Animals
Landforms
Vegetation
Natural Resources
Weather
100
Name three animals found in the Rocky Mountain Region.
Grizzly bears, mountain goats, squirrels, deer, moose, big horn sheep, wolves.
100
What is the temperature like at the peak and base of a mountain?
At the peak the temperature is colder, as the base the temperature is warmer.
100
What does vegetation mean?
Plant life
100
What is a natural resource in the Rocky Mountain region?
Coal Columbia Icefields Trees
100
What is climate?
The temperature and precipitation in a certain area.
200
What is a habitat?
The home where someone or an animal lives and has shelter from the outdoors.
200
What is a glacier?
A large body of ice that can move and parts can break off.
200
What are three different types of vegetation in the Rocky Mountain region?
Heartleaf Amica, White Mountain Avens, Yellow Dryad Seed Heads, Beardtongue, Bunch Berry Chalice Flower, False Dandelion, Fern and Lichen, Fireweed, Cotton Grass, Lupine Leaf, Mushrooms, Evergreen trees, White Birch trees, and Trembling Aspen, grass,
200
What was coal used for in the past, and why can we use it for today?
Past: Heating homes, powering trains Present: Generate electricity, steel production, cement manufacturing and maybe in your BBQ
200
What is precipitation?
The amount of moisture in the air.
300
Why is it important to have National Parks?
To protect the animals and vegetation that live there.
300
What is a valley?
A deep in the land found between two hills or mountains.
300
Why it is important to take care of the vegetation in national parks?
Vegetation gives people and animals oxygen, food and habitats.
300
What happened at the town of Frank?
While workers for mining for coal, they accidentally caused a rock slide that destroyed the town of Frank.
300
What is the weather like in the peak of the Rocky Mountains?
Snowy and cold
400
If you were a park ranger, what is something you would do to protect the animals in a national park?
Put up signs to tell people not to feed the animals. Put up signs showing a low speed limit so no animal was hit by a car. Don't liter.
400
Name two landforms in the Rocky Mountain region?
Mountain and valley
400
If you were a park ranger, what would you do to make sure the vegetation in national parks did not get destoried?
Have signs up telling people not to pick flowers or cut down trees. Educate people so they know how to make or put out a forest fire properly.
400
What are the Columbia Icefields?
A large glacier of frozen fresh water that is in a state of ice in the Rocky Mountain region.
400
What kinds of winter activities can you do in the Rocky Mountains due to the colder temperatures and snow?
Skiing, skating, sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! What is happening to the grizzly bear population, and why?
The grizzly bear population is decreasing because the bears are being fed on people and becoming dependent on them, getting hit by trains and car, or having to be put down because they are getting too close to humans in the park and may attack them.
500
How does a glacier help shape the land?
A glacier can move and bang up against the side of the land cause the land to erode or break away. Glaciers can also melt and cause flooding on land.
500
What is vegetation like at the peak of a mountain compared to the base of a mountain?
At the peak, the vegetation is smaller, and there is less of it. At the base, there is more vegetation, that is greener and bigger.
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Why are the Columbia Icefields important to Albertans?
The Columbia Icefields provide us with fresh drinking water. It is the largest and main source of fresh water for Albertans.
500
How come you won't find snow at the base of the Rocky Mountains in the spring and summer?
The temperatures are warmer at the base of the mountains.
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