Issues in Canadian Geography - Mrs. Robin 2024 - Spring

western cordillera is.......

The Canadian Shield is.......

Interior Plains are......

Appalachian highlands are.....

Hudson Bay and Arctic Lowlands are.....

Innuitian Mountains are.....

GL and SLL are.....

The three types of rock are:

Building up processes are physical processes that build up the landscape. Examples are: Converging techtonic plates: when the plates crash into each other, the land goes up and forms mountains.When magma breaks through the crust and hardens to form new land masses (ex. Hawaiian Islands) or volcanic mountains (Mt St Helens, USA)

Wearing down processes are: weathering.....and erosion.....

Biodiversity is....... all the different kinds of life you will find in one areaBio------- living/ lifeDiversity------ many different ________

Genetic Biodiversity is......

Species biodiversity is.......

Ecosystem Biodiversity is........

Average numbers within species have declined by 69%!!!Explore the site and write down some notes about what you learned.....

What I learned from looking at the living planet report Canada......

The 4 components of habitat are:foodwatershelterspace

Forests matter because:they take in CO2 (a major GHG) when they are doing photosynthesis ( carbon sequestration)they shield us from extreme weather.provide drinking water to cities

Greenhouse Gases occur in the ..... summarize in your own words what we learned about the Greenhouse Effect in the Atmosphere

This study found that landfills are emitting more methane (a very powerful GHG) than originally thought. Methane emissions are from....

There is a lot of waste in our systems.....Food Waste.....Single Use and Plastics, packaging.....Electricity.....Water....

Phantom Power is......

10 million to 30 million kilos of plastic per..... they think this river responsble for 1% to 3% of all the plastic in the oceanshoes, toys, bottles, styrofoam

The Story of Stuff is......

The 7 Grandfather teachings could help us with sustainability (using resources now without harming future generations). For example: Humility could help us by seeing ourselves as a part of creation, not as dominating of others. Respect could help by... Responsibility could help by....

What does the video claim are the impacts of shipping?

The dispute is between Indigenous people who want the treaties to be honoured and commercial fish industry who aren't allowed to fish outside the regular season and are afraid allowing Indigenous people to fish outside the season will damage the future generations of fish.

The conflict is between First Nations who want to protect the land and water from the chemicals and the company who got the rights to extract the resources from the government. The police are government agents who are enforcing a court decision to allow the fracking to go ahead.

The conflict is between.....