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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which landform is found in the Rocky Mountain region?
tall grasses
rolling hills
permafrost
mountains
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the source of Alberta's rivers?
The Pacific Ocean
The Great Lakes
Glaciers in the mountains
Moraines
- 3. Multiple Choice
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
- 4. Multiple Choice
Most of Alberta's river flow from the mountains to end at
Hudson's Bay
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Lake Athabasca
- 5. Multiple Choice
When the glaciers receded during the ice age they left large boulders called
erratics
hoodoos
salt flats
sugar beets
- 6. Multiple Choice
The beautiful turquoise colour in Alberta's mountain lakes is caused by
the sky
minerals
seaweed
sand
- 7. Multiple Choice
This region has many mountains and valleys.
Parkland
Grassland
Rocky Mountain
Boreal Forest
- 8. Multiple Choice
This region has snow year round.
Canadian Shield
Boreal Forest
Parkland
Rocky Mountain
- 9. Multiple Choice
Scientists believe the land on Earth was once one giant continent called?
Montana
Pangaea
Rocky Mountains
Panagopolis
- 10. Multiple Choice
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
- 11. Multiple Choice
The Rocky Mountains are located here in Alberta.
The North Eastern corner Bordering the North West Territories
The South Eastern Corner bordering Saskatchewan
The South Western edge bordering British Columbia
The central part of the province near Edmonton
- 12. Multiple Choice
Scientists believe that the Rocky Mountains were formed about this many years ago.
1 million years ago
100 years ago
1 billion years ago
120 million years ago
- 13. Multiple Choice
Glaciers are?
Rivers of ice
Large boulders moved by water
The original name for Alberta
The one large continent before they split up
- 14. Multiple Choice
The main landforms in the Rocky Mountain Region are?
Mountains
Meadows
Valleys
Answers A, B and C
- 15. Multiple Choice
The bodies of water found in the Rocky Mountain Region are?
Mountain lakes
Streams
Waterfalls
All the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
In the Rocky Mountains, as you rise higher in elevation the plants get?
Larger and larger as you get higher
Smaller and smaller often only on the south side
No plants grow in the mountains because their is no soil
- 17. Multiple Choice
When you compare the temperature from the bottom of the mountain to the top, the temperature is.
Higher at the top colder at the bottom
Same temperature at the top and bottom
Warmer at the bottom and colder at the top
- 18. Multiple Choice
One of the important natural resources for Alberta, found in the Rocky Mountains is?
Oil
Natural gas
Gold
Coal
- 19. Multiple Choice
In 1883 there was an amazing discovery in Banff that eventually lead to the creation of a National Park. That discovery was?
Hot spring at Sulphur Mountain
The Banff Springs Hotel
The Gondola at Sulphur Mountain
Melisa's Missteak Restaurant
- 20. Multiple Choice
One of the reasons people from around the world come to Banff is to see the wildlife such as?
Mountain Sheep and Mountain Goats
Foxes and wolves
Coyotes and Bears
All of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
What is a colliery?
A large building for sporting events
A mine and it's buildings
A cave with a hot spring
A collar for tracking wildlife
- 22. Multiple Choice
The name of the First Nations Tribe that told settlers to not build below Turtle Mountain were.
Cree
Piikani
Blackfoot
Navaho
- 23. Multiple Choice
When an animal is called endangered, that means.
There are too many of them
There are just the right amount of them
There are few and at risk of disappearing
Animals are not called endangered that name applies to rivers
- 24. Multiple Choice
In the Banff National Park one of the risks animals face is
Being killed by trains
Being petted by tourists
Lack of food sources
- 25. Multiple Choice
The year of the Frank Slide
1914
1907
1903
1941
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