CGC 1P
Name: ____________________
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY TEST REVIEW
Please make sure you know the following for our test on Thursday, November 7th, 2013
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Geologic Time
Geologic Eras (Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic) – specifically know
the order from oldest to youngest or vice versa.
Ice Age
Pangaea
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Ways Plates Move (3 ways)
Why Plates Move?
Pacific Ring of Fire
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
The Earth’s Interior – Crust (lithosphere), Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
How Land is Made (Folding, Faulting, Volcanoes – Earth Building)
Erosion – causes (Water, Glaciers, Gravity, Wind, Rain, Animals, Humans,
Plants)
Three Types of Rocks – Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
Characteristics of Rock Types
Landform Regions of Canada – characteristics
o Appalachian Mountains
o Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands
o Canadian Shield
o Interior Plains
o Western Cordillera
o Innuition Mountains
o Hudson Bay-Arctic Lowlands