Landforms, Geology and Human Activities - Making Connections Issues in Canadian Geography(3rd Edition) 

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Coastal British Colombia

________ has the mildest climate in Canada.

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Atlantic Ocean

The ________ grows 1.5 inches wider every year.

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second possibility

The ________ is that the sedimentary rocks become the "bumper "when two continental plates collide.

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Earth scientists

Some ________ think that glaciation may not be over.

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common feature

A(n) ________ formed by deposition is a till plain.

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Erosion

________ is the process of moving the broken- up pieces of rock.

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Granite

________ formed from magma that cooled very slowly deep inside the Earth, giving time for large crystals to form.

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Limestone

What is formed from the shells of tiny marine animals? Answer with a single words or term.

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Subduction

________ happens pretty smoothly when the oceanic plate moves slowly and continuously under the continental plate, many earthquakes that cause no damage arise.

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Tsunami

What is a set of large ocean waves caused by an earthquake or other powerful disturbance under the sea? Answer with a single words or term.

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Climate change

________ resulting from human activities is a much more immediate threat.

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Transform

________: Which is when along a(n) ________ plate boundary (a.k.a a conservative boundary), plates are made neither larger nor smaller.

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Vancouverites

________ can choose among snowboarding, golf, or sailing- all in the same day.

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C Sedimentary rocks

Who are created after millions of years of compaction and cementation of loose sediments? Answer with a single words or term.

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Deposition

What is the process of the eroded materials building up in a new location? Answer with a single words or term.

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Glaciation

________ is much less powerful force than plate tectonics, it is still fundamentally important to the creation of the Canadian landforms we seen.

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Compaction

________ happens as loose sediments become tightly packed from drying or the weight of more layers of sediments on top.

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plates

The ________ push against each other, and the tension builds up for centuries.

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third possibility

What is that tectonic forces lift layers of sedimentary rocks out of the sea while keeping them more or less horizontal? Answer with a single words or term.

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Glacial effects

________ fall into two broad categories, erosional and depositional.

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process of ice

The ________ advancing and covering large areas of land are called glaciation.

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Meltwater rivers

________ flow into meltwater lakes.

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Western Canada

________ has remnants of the Cordilleran ice sheet, and glaciers still exist in the extreme north on Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands.

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