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Test Review - Unit 3 (Climate, Vegetation and Soil)
Test Review - Unit 3 (Climate, Vegetation and Soil)
Climate
What is weather?
What is climate?
What is a climate graph?
Why does Canada’s climate vary?
What affects Climate? (6 factors)
Types of Climate: Continental, Maritime
What are the three types of precipitation? (Relief precipitation, Convectional
precipitation, Cyclonic precipitation). **Draw a picture and provide a definition for
each.**
What is a cold front?
What is a warm front?
Note: please practice doing a climate graph and answering the questions on how to interpret
the graph (review your note on how to interpret climate graphs).
Soil
What are the four main parts of soil?
What is leaching?
What is calcification?
What is humus?
Can you name some effects of glaciation on Canada’s soil?
Vegetation
Define vegetation and natural vegetation
Coniferous and Deciduous trees (chart) – Try to re-write the information on this chart
without looking at it.
What are the three types of vegetation in Canada?
What are the 7 Natural Vegetation Regions of Canada? (review the map in lesson #3)