Canada’s Ecozones
What is an ECOZONE?
Canada is made up of different kinds of ________ that offer special __________ and
_________ to the people who live there.
Canada’s landforms, climate, soil, geological history, water, natural vegetation, together
with the activities of ________ and animals all ________ to form new kinds of regions
called _______________________ or _____________.
An ecozone ________________________________________________________
An ecozone is a region or area based on its ____________________________
The Ecological Characteristics of Ecozones
All these factors are ________ in such a way that a change in just ________ factor will
result in ________ or _____________ in the rest of them.
Canada is currently divided into ________ ecozones, each having an area of at least
___________ km².
They include:
1) Mixedwood Plain
9) Boreal Cordillera
2) Boreal Shield
10) Tundra Cordillera
3) Atlantic Maritime
11) Taiga Plain
4) Hudson Plain
12) Taiga Shield
5) Prairie
13) Southern Arctic
6) Boreal Plain
14) Northern Arctic
7) Montane Cordillera
15) Arctic Cordillera
8) Pacific Maritime
Why Ecozones Are a Useful Idea
The first map of Canada’s ecozones was published in ________.
Before the concept of ecozones was conceived, people had a tendency to keep
________ and ________ information about any one particular area ___________
The ecozone concept allowed people to bring together all the different ____________
and ________ factors in each unique region in Canada and to study the ________
among them.
The ecozone approach was developed by Canadian geographers to help them identify
________ __________associated with different habitats.
By studying these large-scale areas known as ecozones, geographers can find out what
________ human activities have on ________ and ________ populations and what
steps can be taken to help ___________ these unique regions.