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1 Geographic Understandings To play the game, go to the next slide and click on an point value to go to a question. To go to final Wrap-Up click on Final Wrap-Up at the bottom of the main screen.

2 Reading Maps Physical Features Natural Resources Pollution VocabularyClimate

3 Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 Team 5 Wager board

4 What physical feature is #1 on the map?

5 Hudson Bay score board

6 What number is closest to the St. Lawrence River?

7 #2 score board

8 What physical feature is located near #7 on the map?

9 Canadian Shield score board

10 What number is near the Rocky Mountains?

11 #3 scoreboard

12 What physical feature is #5 on the map?

13 Pacific Ocean score board

14 What mountains stretch from British Columbia to New Mexico in the United States?

15 Rocky Mountains score board

16 What is the tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies?

17 Mount Robson score board

18 What area with ancient rock covers a large part of eastern and central Canada?

19 Canadian Shield score board

20 What oceans border Canada?

21 Atlantic and Pacific score board

22 In what Great Lake does the St. Lawrence River begin?

23 Lake Ontario score board

24 What month is the hottest in Vancouver?

25 August score board

26 What month is usually the wettest in Vancouver?

27 November score board

28 In which season does the Pacific coast of Canada get the most rain?

29 Winter score board

30 How does the Pacific Ocean affect Canada’s climate?

31 It cools the climate in the summer and warms it in the winter. score board

32 What two types of Canadian climate regions have the coldest weather, sometimes below freezing in the summer?

33 Arctic and Subarctic score board

34 What percentage of land in Canada is arable?

35 5 percent score board

36 Why type of energy is produced by Canada’s rivers?

37 Hydroelectric score board

38 What is the importance of the St. Lawrence River?

39 It provides a source of water as well as a trade route. score board

40 In Canada, where are most of the valuable minerals found?

41 Canadian Shield score board

42 How much of Canada’s land is covered by forests?

43 About 1/2 score board

44 How are renewable and non-renewable natural resources different?

45 Non-renewable resources cannot be replenished when they are used up. score board

46 How does acid rain affect natural resources?

47 It kills plants, damages trees, and pollutes rivers and lakes. score board

48 Why does Canada need to work with the United States to solve its acid rain problem?

49 Much of Canada’s pollution comes from the United States. score board

50 Compared to the U.S., how much more of Canada’s emissions of SO 2 come from industrial sources?

51 59 percent score board

52 Compared to the United States, which source of SO 2 emissions is about the same?

53 Transportation score board

54 What is the term used to describe rock left over from the smelting process?

55 Slag score board

56 What is the term that describes the cutting down of all the trees in an area?

57 Clear-cutting score board

58 What term is used to describe the result of the mixing of sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxide with water?

59 Acid rain score board

60 What items are called “gifts of nature”?

61 Natural resources score board

62 What term means city-like?

63 Urban score board

64 Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question

65 What four Great Lakes border Canada?

66 Lake Superior Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario score board


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