WorksheetsGr. 4 Alberta Pre-History
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is a fossil?
Rocks made by dead dinosaurs.
Old bones
The remains of ancient dinosaur bones that are now stone
The remains or shapes of ancient plants and animals that have turned to stone
What was Alberta's first dinosaur discovery?
T-rex
Edmontosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus
Albertosaurus
Who discovered that first dinosaur?
JosephTyrrell
Al Lakusta
Philip J Currie
Wendy Slaboda
What was Joseph Tyrrell looking for when he came to Alberta?
dinosaur bones
gold
coal
new land
Where was Tyrrell when he discovered the famous bones?
North Saskatchewan river valley
Red Deer River valley
Milk River valley
Athabasca River valley
Who took Alberta fossils to the US?
Joseph Tyrrell
Wendy Slaboda
Al Lakusta
Barnum Brown
Who worked for 40 years to save Alberta's fossils and helped preserve Dinosaur Provincial Park?
Wendy Sloboda
Philip Currie
Barnum Brown
George Anderson
The Royal Tyrrell Museum is located in
Edmonton
Calgary
Drumheller
Wembly
A fossil is.......
Anything that looks like a rock
Remains of an ancient plant or animal that has petrified to stone
remains of stones turned to plants and animals
Remains of plants and animals that have turned to compost
A person who studies fossils to learn about very old forms of life are called ________________.
Fossiloligist
Geologist
Paleontologist
What are the 3 main fossil fuels?
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
Coal, oil, and vegetable oil.
Electricity, Gasoline, Petroleum
Coal, Oil, Non-renewable Resources
Natural Resources are
Rocks that contain metal
Materials that are found on Earth that people use.
Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out.
Resources that are continually being replaced and WILL NOT RUN OUT
Natural resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to keep from running out are known as.......
Renewable Resources
Non-Renewable Resources
Which of the following is not a natural resource?
Fish
Cotton
Corn
Plastic
An example of Renewable Resources is
Coal
Oil
Sunlight
Gasoline
This is an example of a resource that cannot be replaced or renewed
Oil
Animal Waste
Sunlight
Water
What makes fossil fuels non-renewable?
They are used to produce heat
They can be found underground
They take a long time to form
How do we use fossil fuel products in Alberta?
To feed livestock
To make wheat and grain products
To make furniture
To heat homes
At home, you turn off your computer and lights before you go to bed. To make sure that you are using your electricity carefully, you are doing what?
Saving money
Conserving Resources
Using all of the resources
Using resources at home only
This house is getting its electricity from which source of energy?
Wind
Solar
Hydro
Animal Waste
What is one disadvantage of fossil fuels?
They are cheap
They will run out someday
Dinosaurs made lots of it
It's easy to find
This crop can be found on Alberta's flag and is most definitely a part of Alberta's identity.
Cotton
Beef Cattle
Wheat
Canola
What are 3 ways Royal Tyrrell Museum is important to Alberta?
tourism
I can go there for sleep over camp
paleontologists can study
protects fossils and keeps them in Alberta
If I find a fossil in the dirt. What can I do with it?
Anything I want. Finders - Keepers
I can take it home but I cannot sell it.
I should contact the Tyrell museum and report it. I cannot dig it up.
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What are the special stones that can be found in a Piikani medicing pouch called?
fossils
marbles
Napi
Iinisskimm
