1. Introduction to Canada’s
Ecozones

2. Today’s Menu NEW: website! Homework check (4 mini maps) Test take-up
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Homework check (4 mini maps)
Test take-up
Homework take-up
Soil / Vegetation worksheet
Introduction to ecozones
Ecozone map – colour & label
Textbook questions

3. Climate Regions

4. Natural Vegetation Regions

5. Ecozones Colour your map!
Use the map of Canada’s ecozones in your textbook to help you.

6. Ecozones Map
The 20 ecozones that make up Canada.

7. Ecozones Map
Another version.
Which ecozone do WE live in?

8. Canada’s Ecozones
We have looked at how Canada is broken into various climate regions, soil regions, and vegetation regions.
Ecozones combine these factors (plus others) to create generalized regions with similar characteristics.
Ecozone is short for “ecological zone.”

9. Places within an ecozone share many things:
Landforms
Climate
Soil
Vegetation
Water
Geologic history
Wildlife
Human activities
Ecozones examine the connections between these factors

10. Because our country is so large and diverse, even when we generalize we still end up with many different ecozones:
15 terrestrial ecozones
5 marine ecozones

11. Your mission …
Copy figure 14-4 on page 160 comparing our ecozone (Mixwood Plains) with the Boreal Shield.
With a partner, choose two neighbouring ecozones to study (e.g. Northern Arctic and Southern Arctic) and complete a chart like figure 14-4.
What do you think were the most important factors in deciding to split the area in two ecozones? (e.g. huge difference in climate)

12. Textbook Questions
Ecozones: pg. 164: #1, 5, 6, 9a