LANDFORMS TEST OUTLINE
Date of test:
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Topics:
1) landform region map – be able to label it
2) landform characteristics – be able to answer questions about
the topography (appearance) and resources for each
3) geologic time scale – know the order of the eras from oldest
to most recent; be able to match the part of Canada
formed in each era; know the estimated age of the earth
4) Rivers & Drainage basins – know the names of the 4 main
drainage basins from the map; know the name of ONE
large river in each drainage basin;
5) vocabulary words: drainage basin, escarpment, region,
tributary, source, mouth, watershed, igneous
metamorphic, sedimentary
6) Glaciers – note, effects of glaciers in landform regions
Study from:
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Notes on landform regions
Landform regions map
Landform region – fill in the blank sheets
Rivers & drainage basins assignment
Review sheet
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Label the landform map
Table (rivers & drainage basins)
Matching (geologic time)
Multiple Choice – landform characteristics
Vocabulary
Test Format:
LANDFORMS TEST REVIEW
1. Can you label the landform region map without looking at your notes????
Canadian Shield
Interior Plains
Innuitian Mtns.
Western Cordillera
Appalachian Mtns.
Arctic & Hudson Bay Lowlands
Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
2. a) State the name of Canada’s and the letter of the four major drainage basins.
b) Beside each drainage basin state the name of a major river that flows in that
drainage basin.
Drainage Basin
Name of
matching river
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A
C
D
3a) Put the geologic ERAS in the correct order from OLDEST (1) to MOST RECENT (4) by placing
the numbers 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the space to the LEFT of the eras. (2 marks)
3b) Match the ERAS with the correct geologic events by placing the appropriate letter in the space to
the RIGHT of the eras. (2 marks)
ORDER
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Matching Event
CENOZOIC
PRECAMBRIAN
MESOZOIC
PALEOZOIC
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a) formation of Appalachians
b) formation of W. Cordillera
c) formation of Cdn. Shield
d) glaciation of Canada
VOCABULARY - Use the following words in a sentence.
drainage basin
escarpment
region
tributary
metamorphic
source
watershed
mouth
igneous
sedimentary
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LANDFORM CHARACTERISTICS
Write the letter of the correct region beside each of the descriptions that follow. Answers can be used
more than once.
a) Canadian Shield
b) Interior Plains
c) Western Cordillera
d) Appalachian Mountains
e) Hudson Bay – Arctic Lowlands
f) Innuitian Mountains
g) Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Lowlands
LETTER
DESCRIPTION
The landform region in which approximately 50% of Canada's population
lives
The landform region that the Prairie provinces are found in.
This landform region is where we get the majority of our metallic minerals,
like gold, silver, nickel, and copper.
The landform region with the oldest mountains in Canada. They are lower
because they have had a long time to erode.
The Rocky Mountains are part of this landform region.
Part of this landform region is low with mostly swampy forest.
The landform region has tall, sharp mountains covered by ice and glaciers
year round.
In which landform region do we live?
Part of this landform region is made up of many islands of sedimentary
rock with very little vegetation and covered in snow most of the year.
This landform region has steep mountain valleys where glaciers created
fjords.
This landform region has old mountains eroded down to a fraction of their
original height with a drowned coastline and deep harbours which make it
easy for fishing boats to come and go.
This is the largest landform region and has igneous and metamorphic rocks
that are over 3 billion years old.
This landform region is where we drill for oil and natural gas.
This landform region has resources similar to the Appalachians (like coal)
but is too remote to make retrieving them affordable.
This region is often called the “breadbasket” of Canada because wheat is
grown in the thick soils that cover the region.
This region is covered in vast forests and has thousands of lakes and rivers.
The winter Olympics in Vancouver and at Whistler Mountain happened in
this landform region.