Social 4: Boreal Forest Practice 2024Quiz

This town is in the Boreal Forest region.

• Edmonton

• Cold Lake

• Calgary

• Lethbridge

What is a Morraine?

• Hills formed by debris left from glaciers.

• A river, like the Alaska or Peace River

• Low, flat areas of land and meadow

• A type of bedrock where there are caves that sometimes collapse and cause sinkholes.

What type of climate is in the Boreal Forest?

• Chinooks caused by wind coming over the mountains.

• Summers are dry with not a lot of rain

• Long winters, and shorter, cooler summers.

• Short winters, and long, warm summers.

Name the type of Vegetation in the region.

• Region used to be covered in woodland, grasses and shrubs.

• Mixture of short grasses, bushes and deciduous trees.

• A prairie region that used to be covered in tall grasses.

• Full of coniferous trees, and some deciduous trees, all over the northern part of the globe.

Natural resources in the Boreal Forest region include:

• Dairy farming, palaeontology, and coal mining.

• Forestry, oil and bitumen, and salt.

• Minerals like the hot springs and coal mining.

• Oil and gas, honey farms, and agriculture.

If I were to go into the region, I might see animals like:

• Whooping cranes, beavers, and frogs.

• Lynx, black bears, beaver and foxes.

• Baird's sparrow, farm animals, and beavers.

• Woodland caribou, black and grizzly bears, and muskrats.

This indigenous peoples live in the region:

• Dene Tha

• The Blackfoot people

• Cree First Nations

• The Inuit

What is permafrost?

• Frost left on windows during a cold snap.

• A warm wind during winter.

• Soil that gets frozen during winter and thaws in the summer.

• Permanently frozen soil.

What are deciduous trees? Check all that apply.

• Trees that shed leaves in the winter.

• Trees with cones.

• Trees that usually stay green all year.

• Trees with needles.

What are coniferous trees? Check all that apply.

• Trees that shed leaves in the winter.

• Trees with cones.

• Trees that usually stay green all year.

• Trees with needles.