Geo test

• 7 Landforms

  • Condian shield
  • Interior Plains
  • Western Cordillera
  • Great lakes St Lawrence Lowlands
  • Appalachian Highlands
  • Innuation
  • Mountains
• Climate Regions

  • Arctic
  • Taiga
  • Cordillera
  • Pacific Maritime
  • Boreal
  • Prairie
  • Southeastern
  • Atlantic Maritime
• Vegetation Types

  • Deciduous Forest
  • Cordilleran vegetation
  • West coast Forest
  • Grassland Vegetation
  • Boreal and Taiga Forest
• Factors affecting climate

  • Latitude
  • Ocean currents
  • Wind And Air masses
  • Elevation
  • Relief
  • Nearness to a body of water
• Soil Regions

  • Tundra Soils
  • Wet-climate Soils
  • Dry climate Soils
  • Complex Soils of Mountain Areas
• Types of Rock

  • Sedimentary
  • Igneous
  • Metamorphic
• Types of Precipitation

  • Cyclonic
  • Convectional
  • Relief
• Gale?


  A strong wind. A gale warning is issued for expected winds of 65 to 100km/h
• Heat Wave?


  This is a period with more than three consecutive days of maximum temperatures at or above 32 degrees Celsius.
• Humidex?


  This is a measure of what hot heather "feels like". Air of a given temperature and moisture content is equated in the comfort to air with a higher temperature of 30 degrees Celsius some people begin to experience discomfort
• Relative Humidity?


  This is the ratio of the actual amount of water vapour in the ar to the amount present if the air were saturated at the same temperature.
• Killing frost?


  This is a frost severe enough to end the growing season, usually when the air temperature falls below -2 degrees
• Chinook?


  This is a strong, dry warm wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the rockery mountains in north America. The warmth and dryness are due principally to heating by compression as the air descends the mountain.
• Gust?


  This is a sudden, brief increase in wind speed, for generally less that twenty seconds.
• Bedrock?


  This is the solid rock base beneath the soil.
• Ecosystem?


  This is a self-regulating system, created by the interaction between living organisms and their environment.
• Tectonic?


  This describes the process related to the structure of Earth's crust.
• Coniferous?


  This describes the needle-leaved, cone-bearing trees adapted to cooler, drier environments.
• Thunderstorm?


  This is a local storm, usually produced by a cumulonimbus cloud, and always accompanied by thunder and lightning.
• Drought?


  This is an extended period of dry weather that lasts longer than expected or normal and leads to measurable losses (crop damage, water supply shortage).
• Blizzard?


  Temperatures, strong winds above 40 km/h, and poor visibilities less than 1km, due to blowing snow and lasting three hours or more.
• Airmass?


  This is an extensive body of air with a fairly uniform distribution of moisture and temperature throughout.