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Unit 1 – Physical Setting
Chapter 1: Finding Your Way
Chapter 2: Our Natural Environment
Chapter 3: The Changing Weather
Chapter 4: A Place To Live
Chapter 1: Finding Our Way
Key Terms
Lines of Latitude
Physical Features
Lines of Longitude
Cultural Features
Coordinates
Topographic Map
Absolute Location
Small-Scale Map
Relative Location
Large-Scale Map
Global Positioning System
Latitude and Longitude
 Canada is located in the
North-Western
Hemisphere
 Latitude will always be
North (North of the
Equator)
 Longitude will always
be West (West of the
Prime Meridian)
Grid of Canada (Latitude & Longitude)
 Ie: Labrador West is
53oN 66oW
Questions page 4
Worksheet on Latitude
and Longitude
Latitude and Longitude are
not only measured in degrees,
they are also measured in
minutes – to give a more
accurate measurement.
Each degree of longitude or
Latitude consists of exactly 60
minutes (‘).
When trying to calculate the
minutes – we use a
guesstimate. If you broke the
degree down into 60 pieces,
what would it be closer to.
Ie: Labrador City is located
Latitude: 53° 54', N.
Longitude: 66° 50', W
By using minutes you can
find the precise location on a
map.
Global Positioning System
What are the many uses of a GPS?
How many GPS’s are used in the location of an object or a person?
Where are the GPS’s located?
When giving the location are they using relative location or absolute location?
In what type of objects can we find GPS’s?
Topographic Maps
May give physical features
May give cultural features
May give elevation or height
of the land
The horizontal lines always run from west-east,
locate the east to west first. This will give you the
first two digits. The third digit is found by breaking
the grid into 10ths, if it is less than half way, than it
will be between 1 and 4. If it is more than half way,
it will be between 6 and 9.
The vertical lines always run from north-south,
locate the north to south next. This will give you
the fourth and fifth digits. You find the sixth digit the
same way you did the third.
You then put the 6 digits together (east to west first, then north to south)
Find Duck Bay 353798 – this would be the 6 digit code
Using the map on page 10, answer
questions 1 – 4 page 11.
Worksheet on Topographic Maps
Chapter 2: Our Natural Environment
Key Terms
Region
Physical distance
Time zones
Folding
Lake
Wetlands
Fens
Marshes
Gulf
Scale
Time distance
Mountain
Fiord
Pond
Bogs
Swamps
Ocean
Bay
Canada: the second largest county in
the world. It has an area of 9 970 610
km2
Atlantic Canada: consists of 4
provinces…
Newfoundland and Labrador, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Prince
Edward Island
Newfoundland &
Labrador
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince
Edward Island
Flags of the 4 Atlantic
Provinces
Questions: Page 20…#’s 1-
The total area for Atlantic Canada is 540 310km2
Newfoundland & Labrador…405 720km2
Prince Edward Island…5 660km2
Nova Scotia…55 490km2
New Brunswick…73 440km2
Distance can be determined by using a scale,
the scale on a map can usually be found on the
bottom left corner.
Follow the directions on page 21 to determine
the distance from Gander to Port aux Basques
(using the map on page 19)
Questions: page 22 #’s 1 - 3
Time Zones were
created by Canadian
scientist, Sir Sanford
Fleming in 1879,
adopted in 1884 at the
International Prime
Meridian Conference.
There are 24 time
zones, one for each
15 degrees of
longitude.
Questions: page 23
#’s 2 - 4
Time Zone Assignment
Canada has 6 different time zones…
Newfoundland (Island and South East coast of Labrador)
Atlantic (Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island)
Eastern (Quebec, Most of Ontario)
Central (Western Ontario, Manitoba, Most of Saskatchewan)
Mountain (North Western Saskatchewan, Alberta, Part of British Columbia)
Pacific (Most of British Columbia)
Examples of Land and Water Forms
Mountain – elevation of 600m
or more
Fiord – Gros Morne
Folding – bend in the earth’s
crust
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Bay
The Arches
Gros Morne National Park
How were they formed?
Questions: Page 29 #’s 1 – 7, Read pp 30 – 31, Question: Page 32 #’s 1 - 3