Canada Physical Regions Review

He developed the theory of continental drift

• Tuzo Wilson

• Alfred Wegener

• Watson and Crick

• Tombolo

plate tectonics was the theory most accepted due to

• Wilson being Canadian

• rock can’t float

• Convection currents explained why the plates move

• Subduction zones are common

Which characteristic is most associated with a subduction boundary and not a collision boundary?

• Earthquakes

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Plates are converging

Which region of Canada experience more earthquake activity

• West coast

• East coast

• Arctic

• Ontario

The outer most layer of the earth is the

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

Which of the following is not one of Wegener’s proofs?

• Similar fossils in SA and Africa

• Jigsaw fit of continents

• Similar mountains in England and Eastern NA

• pattern of striations

The age when the Canadian Shield was formed

• Precambrian

• Paleozoic

• Mesozoic

• Cenozoic

The current age with recent Glaciation

• Paleozoic

• mesozoic

• Cenozoic

• Precambrian

Which type of rock is formed from the cooling of magma?

• Igneous

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

Due to high temperature or pressure rocks can be altered to form which type of rock

• Igneous

• Metamorphic

• Sedimentary