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Natural Resources
Goods & Services
Jobs
Environment
Tourism/Odds 'n Ends
100
What are natural resources?
Useful materials found in nature.
100
What are goods?
Goods are items we make or produce, buy and sell.
100
What does Saskatoon produce 1/2 of for Canada?
It produces half of Canada's wheat.
100
What does pollute mean?
it means dirty.
100
What is tourism?
Tourism is showing people around your community.
200
What is the most important natural resource found in Iqaluit? Give 2 examples of each.
The most important natural resource is wildlife. animals: ptarmigan, seals, polar bears, caribou, arctic char plants: arctic cotton, cloud berries
200
What are services?
Services are jobs we pay someone to do for us.
200
Besides farming, what other jobs do people have in Saskatoon? List 2
many work in flour mills, factories that make food, farm machinery, mining tools, and transportation.
200
How does the environment get polluted in Iqaluit if they have no factories?
The wind blows from polluted areas bringing dirty air and water.
200
What kinds of jobs come from tourism? List 3
Hotel jobs, restaurants, tour guides, travel agents, performers etc.
300
Other than soil, what are 4 natural resources found in Saskatoon?
potash, salt, coal, natural gas, oil, wild berries
300
Where are most goods made? Where does Iqaluit get their goods?
Most goods are made in factories. Iqaluit's goods are shipped in the summer from Montreal.
300
What is transportation?
Moving people and goods from one place to another.
300
What does Iqaluit do with their recycling?
They ship their recyclables on ships to Ontario where they will be recycled.
300
What tourism site is popular in Saskatoon?
Boom Town
400
What is the most important natural resource found in Meteghan and list 4 types.
What is fish: cod, halibut, lobster, scallops
400
List 5 service jobs.
answers vary
400
In Iqaluit many people have jobs working for the government. List 3 government jobs.
Teachers, health care workers, airport
400
What happened to the beaches in Meteghan?
The beaches along St. Mary's Bay became polluted with gargabe and the community cleaned them up.
400
What goods come from the natural resources found in Iqaluit?
soapstone carvings, caribou clothing, sealskin clothing, fish
500
What did the Acadians learn from the Mi'kmaq about fishing?
They learned to salt the fish so they could preserve it for the winter.
500
What is Qiqitulaak?
It is an organization in Iqaluit that trains fishermen and makes fishing fair.
500
What did the Meewasin Conservation Authority do in Saskatoon?
They cleaned up the area along the river and turned it into a conservation area.
500
What are 5 ways that you can take care of the environment?
bring a trash free lunch, recycle, reuse items or pass them onto others, ride your bike or walk instead of driving, conserve water, bring reusable shopping bags.