_end] into magma.
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melt
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cool
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compress
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erode
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get pressured or heated
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Sedimentary rock, igneous rock, and metamorphic rock can all [blank_start]erode[blank_end] into sediments.
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compress
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melt
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cool
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erode
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get heated/pressured
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What temperature represents the growing season?
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3°C
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5.6°C
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10°C
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8.3°C
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How do I calculate average yearly temperature?
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multiply all temps. together then subtract 12
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add all temps. together then divide by 12
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add all temps. together then subtract 12
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divide 12 by the total annual temperature
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Leaching is a continual downward movement of water through soil which dissolves the chemical nutrients out of the soil. It causes poor soil and happens in wet climates.
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- True
- False
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calcification happens in dry climates and is the upwards movement of water that happens because of evaporation at the soil surface. It leaves behind minerals and good, thick soil.
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- True
- False
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