Rocky Mountain Region

Which landform is found in the Rocky Mountain region?

• tall grasses

• rolling hills

• permafrost

• mountains

What is the source of Alberta's rivers?

• The Pacific Ocean

• The Great Lakes

• Glaciers in the mountains

• Moraines

In this region the temperature at higher elevations is often colder and different from the temperature at lower elevations.

• Grassland

• Rocky Mountains

• Boreal Forest

• Parkland

Most of Alberta's river flow from the mountains to end at

• Hudson's Bay

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Athabasca

When the glaciers receded during the ice age they left large boulders called

• erratics

• hoodoos

• salt flats

• sugar beets

The beautiful turquoise colour in Alberta's mountain lakes is caused by

• the sky

• minerals

• seaweed

• sand

This region has many mountains and valleys.

• Parkland

• Grassland

• Rocky Mountain

• Boreal Forest

This region has snow year round.

• Canadian Shield

• Boreal Forest

• Parkland

• Rocky Mountain

Scientists believe the land on Earth was once one giant continent called?

• Montana

• Pangaea

• Rocky Mountains

• Panagopolis

One of the ways we know that Alberta was once covered by a shallow sea is?

• The ground is often wet in places

• Fossils of sea animals are found in the mountains

• The water in the rivers is salty

• It was never covered in water