Geology
Igneous rock is very rarely present in the Canadian Rockies due to the absence of these.
What are volcanoes?
This man fell down a millwell/moulin.
Who is Robert Sanford?
This is needed to ensure the longterm health of a forest.
What are forest fires?
Jasper was designated a national park in this year.
What is 1930?
The Athabasca was at its most recent glacial maximum in what year?
What is 1843?
The limestone walls of Johnston's Canyon and Maligne Canyon have been drastically affected by this type of weathering.
What is chemical weathering?
This type of glacier carves out a bowl shape in the mountain it sits on.
What is a cirque glacier?
Above this visible line in the mountains the climate gets much harsher.
What is the treeline?
The Columbia Icefield, the Skywalk and the Discovery Centre sit on these 3 First Nation Treaties/Metis Districts.
What is Treaty 6, Treaty 8 and Metis District 4?
This amount is added to each attraction ticket as part of the EcoFund program.
What is a dollar?
The trilobites were one of the first species to develop this structure.
Along with the Athabasca, this glacier is one of the worlds most studied.
What is the Peyto glacier?
This type of lichen helps scientists date rock specimens.
What is rhizocarpon geographicum ('map lichen')?
The original Icefields Parkway was a relief project during this era.
What is the Great Depression?
The sun is reaching its next maximum, meaning that these will be more visible.
What are Northern Lights?
This divides the Canadian Rockies from the Columbia Mountains to the west.
What is the Rocky Mountain Trench?
This is the tallest mountain in Jasper National Park.
What is Mt Columbia (3747m)?
If you were talking with someone and they mentioned wolf birds what animal would they be talking about?
What are ravens?
This British cartographer was the first European to cross Howse Pass.
As more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the ocean warms and does this.
What is acidifies?
This organism survived the Permian extinction and still survives today.
What is a brachiopod?
The ice flow of an icefield is dictated by underlying this.
What is topography?
This bovid has a double layered skull.
What is a bighorn sheep ram?
Jasper is the second largest one of these in Canada.
What is Dark Sky Preserve?
This is one natural cause of climate change (multiple answers).
What are volcanoes, Milankovitch cycles, or solar output?