Grade 9 Exam Review

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Across
  1. 3. On a compass rose, this 270'.
  2. 8. These low, eroded mountains were at one point as high as the Rockies...located in eastern Canada.
  3. 10. Controversial fossil fuel development in Alberta
  4. 11. Metamorphic equivalent of limestone.
  5. 16. This warm water current flows along the eastern coast of North America.
  6. 17. He developed the theory of continental drift.
  7. 21. ------- Yield Management is a critical concept in renewable resource sustainability
  8. 22. This is the most geologically active landform region of Canada complimented by the Rocky Mountains.
  9. 23. The "horizontal growth" of a city.
  10. 25. The Oil Sands in Alberta use this mining method to remove layers of the surface containing bitumen.
  11. 26. This landform region largely contains sedimentary rock and abundant mineral resources (oil, potash etc.)
Down
  1. 1. This alternative energy uses the heat in the deep layers of the earth to generate energy.
  2. 2. This class of immigrant seeks protection/asylum as they fear for their life.
  3. 4. Ancient mountain system once dominated this landform region...now eroded away.
  4. 5. Population under the age of 15 and over the age of 65.
  5. 6. The most seismically active area of the world encircles this ocean.
  6. 7. This cumulus cloud is often associated with Convectional precipitation.
  7. 9. Supercontinent.
  8. 12. Prevailing winds of North America.
  9. 13. Fire rock.
  10. 14. This precipitation pattern is largely affected by cold dry air attempting to mix with warm moist air.
  11. 15. This was ground zero for the protection of old-growth forests in BC in 1993
  12. 18. These "currents" are key to the theory of Plate Tectonics.
  13. 19. 1cm=30km is an example of this type of scale.
  14. 20. Difference between high and low temperatures.
  15. 24. Vancouver is a maritime or continental climate?