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North, South, East, and West
Who was the 1st person to find a fossil in Alberta?
Joseph Tyrell
What is a common natural resource found in the Boreal Forest?
Trees, Oil and Gas
What is an example of a renewable and non-renewable resource
answers will vary
What natural region do we live in
The Boreal Forest
British Columbia
What regions have the most amount of fossils?
The Foothills and the Rocky Mountains
What are 2 perspectives that people might have on the oil and gas industry?
Some people like it because it offers jobs and helps us with daily things in our lives.
Other people do not like the industry because of the bad environmental impacts.
Who runs the provincial parks in Alberta?
What type of landforms will you see in the Boreal Forest
Forests, hills, lakes, rivers
Would Alberta be considerd, Eastern, Western, Northern, or Southern Canada?
Western
If you find a fossil in Alberta what should you do?
After you find the fossil you need to report what you found to the Alberta Government. They will let you know if you can keep it or if they need to research it.
What resources does the agriculture industry deal with?
They deal with plants and farming
Pick a region that has a cold climate and a region that has a warmer climate
Canadian Shield- Cold
Parkland- warmer
In what region will you find Banff and Jasper?
The Rocky Mountain region
Which natural region would be the most North Eastern on the map?
The Canadian Shield
what can you do at the Royal Tryell Museum?
you can learn about Alberta's fossil histroy and see different Dinosaurs found in AB
Which region has the least amount of natural resources in it?
The Canadian Shield
what should you do if you find a lot of fossils or dino bones near each other?
Don't pick of the bones or fossils and call the Government of Alberta so they can remove and test them properly.
Name all 6 of the natural regions
Boreal Forest, Canadian Shield, Foothills, Grasslands, Parkland, Rocky Mountains
True or false, Fort McMurray is in Southern Alberta?
False
What do fossils tell us about the land that we are living on.
It can help us understand what kind of plants and animals lived in the area in the past. It can also tell us about that the climate could have been like in the past.
How do communities form and grow. How do people decide where to live?
People live where natural resources are plentiful. People can use them to live as well as make careers out of obtaining and selling the resource, which then allows for more jobs to be created to meet the demand of the community.
Why is it important to have provincial parks, give 3 reasons
answers will vary