Types of natural resources
What are the 2 main types of natural resources?
Name a province where oil is the biggest natural resource.
Hint: there is only 1 correct answer.
Alberta
Water can be used to make what kind of power?
Hydropower
True or False: Canada is one of the top producers of oil in the world.
True. We are the world's 4th largest oil producers!
Give 2 examples of non-renewable resources.
Name a province where timber/forestry is one of the most important resources.
Hint: there is only 1 correct answer.
British Columbia
What are the 3 main types of renewable energy?
Bonus 100 points if you use the scientific term for all 3.
Sun (solar), wind (kinetic), water (hydro).
Name 1 province where most of Canada's hydroelectric power is found.
Hint: there is more than 1 correct answer. These are big provinces.
Ontario, Quebec (any 1 of)
What natural resource is made up of a salt mixture?
Potash
Name a province or territory where fishing is a major natural resource.
Hint: there is more than 1 correct answer.
Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick (any 1 of)
Name 2 ways natural gas is used in everyday life.
Heating, cooking, electricity, powering vehicles (any 2 of)
What is the hardest naturally found mineral on Earth?
Diamond
What does renewable mean?
A resource that can be replaced over time.
Name 2 of British Columbia's big natural resources.
Timber, Coal, Natural Gas (any 2 of)
Name 1 everyday object that comes from mining minerals.
Hint: there is more than 1 correct answer.
Phone, computer, laptop, jewelry (any 1 of).
What is the most common metal mined in Canada?
Gold!
Name all 7 of Canada's natural resources.
Potash, Coal, Oil, Timber/forestry/wood/log, Minerals, Fisheries/fish/fishing, Natural Gas
Name 2 provinces or territories that have mining (minerals) as an important resource.
Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec (any 2 of)
What kind of air pollution does burning coal create?
Hint: F_______ f_______
Fossil fuels
Canada exports (sends out) many natural resources to other countries. What are two of Canada's top exported resources?
Oil and timber