Post on 25-Dec-2015
Plate tectonics is caused by:convection currents gravitywindwaves
Which type of soil would likely be found in Vancouver? leached calcified soil with a thick layer of topsoil soil with a thin layer of subsoil
Which of the following is not evidence used to support to theory of continental drift? similar fossils on Africa and S. America Europe and North America seem to fit together Mountains on Europe and North America are similar Evidence of ice sheets appear on the southern tips of the continents and Antarctica.
The acronym we used to remember the factors that affect climate is:LOWER NorthLOWER Near WaterHIGHER EquatorGEOROCKS
The type of precipitation that results when a cold air mass meets a warm air mass is: convectional frontal relief contact
Latitude affects climate because:changes in latitude mean changes in the angle of the sun’s raysbeing closer to the equator means its warmernorthern climates are more affected by the Jet Streamit doesn’t: longitude affects climate
Which soil level contains most of the organic material? subsoil parent material bedrock topsoil
Air moves from:high to low pressurelow to high pressureboth a and bnone of the above
On a climate graph, which of the following shows temperature? red line blue line red bars blue bars
As air rises, it expands because:of higher air pressureof lower gravity of lower air pressureof shorter distance to the sun
When air rises over a mountain: evaporation decreases, condensation increasesevaporation increases, condensation decreasesevaporation increases, condensation increasesevaporation decreases, condensation decreases
Which of the following cities would be least likely to have a maritime climate? Victoria Edmonton Toronto St. John’s
A city has 1200 mm of precipitation a year, its highest temp. is 22oC and its lowest temp is -2oC. maritime continental neither
Which type of vegetation would be found in the Yukon? grassland tundra taiga forests mixed forest
T/F
Earth’s plates are made of ice.
False
T/F
A tsunami is caused by plate tectonics.
True
T/F
The process of plates moving is called convection.
False
T/F
Rain, water and ice can all caused erosion.
True
T/F
The Interior Plains lie east of the Canadian
Shield.False
T/FThe most southerly
landform region is the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Lowlands.
True
T/F
Air masses are categorized by
moisture content and direction of origin.
False
T/F
Lower latitudes receive less direct
sunlight. False
T/F
Condensation occurs after the dewpoint.
True
T/F
Maritime climates have lots of precipitation
because they are close to water.
True
T/F
A region that has leached soils also most likely has mostly trees.
True
State the definition.
Continental climate.
<1000mm of precipitation and >25oC temp. range
State the term.
Two levels of land separated by a sharp
rise in elevation.
escarpment
State the definition.
Convectional precipitation.
Precipitation caused by heating of the ground and air above the
ground.
State the definition.
Windward slope.
side of a mountain that faces the wind and receives the rainfall
State the term.The landform region that contains many important
metallic minerals.
Canadian Shield
State the term.The landform region that contains many important
metallic minerals.
The assumption that the rates at which things occur today have
always occurred at the same rates.
State the definition.
Rain shadow.
on the leeward side of the mountain; dry conditions
State the definition.
Condensation.
when water vapour turns into a liquid
State the definition.
Prevailing winds.
winds that blow in the same direction the majority of the time
State the definition.
Frontal rainfall.
precipitation caused by two air masses (warm + cold) meeting
together
State the term.
Earth time.
geologic time
State the definition.
Climate.
precipitation and temperature averaged over long periods of
time
State the term.
The circular movement of liquid rock under the earth’s surface.
convection current
State the term.
the temperature at which air cannot hold
anymore water
dew point
Draw a diagram:Showing why temperatures
increase as you approach the equator.
Draw a diagram:Showing how convectional
precipitation occurs.
Draw a diagram:Showing how plates
move.
Draw a diagram:Showing why the Chinook occurs in
Alberta.
Draw a diagram:
Showing a leached soil
profile.
Short Answer
What causes wind?
Short Answer
List two pieces of evidence for
continental drift.
Short Answer
What is one difference between the Western
Cordillera and the Appalachians?
Short Answer
How are the Canadian Shield and the Interior
Plains similar?
Short Answer
Explain why the Canadian Shield is not
usually good for farming.
Short Answer
Why does Newfoundland’s coast experience so much
fog?
Short Answer
Why do places with maritime climates
experience so much rain?
Short Answer
Why do prevailing winds not travel either
straight north or straight south?
Short Answer
Why does air get cooler when it is
forced over a mountain?