Curriculum Outcome 2.0 – Students are expected to explain human- environmental interactions within ecozones. 2.1 explain the concept of ecozones 2.2 identify and describe human – environmental interactions in selected ecozones 2.3 respond to issues influencing human- environmental interactions in selected ecozones Curriculum Outcome 2.0 – Students are expected to explain human- environmental interactions within ecozones. 2.1 explain the concept of ecozones 2.2 identify and describe human – environmental interactions in selected ecozones 2.3 respond to issues influencing human- environmental interactions in selected ecozones

Marine Ecozones Terrestrial Ecozones Ecozones of Canada As we progress, keep the following questions in mind: What are the main features of each? How is each similar to and different from another? Why might all ecozones be equally important? As we progress, keep the following questions in mind: What are the main features of each? How is each similar to and different from another? Why might all ecozones be equally important?

Canada has 15 terrestrial ecozones. We also have 5 marine ecozones. Ecoprovince is a more specific subdivision of an ecozone. Ecoregion is a subdivision of an ecoprovince. Ecodistrict is the smallest and most detailed subdivision.

C E a c n o a z d o a’ n s e s 15 Terrestrial Arctic Cordillera Northern Arctic Southern Arctic Taiga Plains Taiga Shield Taiga Cordillera Hudson Plains Boreal Plains Boreal Shield Boreal Cordillera Pacific Maritime Montane Cordillera Prairies Atlantic Maritime Mixedwood Plains 5 Marine Pacific Arctic Archipelago Arctic Basin Northwest Atlantic Atlantic

Ecozones are multi-factor regions and can be described in terms of natural features ( e.g. land forms, water forms, climate, soil, vegetation, wildlife) and sometimes include human features (e.g. infrastructure) Ecozones have boundaries and transitional areas.

Ecozones Atlantic Marine - Characterized by deep water with the exception of the Grand Banks and Scotian Shelf - Iceberg Alley - Fishing -Oil & gas exploration and development

Mixed Wood Plains 8&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&sa fe=activewww.youtube.com/watch?v=07hqvsSKc4 8&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&sa fe=active - Golden Horseshoe, Industrial Heartland and Big City Country - Smallest ecozone with largest population - Biggest cities in Canada - Niagara Escarpment & Falls - Cyclonic Storms & Tornadoes - Aggregate Miningquestion #2 page 149 <

Prairies &safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe =activewww.youtube.com/watch?v=45vLE7uT0xE &safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe =active - Known as Big Sky Country or Canada’s Bread Basket - Flattest ecozone - Continental position - Convectional thunderstorms and hail - Endangered species - Terms include badlands, grasslands, hoodoo, windbreaks or shelterbelts, chinook Questions pages (discussion)

Boreal Shield fety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=activewww.youtube.com/watch?v=PORLNuEZJfI&sa fety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active - Known as the Big Wild, Singing Forest, Amazon of the North - Largest Ecozone... Across the country - Intact wilderness - Dense forests - Wildlife - Natural resources Activity page 121

Montane Cordillera ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=activewww.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZuyhdATgC4&saf ety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active - Known as Wild West Country or Big High Country - Most mountainous zone - Mountain ranges - Rain shadows - Most physical diversity - Oragraphic precipitation, alpine tundra, mountain pine beetle Activity #3 page 126

Southern Arctic ch?v=SKeheMtBfD8&safety_mo de=true&persist_safety_mode= 1&safe=activewww.youtube.com/wat ch?v=SKeheMtBfD8&safety_mo de=true&persist_safety_mode= 1&safe=active - Known as the Barren-lands - Harsh climate and terrain - Intense soil frost action - Large mammals roam including caribou, musk ox and moose - Sprawling shrublands, wet sedge meadows, and cold, clear lakes

(a)What is the name of the ecozone you live in? (b) What images come to mind when you think about that ecozone? Activity

Characteristics of Ecozones Geology Climate Landforms Soil Wildlife Natural Vegetation Humans Water

Terms to Know! Biodiversity – the diversity of life on Earth. Ecology – the study of the interactions between living things and non-living things. Habitat – the space where a species or community live. Boundaries – the line that separates one ecozone from another. Transition Zone – boundary where one ecozone blends into another.

Curriculum Outcome 2.0 – Students are expected to explain human- environmental interactions within ecozones. 2.1 explain the concept of ecozones 2.2 identify and describe human – environmental interactions in selected ecozones 2.3 respond to issues influencing human- environmental interactions in selected ecozones Curriculum Outcome 2.0 – Students are expected to explain human- environmental interactions within ecozones. 2.1 explain the concept of ecozones 2.2 identify and describe human – environmental interactions in selected ecozones 2.3 respond to issues influencing human- environmental interactions in selected ecozones

People Affect Ecozones People affect nature and can affect it in different ways. This is why ecozones include humans and their activities. Humans are accelerating the pace of change in ecozones Humans cause serious and sometimes irreversible damage. (smoggy air, polluted water, disappearing forests and animals, collapse of fisheries)

Biodiversity Some ecozones have many more different species of plants and animals living within them than others Some places in ecozones such as wetlands are “hot spots” of biodiversity. Besides being beautiful, fascinating, a source of medicinal substances, and essential for healthy ecosystem function, we are canaries in the environmental coal mine. We are sensitive to pollution and climate change. and our numbers are declining at extinction rates. Until people are dying at the same rate, I worry nothing will alter your behaviors.

How do humans use their finite resources to meet their needs and wants?

How do ecozones influence human activity? How does human activity affect ecozones ? Resource use Settlement Communication Transportation recreation other