Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Day Twenty-Four

Welcome back! I hope you all had a fabulous, summery long weekend...

Today Daniel will start class with his current event presentation.

We will review some of the important concepts we learned last week.

Click here to access the Powerpoint Presentation from today's class.

Please complete the following reading and questions from the text on the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland region:

Read pages 135-137.

1. What region separates the two parts of the lowland? Where is it located?
2. What is the rock type?
3. Outline Niagara Escarpment's location and famous features.
4. Describe, in detail, the landscape of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands. What forces created this landscape?
5. Why is this landscape ideal for both agriculture and urban areas (cities)?

We ended class by discussing some of the differences between Weather and Climate (please see the powerpoint presentation above, the last few slides).

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