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?