Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Wednesday's Homework

Geography

1.Briefly describe the five major environmental factors geographers deal with.
2.List as many landforms as you can think of.
3.What percentage of the Earth’s surface is covered by water?
4.What is natural vegetation?
5.Explain the difference between inshore and offshore fishers.
6.Which of the above types of fishing has a greater negative impact on the environment? Explain why.
7. What is a fishing trawler?
8. What effect have trawlers had on the fishing industry?
9. As overfishing became a problem in Newfoundland and Labrador, which two industries replaced it?
10. What is meant by extraction of oil?
11. What is ore?
12. Describe what open-pit mining is.
13. Using the map on page 33 describe the absolute location of the bay of Fundy and Long Harbour.

Math- pg 100 #5 any two, 6,8,9,11