Parks & Earth Systems
This organization protects Canada's natural and cultural heritage.
What is Parks Canada?
What is the biosphere?
This sphere includes all living things on Earth.
What is photosynthesis?
Plants need water for this process that helps them make food.
This natural resource is used for drinking and growing crops.
What is water?
Turning off lights when leaving a room is an example of this.
What is conservation?
National parks help protect these places.
What are natural environments/ecosystems?
What is the hydrosphere?
This sphere includes all the water on Earth.
Why do animals need water?
Animals drink water to stay healthy and hydrated.
This natural resource is commonly extracted in Alberta.
What is oil?
Taking shorter showers helps conserve this resource.
What is water?
If a lake becomes polluted, which sphere is directly affected first?
What is the hydrosphere?
What is the lithosphere?
This sphere is made of rocks, soil, and minerals.
Name as many bodies of water that can be found on earth.
Oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, groundwater, ponds, etc.
Trees are a natural resource used to make this common material.
What is paper (or lumber/wood)?
Recycling helps save these.
What are natural resources?
If fish in a polluted lake become sick, which two spheres are interacting?
What are the hydrosphere and biosphere?
What is the atmosphere?
This sphere is the layer of gases surrounding Earth.
True or False: Water vapor in the air is part of the hydrosphere.
True
Plastic is NOT a natural resource because it is __________.
Human-made (manufactured).
Give one way to practice conservation at school.
Turn off lights, recycle, reuse paper, save water, etc.
Long ago, Indigenous peoples often took only what they needed from nature. Why?
To respect the Earth, protect resources, and ensure enough for future generations.
What is the biosphere?
A tree is part of this sphere. Anything including the land.
Why is water important to living things? Give one reason.
Habitat, drinking, photosynthesis, temperature regulation, etc.
Name two natural resources.
Water, trees, sunlight, oil, natural gas, soil, etc.
Why is conservation important?
It protects resources for future generations.