The dark brown section identifies what natural region?
Rocky Mountain Region
What color is the Grassland Region?
Orange
Why was Dinosaur Provincial Park created?
To protect Alberta's fossils.
What province is east of Alberta?
Saskatchewan
What is a landscape?
The natural scenery of a very large area.
What province is west of Alberta?
British Columbia
How is the Royal Tyrrell Museum contributing to Alberta’s scientific knowledge?
It gives scientists a place to study fossils and learn about plants and animals that once lived on Earth.
How are fossil fuels formed?
Plants and animals that lived in the ocean died & were covered by silt & sand. Oceans began to disappear, heat & pressure turned the plants & animals into fuels
What fossil find made Alberta famous for fossils? When was it?
Tyrrell's discovery of the Albertosaurus in 1884.
What natural region is colored in yellow?
Parkland Region
What are fossil fuels?
Resources that come from ancient plants and animals.
What does CLIMATE mean?
How hot or cold it gets, and how much it rains or snows.
The study of land, rocks and how they are formed is called.
Geology
What are fossils?
The remains or shapes of ancient plants and animals that have turned to stone.
The most famous place for finding fossils in Alberta is called...
The Badlands
What region is HIgh Level in?
The Boreal Forest
Oil, coal and gas are examples of what?
Fossil fuels
Why do we find fossils in Alberta?
Fossils are found in AB because of the way the land was formed. In some places there were earthquakes & volcanoes. Plants & animals were covered & preserved.
A person's or community's sense of safety, comfort, security, health and happiness is known as...
Quality of life.
The region colored in purple is what region?
Canadian Shield Region
Fossils discovered in Alberta belong to...
The province.
The light brown region is what region?
Foothills Region
What are landforms?
Different features of the land, such as mountains, hills or plains.
Scientists who study fossils to learn about very old forms of life are called:
Paleontologists
Why is the Royal Tyrrell Museum so important? (3 reasons)
1. Alberta's fossils can remain in AB
2. Paleontologists have a place to study fossils
3. People can see and learn from the fossils
What two factors affect climate?
Latitude and elevation.
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