| “Physical
Regions of Canada”
Trivia Question
1880's
“Physical Regions of Canada”
Supplementary Exercise
Sources for the
answers are the following Internet site accessed 4/1/03:
1. 113 square kilometers
2. Annual precipitation is 1,219 mm
3. 49 degrees latitude and 123 degrees longitude.
4. 3 degrees Celsius
“To the top of the Mountain”
Comprehension Questions
| 1. |
They
are folded mountains, dome mountains, block mountains, and volcanic
mountains. Folded mountains are formed when pressure causes the
rock layers to fold or wrinkle. Dome mountains are also created
from pressure on the Earth’s crust and they are shaped like a blister.
Block mountains are created by breaks in the Earth’s crust. Volcanic
mountains are created by piles of cooled ashes , lava, and cinders
that came through the surface of the Earth. |
| 2. |
Folded
mountain. |
| 3. |
The
Coast Mountains |
| 4. |
Appalachian Mountains |
| 5. |
The Cordillera has three mountain ranges: the Rocky Mountains, the Interior Plateau, and
Mountains ranges, and the Coast Mountains. |
“To
the top of the Mountain”
Trivia Question
The
Coast Mountains in BC
“To the top of the Mountain”
Reading Between the Lines
Mount Fuji: Japan,
Mount Cook: New Zealand, Adirondack Mountains: New York, Mount Washington:
New Hampshire, Mount St. Helens: Washington, Andes Mountains: South
America, Pyrenees: Border of France and Spain, The Alps: South Central
Europe, Mount Olympus: Greece, Ural Mountains: Russia, Himalayas: Asia,
Mont Blanc: Border of France and Italy.
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