Boreal Forest and Canadian Shield

Vocabulary

100

swampy water mixed with vegetation

muskeg

200

The layer of solid rock found beneath the soil

bedrock

300

Using dog teams and toboggan sleds for travel through snowy areas.

mushing

400

rocky or hilly areas that are the result of glaciers long ago 

moraine

500

A triangular-shaped collection of sand and soil that forms at the mouth of a river. 

delta

Canadian Shield

100

Approximately ____ of Canada's total area is Canadian Shield. 

half

200

Definition of "permafrost"

Ground that is not fully thawed/frozen year round

300

Name 3 animals that live in the Canadian Shield

wolves, moose, lynxes, beavers, buffalo etc.

400

Describe the landscape 

low rocky hills, forests, lakes, and low swampy areas. Glaciers shaped this rocky landscape.

500

The population in this areas is mostly made up of _________ and _______ people

First Nations and Metis

Boreal Forest

100

This is the type of tree mainly found in the boreal forest

coniferous trees

200

3 animals you would find in the boreal forest

moose, caribou, whooping crane, bears, wolves

300

this is what the oil sands are made of 

sand, oil (bitumen), and water (and clay) 

400

Most people living in this region work in ______ or ________ .

forestry or oil and gas industry

500

The name of the national park that is a sanctuary for plains bison and wood bison

Elk Island National Park

Names of Places

100

Where a lot of the resources and services for Fort Chipewyan come from (or the residents are sent to for emergencies) 

Fort McMurray 

200

2 towns in the Boreal forest

Lac La Biche, Cold Lake, Fort McMurray, Fort MacKay

300

One of the largest freshwater deltas in the world found in the Alberta Canadian Shield

The Peace-Athabasca Delta

80% of the delta is in Wood Buffalo National Park

400

3 main large bodies of water in Boreal Forest

- Peace River
- Athabasca River
- Slave Lake

500

Where does the Athabasca River start?

The Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park

Fort Chipewyan

100

How the residents travel around the area

snowmobiles, airplanes, snow-packed roads

200

Describe the climate

cold, long winters (very short hours of sun) 
short, dry summers (long hours of sun)

300

Name 3 contests at the winter carnival in Fort Chipewyan

- moose calling
- nail pounding
- log sawing/chopping
- dancing
- dogsled races
- bannock baking

400

Name of the high banks and cliffs on red granite

bluffs

500

Fort Chipewyan is Alberta's _______   _________ settlement and has been named a national historic site. 

oldest permanent