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43 Cards in this Set
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Rock cycle |
Igneous sedimentary metamorphic |
I s m |
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Pangea |
The theory that the world was once combined into a super continent |
The theory |
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Lower-n |
Latitude, ocean currents,winds and air masses,elevation,relief and nearness to water |
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Permafrost and humus |
Permafrost: permanently frozen ground Humus: metering in soil that is formed when plants ir animals decay |
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T.A.P |
Total annual precipitation (Add all precipitation) |
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M.A.T |
Mean annual temp (add all the temperature and divide by 12 |
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Evidence to support plate tectonics |
Fit of continents, fossils and similarities in rock types and structures |
3 Theories |
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Interpretation |
Which season has the most precipitation |
Which season |
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Diffrence between coniferous and deciduous trees |
Coniferous: pine trees Deciduous:loss leaves annually |
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Glaciation |
When the glaciers melted and formed the great Lakes |
Melting glaciers |
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Types of precipitation - relief |
When air travels over the sea and goes over a high area of land |
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Types of precipitation - frontal |
When warm air is forces over cold air |
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Types of precipitation - convectional |
When air is hot it cools and condenses forming rain |
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Impacts if global warming |
Altering landscapes, higher sea levels, grass lands expanding north |
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Name three renewable reasources |
Trees Fish Solar power |
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Name 3 non renewable reasources |
Coal Oil Uranium |
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Ecological footprint |
How much reasources a person uses in an area |
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Sustainability |
Using reasources so there will be enough for the future generations |
Thinking about the future |
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Sustain yield management |
Extracting reasources without reducing or depleting the reasource |
Extracting |
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Clear cutting |
Cutting down a whole forest or area |
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Selective cutting |
Cutting only a certain part of tree (only mature trees,of a desired size) |
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Intensive farming |
Labour intensive, small farms, ie fruits and vegetables |
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Extensive farming |
Machinery intensive, large farms, ie dairy and wheat |
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Oil sands + |
Makes alot of money and there's a low unemployment rate |
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Oil sands - |
Toxic swamps, high cancer rate , raised temperature |
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Primary industry |
Where the get the materials Ie miners/lumberjacks |
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Secondary industry |
Where the make the products Ie factories |
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Tertiary industry |
Where the sell the product Ie stores |
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Quartanary |
Specialized working Ie doctors and teachers |
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Birth rate |
The number of births per 1000 of a population In a year |
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Death rate |
The number of deaths in a particular area |
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Natural increase |
The birth rate - the death rate of a population |
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Dependancy load |
Youth ages 0-19, elders age 65+ |
The age that needs others to survive |
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Infant mortality rate |
The number of deaths of infants under the age of 1 |
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Population density vs distribution |
Density= the number of people in an area Distribution= how much area each individual gets to live on |
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CMA |
A city with a population of at least 100,000 |
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Heartland/golden horseshoe |
The central or Most important part of an area. lots of farming, jobs, transportation |
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Immigrant |
Someone coming into a diffrent country |
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Emmigrant |
Someone leaving a country to go somewhere else |
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3 smart growth principles |
1.Mix land uses 2.variety if transportation 3.preserve open space |
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Urban sprawl |
New development consuming land at a faster rate then the population growth rate |
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Ecumene |
500 km from the us border |
Where most Canadians live |
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What makes a community livable |
Lost of transportation, mixtures of homes and businesses |
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