Unit 2 Test #1 Review
Geological History and Landforms (Academic)
Geological History
1) How old is the Earth?
2) Who came up with the theory of continental drift?
3) What four ideas did he offer as evidence and explain them?
4) What is the theory of continental drift?
5) What are the 4 eras and what are the major geological and biological
events that happened within each?
6) What are the 4 layers of the earth? How thick and what are they made of?
7) The rock cycle, know it and understand it.
Tectonics
8) Explain how mountains can build (3 ways)
9) What are the tectonic forces and the erosional forces?
10) What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
11) What are the 4 tectonic (building up) forces? Understand them.
Canada’s Landforms
12) “Formation of Canada’s Physiographic Regions” H/O from O/H note.
know it very, very, very well!
13) Know Canada’s 7 landform regions. Know their rock types and
common human activities including economic benefits.
14) Know the map of Canada’s landform regions. Have a very good idea of
where each landform region begins and ends.