Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 10
Plants, Land & People
Vegetation regions and responses
What your child practises
Natural vegetation regions, how landforms, climate and vegetation interact, how human activities such as overgrazing and deforestation change them, and how people have responded to challenges in their physical environments.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: Geography A1.1, A1.4, A3.9–A3.11 · vegetation regions, interactions in the physical environment, and human responses
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
Which vegetation region covers most of southern Ontario's natural landscape?
- desert
- tundra
- tropical rainforest
- temperate deciduous (broadleaf) and mixed forest
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temperate deciduous (broadleaf) and mixed forest
Hint: Maple, oak and beech trees lose their leaves in fall.
Question 2
What is desertification?
- Fertile land turning into desert, often from drought and overuse
- Planting palm trees in a desert
- Rain filling a desert
- A desert turning into a lake
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Fertile land turning into desert, often from drought and overuse
Hint: Overgrazing and clearing plants can leave dry land bare.
Question 3
Which vegetation region has a very short growing season and plants such as lichens and mosses?
- tropical rainforest
- tundra
- temperate forest
- savanna
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tundra
Hint: Think of the cold, treeless north.
Question 4
Why is deforestation of tropical rainforests a concern?
- It destroys habitat for many species and removes trees that take in carbon dioxide
- It creates more trees
- It makes the soil richer for a century
- It adds more rain
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It destroys habitat for many species and removes trees that take in carbon dioxide
Hint: Rainforests hold a large share of Earth's species.
Question 5
A farmer uses no-till farming, leaving crop stubble on the field. What is a benefit?
- It removes all water
- It melts permafrost
- It makes soil blow away
- It helps hold soil and moisture
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It helps hold soil and moisture
Hint: Cover keeps soil from blowing or washing away.
Question 6
Which vegetation region fits each description?
Sort into: ❄️ tundra · 🌲 boreal forest · 🌴 tropical rainforest
- 🌲spruce, fir and pine trees with cones
- 🧊frozen ground (permafrost) and no tall trees
- 🦜layers of tall trees and a huge variety of species
- 🍁the largest forest region across Canada
- 🌧️hot all year with rain almost every day
- 🌿low mosses, lichens and small shrubs
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❄️ tundra: frozen ground (permafrost) and no tall trees, low mosses, lichens and small shrubs · 🌲 boreal forest: spruce, fir and pine trees with cones, the largest forest region across Canada · 🌴 tropical rainforest: layers of tall trees and a huge variety of species, hot all year with rain almost every day
Hint: Tundra: very cold, no trees, permafrost. Boreal forest: long cold winters and cone-bearing trees. Tropical rainforest: hot and wet all year, with tall trees and huge variety of life.