Grassland Region Quiz

The Grassland Region is part of an enormous plain that stretches from

• Canada to the United States

• Canada to Mexico

• Canada to England

• Calgary to Winnipeg

This is an area that was poor for travelling through and was avoided by wagon trains.

• Goodlands

• Funlands

• Badlands

• Avoidlands

This is created by erosion when a hard rock is on top of sandstone to create a tower like structure called a

• Husky Tower

• Hooyoo

• Hoodoo

• Boohoo

The main bodies of water in the Grassland Region are

• Lakes, streams and rivers

• Rivers, ponds and water reservoirs

• Oceans, rivers and ponds

In the Grassland Region most of the water is used for

• Agriculture

• Lawns and gardens

• Meat packing industry

• Oil production

The driest region in Alberta is the

• Foothills

• Rocky Mountain

• Grassland

The area of Alberta that was thought to be great for growing crops but was found to suffer from droughts was called

• Roberts corner

• Palliser's Triangle

• Kevin's Cubby

• Peter's predicament

When little rain falls in a region, we say it is suffering from a

• Drought

• Predicament

• Bother

• Dry spell

Often water is not found in places where we need it. To solve this Farmers use

• Prayer

• Interpretative dance

• Irrigation

• Irritation

Alberta produces about this amount of Canada's oil and gas

• 50 %

• 60 %

• 70 %

• 80 %