Canadian Geography

Canadian Geography

1. Interactions in the Physical Environment

   • Layers of The Earth, (Crust, Mantel, Outer Core, Inner Core)
     • Convection Currents
       • Plate Tectonics
         • Earthquakes
           • Richter Scale (1-10)
           • Chain Reaction
             • Tsunamis
               • Floods
             • Landslides/Sinkholes
             • Avalanches
             • Volcanic Eruption
               • Forest Fires
         • Divergence
         • Convergence
         • Sliding
         • Pangaea
         • Laurasia, Gondwanaland, (Continental Drift)
         • Ring of Fire
           • Volcanic Eruptions
   • Erosion
     • Weathering
     • Transportation
     • Deposition
     • Water, Wind, Animals, Plant Roots, and Humus
   • Glaciers
     • Alpine
     • Continental
     • Advancing, Stationary, or Retreating
     • Moraine
       • Stritations
       • Till Plain
   • Landform Regions
     • Canadian Shield, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands, Interior Plains, Acrtic and Hudson Bay Lowlands, Appalachians, Western Cordillera, Innuitian Mountains
   • Soil Regions
     • Tundra Soils, Wet-Climate Soils, Dry-Climate Soils, Complex Soils of Mountain areas
   • Vegetation Regions
     • Tundra, West Coast Forest, Cordilleran Vegetation, Boreal and Taiga Forest, Grassland, Mixed Forest, Deciduous Forest
   • Ecozones
     • Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Southern Arctic, Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield, Boreal Shield, Atlantic Maritime, Mixedwood Plains, Boreal Plains, Prairies,Taiga Cordillera, Boreal Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Montane Cordillera
   • Rock Cycle
     • Igneous Rock
       • Magma/Lava
       • Extrusive, and Intrusive
     • Sedimentary Rock
       • Weathering, (Erosion)
       • Compacting/Cementing
     • Metamorphic Rock
       • Heat, Pressure, and Morphing
   • GPS
   • GIS
   • Agriculture
     • Leveling Land
       • Sinkholes, Landslides, Deforestation
     • Fertilizers, Pesticides, Herbicides

2. Climate Connections

   • Climate
     • Conditions over a long period of time
   • Weather
     • Conditions over a short period of time
   • Climate Graph
     • Temperature Range
     • Annual Percipitation
     • Average Temperature
     • Temperature Range
     • Growing Season
     • Maritime, and Continental
     • Seasonal Distribution of Percipitation
   • Natural Disasters
     • Blizzards/Ice Storms
       • Rain
       • Freezing Rain
       • Ice Pellets/Sleet
       • Snow
     • Hurricanes
       • Saffir Simpson Scale (1-5)
       • Eye (Low pressure centre)
       • Eye Wall (Surounds the eye; most violent winds)
     • Tornadoes
       • Forms in Mature Stage of a Thunderstorm
       • 30-30 rule
       • Fujita Scale (F0-F5)
   • Global Warming/Climate Change
   • Factors Affecting Climate
     • LOWER (Latitude, Oceans, Wind, Elevation, Relief)
     • Near Water, Cloud Cover, Slope of Land, Colour/Texture of Surface
   • Climate Regions
     • Arctic, Taiga, Cordilleran, Pacific Maritime, Boreal, Prairie, Southeastern, Atlantic Maritime

3. Managing Canada's Resources and Industries

   • Secondary Industry
     • Just In Time
     • Manufacturing, Factory, Construction
   • Tertiary Industry
     • Retail Sector
       • Ribbon Development
       • Strip Malls
       • Big-Box Store
     • Government
     • Travel/Tourism
     • Services
       • Federal
         • Mail Delivery, Passports, National Defense
       • Provincial
         • Health Care, Education, Highways
       • Municipal
         • Garbage Collection, water, snow removal
   • Quaternary
     • Information Tech
     • Scientific Research
     • Financial Planning
   • Sustainability
     • Renewable
     • Non-Renewable
   • Infrastructure
     • Transportation
       • Ships, Trains, Trucks, Planes
     • Electricity
     • Networks
   • Primary Industries
     • Fishing
       • Decline in Fish
         • Space Age Tracking Tech
         • Uncontrolled Foreign Fishing
         • Destructive Fishing Practices
           • By-Catch
           • Bottom Trawl
           • Longlining
           • Purse Seine
         • Overfishing
         • Global warming
       • Aquaculture
         • Fish Farms
         • Marine Reserves
     • Farming
       • Land Capability
       • Agribusiness
         • Fertilizers, Herbicides, Pesticides
         • Intensive, Extensive
       • Sustainable Agriculture
       • Land Class (1-7)
     • Mining
       • Raw Materials
         • Ore
           • Smelting
         • Fossil fuels
         • Minerals
           • Metallic and Industrial
       • Strip Mining, Open Pit Mining, Underground Mining
       • geologist
     • Forestry
       • Clear-cutting
         • Damage soil, leave land barren
       • Selective Cutting
         • More costly but keeps forests abundant
       • Shelterwood logging
         • Small groups of seed-bearing trees can regenerate area
       • Conservation Efforts
         • Agreement Forest Program, Grants, Woodlands Improvement Act

4. Changing Populations, and Livable Communities

   • Demography
     • Population Growth rate
       • Natural Increase Rate
         • Birth rate
         • Death Rate
       • Net Migration Rate
         • Immigration Rate
           • immigrate
             • immigrant
               • Refugee
               • The Points System
             • Pull Factor
         • Emigration Rate
           • emmigrate
             • Push factor
     • Longevity
     • Baby boom
     • Doubling Time
     • Population Pyramid
     • Population Density
     • Population Distribution
     • Migration
       • Forced Migration
       • Economic Migration
       • Seasonal Migration
       • Voluntary Migration
       • Temporary Migration
   • Rural, Urban

5. Geographic Perspective

6. Interrelationships

7. Patterns and Trends

8. Spatial Significance