Canada's Climate and Landforms

This landform region is the oldest in Canada. It is rocky and there are millions of small lakes there. Copper and nickel is mined there.

• Canadian Shield

• Appalachian Mountains

• Arctic Lowlands

• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

This landform region was carved out by glaciers. There are large lakes and fertile soil. There are also several escarpments (long, steep slopes).

• Innuitian Mountains

• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Canadian Shield

• Hudson Bay Lowlands

This landform region has level to rolling hills. It has grasslands, rivers and fertile soils. It is also known as the Prairies.

• Arctic Lowlands

• Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

• Interior Plains (Lowlands)

• Appalachian Mountains

This landform region has old, rounded mountains that formed during the Paleozoic era. There are mixed forests and a mixture of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Western Cordillera

• Innuitian Mountains

• Canadian Shield

This landform region has high, rugged mountain ranges, great for skiing. Boreal forests are found on the slopes and some higher peaks have glaciers.

• Canadian Shield

• Appalachian Mountains

• Western Cordillera

• Innuitian Mountains

The St. Lawrence Lowlands landscape is characterized by

• escarpments

• oil and natural gas production

• zero population

• poor soil

What forest covers most of Canada?

• Deciduous forest

• Mixed forest

• Boreal forest

• West Coast forest

What are the "imaginary" horizontal lines that circle the earth called?

• Lines of longitude

• the equator

• Lines of latitude

What happens to sunlight as you move further away from the equator?

• you get more

• you get ess

What are constantly moving around the earth, are cold and warm and affect weather conditions?

• Ocean currents

• Trees

• Lines of latitude