Our first geography test will be on Wednesday April 5 for BOTH classes!
- 7 continents and 5 oceans (names, location)
- 10 provinces and 3 territories (names, location)
- Province capitals (names, location)
- Great lakes - names, location, basic information
- Layers of the Earth - names, composition, basic information
Hemispheres
- Climate zones
- Layers of the Atmosphere
- Absolute location - finding latitude and longitude
- Important lines of Longitude and latitude - Prime Meridian and Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle
- Global Warming - What is it? Causes? Main greenhouse gases and what produces them? Impacts on our planet? Ways to reduce Global Warming? Difference between Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect?
- Compass Rose / directions (all 16 - i.e. N/NE/NNE)
- Main types of maps (thematic, political, topographical, physical)
- Non-renewable energy (fossil fuels) - What does non-renewable mean? What are fossil fuels? How are they made?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaXBVYr9Ij0
- Main forms of non-renewable energy: fossil fuels - oil, coal and natural gas (student energy youtube channel: oil 101, coal 101, natural gas 101)
- Renewable energy - What is renewable energy?
- Main forms of renewable energy: solar, biomass, geothermal, biofuels, wind, tidal, hydro, etc. (student energy youtube channel : solar 101 - thermal and photovoltaic, biomass 101, biofuel 101, geothermal 101, wind 101, tidal 101, hydro 101)
