Posted: February 16th, 2015

Assignment for Geography

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

The city that need to be calculated is listed at the attachment file. Please finish the graph drawing and also finish the stats calculate.
Each question need to be answer with word, please equally using the word limit.
Each explanation question please use 2 references.

GEOG 2010B: Geography of Canada Assignment Name: ______________________ Due: Mar. 16, 2015 Student Number: _____________ Part A: Climates of Canada Introduction: Detailed climate data has been collected at hundreds of stations in Canada for over 100 years. From this information, climates have been classified and maps and graphs have been produced to provide a visual perspective of the many climates of the country. Objective: The objective of this part of the assignment is to develop a better understanding of the climate patterns of Canada, to draw and interpret climographs, and to improve mapmaking skills. 1. For your two assigned cities (see your drop box on our OWL site), use the data in Table 1 and Table 2 of the Data file to draw a climograph in the spaces provided below and calculate the mean annual temperature and total annual precipitation for each city. Use red for the temperatures and blue for the precipitation. Temperatures are drawn as line graphs and precipitation as bar graphs. Indicate your assigned city in each case. a) City: ____________________________ -20 -10 0 10 20 30 J F M A M J J A S O N D Month Temperature (°C) 0 20 40 60 80 100 Precipitation (mm) _____ 85 Mean Annual Temperature: ___________ Total Annual Precipitation: ___________ 150 120 90 60 30 0 ___ 42 b) City: _______________________________ -20 -10 0 10 20 30 J F M A M J J A S O N D Month Temperature (°C) 0 20 40 60 80 100 Precipitation (mm) 2. Use the data in Table 3 of the Data file to draw a climatic map on Page 3 that displays the average annual snowfall in Canada. You will first need to identify the selected cities on the map. Use a pencil to draw isolines at intervals of 100 cm. Only label the snowfall data on the map (not the city names). 3. For your assigned map (see OWL), use the data in Table 3 to draw a climatic map on Page 4. Include a title for your map. If you were assigned to complete a map for the average annual hours of sunshine, draw isolines at intervals of 200 hours (beginning at 600 hours). If you were assigned to complete a map for the average annual percentage of sunshine during daylight hours, draw isolines at intervals of 5 percent (beginning at 30 percent). Only label the sunshine data on the map (not the city names). Mean Annual Temperature: ___________ Total Annual Precipitation: ___________ 150 120 90 60 30 0 ___ 4 ___ 6 ___ 63 Average Annual Snowfall (cm) N4 Map Title: __________________________________________________ N5 4. Based on your map of annual average snowfall, your knowledge of regional climates, and any extra research you complete, explain why these patterns exist the way that they do across the country. Include references to climatic controls and refer to several regions in your answer. 5. Based on your second map, your knowledge of regional climates, and any extra research you complete, explain why these patterns exist the way that they do across the country. Include references to climatic controls and refer to several regions in your answer. ___ 4 ___ 46 6. For your assigned city (see OWL), calculate the water balance by completing the table below using the data provided in Table 4 of the Data file. Indicate your assigned city. City: ______________________________ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Precip Pot ET PrecipPot Et Storage — ∆Storage Act Et Deficit Surplus 7. Draw a water balance diagram on the template on Page 7 for your assigned city in Question 6. Follow the steps below. a) Plot Precipitation on the graph and label it using a blue pen. Place a dot in the middle of each month and then connect the dots with a smooth line. b) Plot and label Potential Evapotranspiration using a red pen. Place a dot in the middle of each month and then connect the dots with a smooth line. c) Plot and label Actual Evapotranspiration using a pencil. Place a dot in the middle of each month and then connect the dots with a smooth line. d) Whenever the potential evapotranspiration curve is greater than the actual evapotranspiration curve, the area between the two curves represents a moisture deficit. Choose a shading scheme and label this area Deficit. e) Beneath the deficit area, when actual evapotranspiration is greater than precipitation, moisture is being taken from the soil to satisfy the demand of evapotranspiration occurring. Choose a shading scheme and label this area Soil Moisture Utilization. f) After the precipitation becomes greater than the potential evapotranspiration curve, the excess moisture is used to recharge the soil. The soil is in recharge until the storage reaches capacity. Draw a vertical line in the month where Storage first reaches capacity after the Soil Moisture Utilization. The time before the Storage reaching capacity represents the recharging of the soil with water. Choose a shading scheme and label this area Recharge. g) After the soil is fully saturated and precipitation is greater than potential evapotranspiration, the excess moisture represents surplus moisture; choose a shading scheme for this area and label it Runoff. ___ 5 ___ ___ 7 77 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Month Soil Moisture (mm)8 Part B: Population of Canada Introduction: Detailed population data has been collected from the census since Confederation. This information makes it possible to analyze, classify, and study the human geography of the provinces and the country as a whole. Objective: The objective of this part of the assignment is to develop a better understanding of the demographic and population patterns of Canada and to display data through graphical and spatial mechanisms. 8. For your assigned location (see OWL), draw a population pyramid on the template below using the data provided in Table 5 of the Data file. See the “Sample Population Pyramids” on the last page of the Data file for more information. Indicate your assigned location. Location: _____________________________ Male Female 9. From the data in Table 5 of the Data file, calculate (and show your work for) the following values for your assigned location in Question 8. See the “Components of Growth” section at the end of the Data file for more information. a) Birth Rate b) Death Rate c) Rate of Natural Increase ___ 6 ___ 4 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 % 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 9 d) Immigration Rate e) Emigration Rate f) Rate of Net Migration 10. Based on your results from Question 8 and Question 9, what does the shape of the pyramid tell you about the population structure of that province/territory? How is it expected to change in the future? 11. From the data in Table 6 of the Data file, complete the sections below and graphically represent the data in the form of a histogram for your assigned category (see OWL). Category: _________________________ Class Interval, j Class Midpoint, xj Class Frequency, fj xjfj to to to to to Sum n Maximum Minimum Range Interval (Range/√n) Selected Interval Start value ___ 3 ___ 610 Histogram: 12. From the data in Table 6, describe the geographic and demographic patterns that appear to be evident (based on the location of the CMA and the population of the CMA). Suggest reasons these patterns may exist. 13. From the data in Table 7 of the Data file, calculate the weighted mean centre of Canada’s population for your assigned years (see OWL) in the spaces provided on Page 12 by completing the tables below. Draw a grid on the map on Page 11 with lines at 1 cm intervals in both the horizontal and vertical directions. Begin the vertical lines on the left side of the map and the horizontal lines at the bottom of the map. Insert values along both axes starting at the origin in the bottom left corner (x = 0; y = 0). Estimate the locational coordinates of each provincial area centroid (xi , yi) from your grid system and place your answers in the provided tables. Plot the location of each weighted mean centre on the map with a label for each year. Indicate your assigned years in the top right corner of each table below. ___ 8 ___ 4 Find the values below (show your work). Mean Median Modal Class Weighted Mean ___ 7 ___ 311 Area centroids of Canada’s provinces an
d territories Calculations for the Weighted Mean Centre of Population. Year: Centroid Location Coordinates Population Weighted Coordinates xi yi fi fixi fiyi Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec Newf. & Labrador New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Sum ___ 2 ___ 412 When completing the weighted mean centre calculations, show your work. x wc = _______________________________________________________________________ wc y = _______________________________________________________________________ Calculations for the Weighted Mean Centre of Population Year: Centroid Location Coordinates Population Weighted Coordinates xi yi fi fixi fiyi Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec Newf. & Labrador New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia Sum x wc = _______________________________________________________________________ wc y =_______________________________________________________________________ 14. Interpret the results of your weighted mean centre calculations and discuss the processes that have caused the locational changes in the weighted mean centre over this time period