Name: ______________________       

Date: _______________________
The Grasslands in Alberta!

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This quiz is a mix of true/false, matching, multiple choice, and short answer questions.
You will have 1 hour to complete this.

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1.
  False The grassland region is known for having many hills and little prairie land.
True 

2.
  Fals Fossils are a unique part of the grassland region.
True  e

3.
  False Fossils are responsible for making the fossil fuel we use today.
True 

4.
  False Huge herds of buffalo used to live on the grassland region before settlers came.
True 

5.
  False Humans are not responsible for animals becoming endangered.
True 

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6. The grasslands vegetation has changed because of human settlement and development. Nearly
80% of the grasslands have been turned into what?

A) Cites and towns

B) Farm and ranch land
C) Roads and highways
D) Malls and grocery stores

7. What is a paleontologist?
 A) Someone who studies the grassland region.
B) Someone who studies what natural resources are.
C) Someone who studies life that existed in prehistoric times.
D) Some who studies how fossils created fossil fuels.
8. This area in the grassland region is know for its heat, dryness, hills, and biting insects and is known
to be where many of Alberta’s fossils have been found.

A) Hoodoos
B) Prairie land
C) The Coulees
D) The Badlands

9. What are the grasslands winters like compared to other regions?

A) It is much colder because of the Chinooks the grasslands has.

B) It is milder, with Chinooks and less snow than other regions.
C) The grasslands get more snow than any other region.
D) The grasslands and other regions all have the same types of winters.

10. Why does the grassland region have such a low amount of rain compared to other regions?

A) In the summer months the heat absorbs all the water.

B) The grassland region is just known for not getting as much rain as other regions.
C) Our summer are to hot for it to rain.
D) All the rain is dropped on British Columbia and the Mountains.

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Question 11 is matching. Write the letter of each word beside the number of each correct
statement. Each answer can only be used once.

11. (4 marks)
1. This man is known to have started “The A. Irrigation
great Canadian dinosaur rush”! B. Hoodoos
2. This was the first group in the Grassland C. Joseph B. Tyrell
region to find dinosaur fossils. D. Old Man River
3. Long periods without rain and not E. Drought
enough rain to water crops or meet F. Piikani People
people’s needs.
4. Farmers rely on this to water their crops
so they grow properly.
12. You have learned a lot about natural resources in the grassland region, specifically you have
learned the benefits and challenges each one has and how each one helps to meet people’s
needs.

 Choose one of the natural resources in the grassland region

o Water
o Wind
o Fossil Fuels
 Then, explain the benefits of your natural resource (2 marks)
 Then, explain the challenges your natural resource faces (2 marks)
 Then, explain how your chosen natural resource meets peoples needs (2 marks)

(This question is worth a total of 6 marks)

Natural resource choice - ________________________________

Benefits (2 marks)

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Challenges (2 marks)

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How it meets people’s needs (2 marks)

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