Grade 4 · Social Studies · Unit 6 of 10
Canada's Physical Regions
Landforms, climate and what people do there
What your child practises
Canada's landform, vegetation and climate regions, such as the Western Cordillera, Interior Plains and Canadian Shield, and how each shapes farming, mining, forestry, fishing and recreation.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B1.1, B3.1, B3.2 · Canada's physical regions and how they shape industry and activities
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why might a region with a lot of water and forest develop forestry and hydroelectric power?
🌲- it is a desert
- trees and rivers are natural resources there
- there are no resources
- it is under the sea
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trees and rivers are natural resources there
Hint: Industries often grow where resources are.
Question 2
Which physical region would be hardest to build roads across?
🛣️- the Western Cordillera
- a flat lowland
- a prairie
- the Interior Plains
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the Western Cordillera
Hint: Mountains are steep and rugged.
Question 3
The Interior Plains are good for farming. Why?
🚜- deep forest
- steep slopes and rock
- ice and snow
- flat land and fertile soil
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flat land and fertile soil
Hint: Machines work well on flat land.
Question 4
Which physical region covers the north above the tree line?
❄️- the Arctic
- the Appalachian region
- the Interior Plains
- the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands
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the Arctic
Hint: The Arctic has tundra and cold winters.
Question 5
What is a plain?
🌾- a steep cliff
- a large area of flat land
- a rainforest
- a frozen lake
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a large area of flat land
Hint: Plains are flat and good for farms.
Question 6
Which physical region is it? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🏔️ Western Cordillera · 🌾 Interior Plains · 🪨 Canadian Shield
- ⛏️mining for nickel and gold
- 🌾wheat and canola fields
- 🏔️the Rocky Mountains
- ⛷️skiing resorts like Whistler
- 🐄cattle ranches and oil wells
- 🪨thousands of lakes and rocky ground
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🏔️ Western Cordillera: the Rocky Mountains, skiing resorts like Whistler · 🌾 Interior Plains: wheat and canola fields, cattle ranches and oil wells · 🪨 Canadian Shield: mining for nickel and gold, thousands of lakes and rocky ground
Hint: The Western Cordillera has mountains. The Interior Plains have flat farmland. The Canadian Shield is old rock with lakes and forest.