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Geography
8th -
9thgrade
Unit 2 Physical Processes & Natural Systems Test Review
30 questions
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The theory that states "pieces of Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle" is called:
The theory of continental drift
The theory of Pangaea
The theory of plate tectonics
The theory of plate boundaries
- 2. Multiple Choice
What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Ocean currents
Volcanoes
The Coriolis effect
Convection in the mantle
- 3. Multiple Choice
What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent boundary
Transform boundary
Hot spot
Divergent boundary
- 4. Multiple Choice
The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a
Hot spot
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary
- 5. Multiple Choice
Transform plate boundaries create
volcanoes
earthquakes
mountains
oceanic trenches
- 6. Multiple Choice
In what geological era did the Canadian Shield form?
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is this glacial landform?
Esker
Medial moraine
Drumlin
Arete
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which one is a truncated spur?
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the most Canadian video you have ever seen?
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes
Hoser in a canoe
Legacy of the Canucks
Gitch or Gotch?
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which landform region is in yellow?
Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Appalachian Highlands
- 11. Multiple Choice
Every other landform region relied on me
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Innuitian Mountains
Canadian Shield
- 12. Multiple Choice
I am the middle sibling of Canada’s other mountain landform regions
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Innuitian Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
- 13. Multiple Choice
The most populated region in Canada
Western Cordillera
Interior Plains
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
Canadian Shield
- 14. Multiple Choice
Many tourists go to this landform region for some of the best skiing and snowboarding
Western Cordillera
Canadian Shield
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
Appalachian Mountains
- 15. Multiple Choice
This landform region is a major grain-growing area known as Canada's Breadbasket
Canadian Shield
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
Interior Plains
Hudson Bay Lowlands
- 16. Multiple Choice
What city does this climate graph represent?
Vancouver
Toronto
Halifax
Edmonton
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the temperature range?
- 18. Multiple Choice
London, England is further north than Kenora, but is warmer due to
the Coriolis Effect
the warm Gulf Stream ocean current
its high latitude
its lower elevation
- 19. Multiple Choice
It gets colder at higher latitudes because
there are more mountains
solar energy is more concentrated
of a great many lakes
solar energy is spread over a larger surface area
- 20. Multiple Choice
An air mass that originates in the Arctic would be
cold and dry
cold and wet
warm and dry
warm and wet
- 21. Multiple Choice
If the jet stream moves north of Toronto, the weather would most likely
become colder
become warmer
stay the same
- 22. Multiple Choice
A high pressure system is associated with
warm air
cold air
- 23. Multiple Choice
Temperatures in places near this are moderated - they do not get as cool or warm as others
the jet stream
mountains
large bodies of water
small rivers
- 24. Multiple Choice
Vancouver gets lots of rain because of
relief percipitation
the coriolis effect
the jet stream
its distance from the equator
- 25. Multiple Choice
What is soil NOT composed of
Air
Water
Living Organisms
Bedrock
Mineral Matter
- 26. Multiple Choice
What does NOT cause soil erosion?
Overcultivation
Planting trees
Overgrazing
Removal of vegetation
- 27. Multiple Choice
The top meter of permafrost that thaws in the summer is
humus
tundra
semifrost
the active layer
- 28. Multiple Choice
This vegetation region is found along the western slopes of the coastal mountains and is dominated by trees
Boreal and Taiga Forest
Deciduous Forest
Mixed Forest
West Coast Forest
- 29. Multiple Choice
As you move north in Canada, deciduous trees begin to dominate the forests
True
False
Only north of the tree line
- 30. Multiple Choice
Toronto is located in which vegetation region?
Boreal and Taiga Forest
Deciduous Forest
Mixed Forest
Grassland Vegetation
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