Canada Physical features and Environmental Issues Quiz

How does acid rain effect Canada's Environment?

• It gives soil important nutrients

• Kills fish, harms farmland and trees, and damages buildings/ statues

• Causes flooding

• It can be harmeful to the human lungs

The Great lakes is facing what type of pollution problem?

• Acid rain, waste from factories, sewage treatment plants, and run-off

• Melting of frozen regions

• Timber compaines cutting down all of the trees

• Flooding

This large body of water that is surrounded by the Canadian Shield is called what?

• Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

• Hudson Bay

• St. Lawrence River

What are three major natural resources found in Canada?

• Minerals, diamonds, copper

• Timber, gold, fish

• Fish, oil, coal

• Minerals, timber, water

What part of Canada is facing major problems with the over- extraction of mineral resources?

• Rocky Mountians

• Great Lakes

• Canadian shield

• St. Lawrence River

How many Great Lakes are there?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

What effect does clearcutting have on Canada's environment?

• Allows run-off and causes air pollution

• Destroys animals habitats, causes erosion, reduces air quality

• Waste from factories

• Kills Fish, damages buildings and staues

Which physical feature is this in red?

• Rocky Mountians

• Andes Mountians

• Serria Madre Mountians

• Pyrenees Mountians

Some poeple argue that clearcutting is okay because they can just plant new trees. What is the problem with this idea?

• There is no issue with this.

• It causes acid rain and can damage the environemnts

• It takes decades for froest to grow and can be very expensive

Business is thriving in the Great Lakes and St. lawrence region, but it is having a negative impact on the envrionment.

• True

• False