Geography Unit 2 Test Review Natural Resources and

Geography Unit 2 Test Review Natural Resources and Industry

What’s on the test? !? !? �Natural Resources �Mining �Water �Climate Change �Forestry �Industry �Energy �If you had to write it down, it can be on the test. �All assignments and notes are “fair game”

What’s the format? !? !? !? � 15 multiple choice – 15 marks � 10 True or False – 10 marks � 2 short answer – 10 marks (choice of 5) �Total = 35 marks

�The Hydrologic Cycle explains ◦ How we get water, rain, drainage ◦ It explains how we get fresh water ◦ Water evaporating into sky, becoming cloud, coming ack down as rain

�Water is found in the ground is called groundwater

�Underground mining is when a shaft is dug deep into the ground to extract ores.

The three main kinds of mining are 1. Underground mining 2. Open pit mining 3. Strip mining

�Mineral deposits found in other countries are a problem for Canada because ◦ Labour is cheaper in other countries

� 2/3 of the world’s Cobalt is mined where? ◦ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

What’s a “carbon footprint”? � Amount of greenhouse gasses (especially, but not just carbon) that you are responsible for. ◦ How far your food has come to get to you ◦ What kind of car you drive ◦ The kind of house you live in (big houses need more energy to heat)

�OVERBURDEN is the term miners give to the trees, rocks and soil that need to be removed before they can start mining.

�ACID RAIN/PRECIPITATION is when pollutants get into the air and contaminate the rain.

� 69% of the world’s freshwater can be found in ICE (GLACIERS, ICECAPS)

�Most of Canada’s oil production is found in the province of ALBERTA

�The OCEANS have 97% of the world’s water.

�What’s this? �OPEN PIT MINE

�How about this? �UNDERGOUND MINE

�And this ? STRIP MINING

�Primary industry is: Getting natural resources straight from the Earth. EX: Mining, Forestry �Secondary industry is: Taking resources and converting to raw materials, building things with it: EX: production of plastic, assembling phones �Tertiary industry is: Making big products, repairing things, selling things, supporting people at primary and secondary levels: EX: buying a phone at a store, phone repair, teachers, doctors

�The three kinds of cutting in forestry are: 1. clearcutting 2. shelterwood cutting 3. selective cutting Which is do you think is best? Why? Be prepared to give your opinion on this on the test

Why is water conservation such an important issue? �Because it protects the rain �Because we need clean water to drink �The environment needs clean water, too