1. CH. 3 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH AMERICA AND WESTERN CANADA

2. POLITICAL CANADA

3. POLITICAL U.S.A.

4. PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP CANADA

5. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS WESTERN CORDILLERAN Vancouver Rocky Mountains

6. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS INTERIOR PLAINS Grasslands/Ranching/Farming

7. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS CANADIAN SHIELD Boreal Forest - Cone bearing trees

8. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ST. LAWRENCE LOWLANDS

9. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS APPALACHIANS

10. PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS ARCTIC REGION Tundra - permafrost, moss, lichen, and small shrubs

11. PHYSIOGRAPHIC MAP NORTH AMERICA NOTE - The physiographic regions do not just end at the borders

12. CLIMATE GRAPHS Vancouver, B.C. (Maritime Climate)

13. CLIMATE GRAPHS WINNIPEG (Continental Climate)

14. CLIMATE GRAPHS VANCOUVER VS. WINNIPEG Maritime vs. Continental

15. CANADIAN PRECIPITATION

16. WHAT INFLUENCES CLIMATE? (L.O.W.E.R.) L ATITUDE O CEANS W INDS E LEVATION/ALTITUDE R ELIEF Mountain Barrier CURRENTS & DISTANCE FROM OCEAN

17. THREE TYPES OF PRECIPITATION +=

18. PRECIPITATION Landforms/Orographic

19. PRECIPITATION Frontal

20. PRECIPITATION Convection

21. THE EARTH 4.5 Billion Years Old

22. THE EARTH Two billion years ago, all the continents were joined. Plate tectonics have moved the continents to where they Are today

23. LAND FORMS FOLD MOUNTAINS

24. LAND FORMS VOLCANIC MOUNTAINS

25. LAND FORMS FAULTING

26. EROSION The Water Cycle

27. EROSION WATER

28. EROSION GLACIERS

29. EROSION WIND

30. THE WORLD’S MAIN BIOMES What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (plants and animals) sharing an environment. The largest ecosystems are called biomes. What is a biome? A biome is a very large ecosystem. You can find a map showing six of the world's main biomes here. The Map below shows six of the world's main biomes.What is a biome?here

31. THE WORLD’S MAIN BIOMES POLAR TEMPERATE ARID TROPICAL MEDITERRANEAN MOUNTAINS

32. NATURAL REGIONS OF CANADA

33. GROWTH OF CANADA 1873 CANADA 1905 CANADA

34. CANADA’S POPULATION 2007 - 33.4 MILLION