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Practice Quiz 1 & 2 covering lectures 1-8
Q: The oldest rock in Ontario is:
A: Granite Q: Moving water carries and sorts material by size and weight. Only the slowest moving water would carry this particle size:
A: Clay
Q: Ground that is permanently frozen is called:
A: Permafrost Q: The flowers of Labrador Willow and Arctic Willow use hairs to create a greenhouse effect that helps generate and retain heat.
A: True
Q: Physiographic regions are defined by:
A: The lay of the land and the bedrock type
Q: The Hudson Bay Lowland has several railways and major high-
ways running through it.
A: False
Q: Which type of lichen colonizes bare rock?
A: Crustose
Q: What is the average daily temperature in the Tundra ecological
zone?
A: - 6 deg C
Q: If you pour HCl on a rock and it effervesces:
A: the rock contains calcium carbonate
Q: Glaciers last scoured Ontario this many years ago:
A: ten thousand
Q: This animal group is absent from the Tundra ecological region:
A: woodpeckers
Q: When granite is exposed to great heat and pressure, it be-
comes:
A: gneiss
Q: The boundary between the Tundra Ecological Region and the Hudson Bay Lowland Ecological Region is:
A: the tree line
Q: Which of these would you consider
NOT
an Indicator Species for the Tundra?
A: Yellow Warbler
Q: In the Tundra, most of the bird song comes:
A: From the sky
Q: Ontario is expanding northward at the rate of about 400 me-
tres every hundred years.
A: True
Q: Large amounts of clay were deposited in the Hudson Bay Low-
land by:
A: the Tyrrell Sea
Q: A dominant type of ground cover for most of the Tundra is:
A: lichen
Q: In the Tundra Ecological Region there are no trees except for very small willows (i.e., Arctic Willow) and Dwarf Birch.
A: False
Q: A forest region is defined by:
A: the dominant canopy-forming trees
Q: Near the coastline of Hudson and James bays you will find this habitat:
A: All of the above (saltwater marsh, raised beach ridge, mud flats, coastal sand dune)
Q: Red Knots are noteworthy because:
A: the endangered rufa subspecies feeds in James Bay prior to mi-
grating south
Q: One feature of the Hudson Bay Lowland Ecological Region is continuous permafrost.
A: False
Q: Which of these small mammals is
NOT
found in the Tundra ecoregion:
A: Star-nosed Mole
Q: Which of these is
NOT
found in the Hudson Bay Lowland eco-
logical region:
A: All of the above are found near James Bay ( Gray Jay, Hudso-
nian Godwit, Northern Shrike, Lesser Yellowlegs)
Q: This plant is a Hudson Bay Endemic:
A: Lepage Wild Flax
Q: What statement concerning the Hudson Bay Physiographic Re-
gion is
NOT
true:
A: The Hudson Bay Lowland bedrock is comprised of igneous and metamorphic rock
Q: If you visited the Sutton Ridges, you would expect to see:
A: disjunct populations of plants
Q: If you canoed down the Attawaspikat River, from your canoe you might expect to see:
A: calciphilic orchids and Butterwort
Q: There are continuous tracts of spruce and fir forest in the Hud-
son Bay Lowland Ecological Region.
A: True
Q: Layering is:
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A: how some species of trees reproduce
Q: Both bull and cow Woodland Caribou grow (and shed) antlers every year.
A: True
Q: Shorebirds from farther north fatten up on James Bay mudflats before migrating south.
A: True
Q: Which of these statements concerning the Hudson Bay Low-
land Ecological Region is
NOT
true:
A: Much of the Hudson Bay Lowland is dry because of isostatic re-
bound
Q: The Weasel family is very well represented in the Boreal Forest
Ecological Region.
A: True
Q: Which of these statements is NOT TRUE concerning peatlands:
A: peat that is less than 45 cam thick and contains less than 45% water is called muskeg