Natural Systems Review
Across
- 1. The "supercontinent" which broke-up 300 million years ago.
- 5. Common sedimentary rock...made of grains of sand
- 6. Ideal soil with a balance of silt, clay, sand and humus.
- 9. Oldest landform region in Canada
- 10. A mixed forest region is an example of what?
- 14. Main reason why Tundra is the predominant vegetation type Canada's north.
- 15. Layer between the crust and outer core.
- 16. Highest - lowest temperature
- 17. Opposite to the windward side of a mountain in an Orographic precipitation pattern
- 18. This sedimentary rock is largely made up of the skeletal remains of shelled organisms etc.
- 21. "Nearness" to water has what effect on climate?
- 22. The six factors which affect climate
- 23. Oil-rich landform region.
- 25. Process by which sediment becomes cemented into sedimentary rock
Down
- 2. Most common igneous intrusive rock.
- 3. Orographic/Relief precipitation is affected by this single factor.
- 4. High-temp range, low total precip. and summer max precipitation maximum....
- 6. Of all the factors which affect climate, which appears to have the single greatest impact?
- 7. In the summer this is the most common precipitation pattern in Burlington.
- 8. The upward movement of water in a calcified soil profile.
- 11. Most of Canada's population lives in this soil region.
- 12. These "currents" explain why plates move.
- 13. Came up with the theory of Continental Drift
- 19. The prairies are largely composed of this type of soil profile.
- 20. Geologist who came up with the theory of Plate Tectonics
- 24. A typical consequence of a very wet soil profile