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Unit 2 - Physical Connections

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Question 1 of 50

The red dots on the map represent:

Select one of the following:

Locations of earthquakes and volcanoes.
International ocean boundaries.
Places where migratory birds rest.
Biodiversity Hot Spots.

Question 2 of 50

Earthquakes that occur under the water are called:

Select one of the following:

tsunami
under water earthquakes
kawasaki
disasters

Question 3 of 50

About how many Earthquakes can be felt every year?

Select one of the following:

30,000
3,000
300,000
300

Question 4 of 50

Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

Select one of the following:

Alfred Wegener
Tuzo Wilson
Sir Samford Flemming
Albert Einstein

Question 5 of 50

Alfred Wegener had four proofs for his Continental Drift Theory. Which of the following is not one of his proofs?

Select one of the following:

That the tectonic plates moved due to convection currents in the Earth.
The jigsaw fit between South America and Africa
Fossils of the same plants and animals on both continents
There are mountains of similar age and structure in North America and Europe.
Ice covered places that are now warm. They must have been somewhere else when it happened.

Question 6 of 50

What year did Alfred Wegener propose his Continental Drift Theory?

Select one of the following:

1915
1815
1715
1851

Question 7 of 50

In the 1960s Canadian J. Tuzo Wilson proposed which theory?

Select one of the following:

Plate Tectonics
Continental Drift
Pangaea Theory
Rock Cycle

Question 8 of 50

Why was Wegener's Continental Drift Theory not accepted?

Select one of the following:

No one knew of any force that was powerful enough to move continents.
There was no evidence for it.
Pangaea did not exist.
No-one knew about it.

Question 9 of 50

Which statement about Plate Tectonics is incorrect?

Select one of the following:

Earth’s outer shell is made up of about 20 plates.
Most plates contain a continent and an ocean.
The plates float on a layer of hot rock hundreds of kilometers below the surface.
The plates each move about a kilometer a year.

Question 10 of 50

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

Select one of the following:

Convection currents.
Oceanic Plate
Continental Plate
The continents float in the ocean.

Question 11 of 50

What causes land to be built up?

Select one of the following:

Plate tectonics
Wind
Erosion
Water

Question 12 of 50

What causes elevated areas on Earth to be worn down?

Select one of the following:

Erosion
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes

Question 13 of 50

What are the two main causes of erosion?

Select one of the following:

wind and water
volcanoes and earthquakes
wind and volcanoes
water and earthquakes

Question 14 of 50

Place the main Geologic Eras in the correct order - from oldest to newest.

Select one of the following:

Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic
Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian
Precambrian, Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic
Cenozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic

Question 15 of 50

Which of the following is NOT a type of rock?

Select one of the following:

Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary
Volcanic

Question 16 of 50

Igneous rock is formed when:

Select one of the following:

magma cools
sediment is compacted and cemented
heat and pressure is applied
weathering and erosion

Question 17 of 50

Metamorphic rock is formed when

Select one of the following:

rock is exposed to heat and pressure
magma cools
weathering and erosion
compaction and cementation

Question 18 of 50

Sedimentary Rock is formed when

Select one of the following:

Magma cools
Rock is exposed to heat and pressure
Sediments experience compaction and cementation
Wind and erosion

Question 19 of 50

What landform is Oakville located in?

Select one of the following:

Innuitian Mountains
Western Cordillera
Appalachians
Great-Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

Question 20 of 50

What landform is Temagami, and most of Ontario and Quebec found in?

Select one of the following:

Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Canadian Shield
Great-Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

Question 21 of 50

What landform is British Columbia found in?

Select one of the following:

Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Appalachians
Western Cordillera

Question 22 of 50

Which landform would be best for Farming?

Select one of the following:

Innuitian Mountains
Western Cordillera
Canadian Shield
Great-Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

Question 23 of 50

Which landform would be best for fishing?

Select one of the following:

Appalachians
Metallic Minerals Canadian Shield
Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands
Interior Plains

Question 24 of 50

Which landform would be best for Mining Metallic Minerals?

Select one of the following:

Innuitian Mountains
Canadian Shield
Interior Plains
Arctic and Hudson Bay Lowlands

Question 25 of 50

During the Last Ice Age, Canada was almost completely covered by glaciers.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Question 26 of 50

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding glacier formation?

Select one of the following:

Form when the snow that falls in the winter does not completely melt in the summer.
Over thousands of years, the snow becomes very thick.
The weight of the snow turns the bottom layers to ice.
The cooling of magma makes glaciers larger.

Question 27 of 50

How do continental glaciers move?

Select one of the following:

As the snow accumulates, the glaciers move slowly across the landscape.
As the snow melts every year, they move forward.
They only move when it is snowing.
Continental glaciers are too large to move.

Question 28 of 50

How do Alpine glaciers move?

Select one of the following:

Move down valleys from high elevations to low elevations under the force of gravity.
They move up mountains due to the large amount of ice and snow.
They do not move because they are too heavy.
They flatten all mountains, then move like continental glaciers.

Question 29 of 50

Which of the following statements about how Alpine glaciers shape the land is incorrect?

Select one of the following:

Sharpen the upper portions of the mountains and give them a rugged appearance.
When they move down valleys, they scrape away the valley walls to produce broad U-shaped valleys
They can change the rivers running in the area.
They flatten all mountains to make the land flat when they melt.

Question 30 of 50

How do Continental Glaciers shape the land?

Select one of the following:

Give the landscape a smoother appearance by eroding higher points on the land and filling in lower areas with the eroded material.
Sharpen the upper portions of the mountains and give them a rugged appearance.
When they move down valleys, they scrape away the valley walls to produce broad U-shaped valleys.
They do not shape the land.