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- 7. This is also known as orographic precipitation
- 8. One of Ontario's largest moraines
- 9. The other scientists called Alfred Wegener a crazy man because he discovered approximately 300 million years ago all of the earth's landmasses converged to become one large continent and he called his theory ______
- 11. ___________ _______ are very extensive ice covered area, that cover vast regions
- 13. Snow piles up in mountain basins
- 15. We are in the ________ era
- 16. When ___________ is put under a severe amount of pressure and heat metamorphic rock is created
- 19. It has an almost plastic consistency
- 20. A forest, ocean or other natural environment viewed in terms of its ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
- 21. Where we are located on the globe has a great effect on our climate
- 23. Water vapour, Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and halocarbons are ___________ ______
- 24. The most significant greenhouse gas and the main contributor to climate change
- 25. This motion occurs when 2 plates move towards each eachother
- 26. The _______ __________ is located in the western edge of Canada
- 27. The southern parts of the interior plains are called ___________ because of the amount of wheat grown there
- 30. Over the last 2 million years ________ have covered nearly 1/3 of the earths surface several times
- 31. The precipitation bars resemble a peace sign and a low temperature range, with cool summer temps and mild winter temps
- 33. _________ __________ is emitted from the earths surface. __________ _________ is trapped by greenhouse gases
- 36. Moraine is made up of ridges or piles of ____
- 37. The prevailing wind system in Canada. __________ got its name because it blows from west to east
- 38. To determine this you add up all of the number where the average temperatures exceeds 5.6 degrees
- 39. When the concentrations of greenhouse gasses become too high, they might contribute to ______ _________ to such an extent that it would make the earth intolerably hot
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- 1. When ice sheets advanced they deepened existing valleys and lakes creating todays _____ _____
- 2. Canada pledged to try and reduce its ___________ by 6%
- 3. A fast flowing river that separates cold arctic air masses from warm tropical air masses
- 4. Accumulation > melting
- 5. The ___________ _________ was formed at the end of the paleozoic era as a result of the collision to form Pangea
- 6. Because of the weather schools all across Ontario have been cancelled for a day/s because of a snow storm. this is how _______ can affect our lives
- 10. By the end of this era fish, insects and amphibians begin to appear
- 12. The precipitation bars resemble a middle finger and a large temperature range with cold winters and warm summers
- 14. The ________ ______ is called the storehouse of metallic minerals because it ________ ______ contains valuable minerals in great quantities
- 16. This motion occurs when 2 plates are sliding under one another
- 17. ___________ _____ put the landmasses in their current location today
- 18. Knife-edge ridges of mountains
- 22. In Kyoto, Japan in 1997, 170 countries gathered to come up with strategies and timelines to reduce the production of greenhouse gasses, and this is the reason the _______ _________ was established.
- 24. It is believed to be hotter than the sun
- 28. there are roughly _____ plates
- 29. He proposed the theory pangea
- 32. A canadian who helped advance Wegener's theory
- 34. This plate is located in between the south American plate and the Australian-Indian plate with the the Antarctic plate underneath
- 35. This greenhouse gas is released when chemical fertilizers and chemical manure are used in agriculture