Vocabulary
All of the important things that are important to make people's life good
quality of life
Scientist who studies life that existed in prehistoric times
paleontologist
Alberta is on this continent
North America
First Nations people had an understanding that the fossils found in Alberta were ______ .
sacred
This is where eggs were found with the baby dinosaur skeleton still inside of it
People in Aboriginal communities who are respected for their wisdom and culture
Elders
A very dry area in Alberta where a lot of dinosaur fossils have been found
The Badlands
The name of the once giant continent
Pangea
The Piikani people believed that dinosaur bones were ______ when they found them.
Buffalo bones
This is where the museum is located
Drumheller
Wearing away of Earth's surface by wind, water, and glaciers
Erosion
The most discoveries in Alberta were by these people
First Nations People
Describe the Cree Creation Story
- The Creator sent a flood
- Wisahkecahk sent the animals down to get land
- He expanded the earth
- The animals did not return
Tyrrell started the Great _____________________
Dinosaur Rush
This was the first dinosaur found by Tyrrell
Albertosaurus
The passing of knowledge, history, and language from generations by spoken words
oral tradition
Two tools that a scientist would use when digging out dinosaurs
- jackhammer
- small drill
- brush
- chisel
Name 2 of Alberta's neighbouring provinces
British Columbia and Saskatchewan
Fossils are ___________ , _____________ , and ____________ embedded in rocks
animals, plants, and remains
This is how the museum got its name
Queen Elizabeth II and the name of Joseph Burr Tyrrell
Study of earth (rock, soil, and beginnings)
Geology
This is how fossils are made
- organism dies
- mud or sand or silt is layered on top of it
- pressure over time causes it to harden to rock taking moisture out of the bones
- erosion and earth moving causes the bones to come to the surface
Canada is this many years old
158 years old
3 ways in which erosion can occur
wind, water, and glaciers
This is the year the first dinosaur was found by Tyrrell
1884