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Geography Review:

Make sure you look over the sections on the wiki! Here’s what you’ll need to know.

The 4 Geologic Eras - Know them in order and know one geological and one biological fact about each one!

Canada’s Landforms - 1. The Canadian Shield - what is it? How much land does it cover? What kind of rocks form most of it? What is it well-suited for? Etc - read through the note! 2. The Lowlands - The Interior Plaines, The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands. You will need to know some facts about each of these. 3. The Highlands - The Appalachian Mountains, The Innuitian Mountains, the Western Cordillera - know some facts about these too!

The Rock Cycle - know the 3 types of rock and how the rock cycle works.

Glaciation - how do glaciers form? How do they move? Where do alpine glaciers exist in Canada today? How are continental ice sheets (or continental glaciers) different from alpine glaciers?

Climate - know the difference between climate and weather! Very important.

LOWERN - know each of the terms and be able to describe them. Remember: L - Latitude lines O - Ocean currents W - Wind E - Elevation R - Relief (physical features - barriers to the movement of wind) N - Nearness to Large Bodies of Water

Soil - what does soil consist of? Minerals, Bacteria and Organic Materials, Air and Moisture - know each of these and be able to describe them.

Vegetation Regions - Tundra, Boreal and Taiga Forest, Mixed Forest, Deciduous Forest, Grasslands, Cordilleran Vegetation, West Coast Forest. You need to make sure you know enough about 2 of them to talk about them in detail. Academic - you need to know 4.

Ecozones - Mixedwood Plains, Boreal Shield, Atlantic Maritime, Prairie Ecozone, Boreal Plains, Montane Cordillera, Pacific Maritime, Boreal Cordillera, Taiga Cordillera, Taiga Plains, Taiga Shield, Hudson Plains, Southern Arctic, Northern Arctic, Arctic Cordillera. Same deal - know enough about 2 of these to describe them in detail. Academic - you need to know enough about 5 of them.