Rock Cycle

Exam Review for the Exam on Thursday June 20th at 9:00am!

Be familiar with the following material covered during the course. Be sure to utilize past tests and assignments as study aids.

Map of Canada- know your provinces, capitals, waterways

Mapping Skills

                -read grid (4 point and 6 point military)

                -direction (bearings and cardinal points)

                -latitude/Longitude (tropics/poles/meridians/dateline,etc)

                -contours

                -symbols

                -scale/distance (3 types)

Population

                -distribution

                -density

                -Population pyramid

                -demographic terms

                -urbanization

                -urban hierarchy

                -urban land uses

Landform Regions of Canada

Geological Eras

                -era each landform was created in

                -types of rocks found in landform region (Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary)

                -what eras did live appear (plant life, reptiles, animals, humans, etc)

Rock Cycle

Climate- types of precipitation

Sustainability

Ecological footprint

Natural Resources

                -renewable/non-renewable

Class Survey!

I hope you've enjoyed your geography class this semester!  I've had a lot of fun learning with you, and hopefully you believe me that Geography can be fun and you can connect EVERYTHING to the study of Geography!!

Please take a moment and complete a survey about your Geography Class!

Urbanization/ Land Uses PowerPoint

Here is our Urbanization/Land Uses PowerPoint from Class today!

Test Tomorrow! Here's what you need to review!

Map projection
Types of maps (general purpose, thematic and topographic)
Latitude/Longitude (meridians, tropics, international dateline, etc)
Time zones in Canada
all components of a map
direction (cardinal points and bearings)
scale (verbal, linear and RF-representative fraction)- know how to calculate real-world distance and do the conversions
4 point grid and 6-point military grid
topographic maps
-symbols
-contour lines-profiles
-GPS how it works

Latitude & Longitude

Click here to learn about latitude & longitude!

Google Maps & Outside!!

Thursday we're planning to go outside for the period--dress appropriately!

Here is the Google Maps link we'll be using on Wednesday for our activity. https://maps.google.ca/

It's best to use Google Chrome to open maps.