Grade 2 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 7
Canada's Regions and Resources
Prairies, mountains and what we get from the land
What your child practises
Canada has several physical regions, such as the Cordillera (the western mountains), the Interior Plains (the Prairies), the Canadian Shield and the Arctic. Alberta is mostly in the Interior Plains and the Cordillera. Children also learn about natural resources and why we use them with care.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Canada's physical regions and natural resources · Canada's land regions, and natural resources such as water, wood, oil and crops
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Why should we use natural resources with care?
- because they do not matter
- so nobody can use them
- so there is enough for the future
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so there is enough for the future
Hint: Careful use helps resources last.
Question 2
Which resource do people drink?
- oil
- fresh water
- salt water
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fresh water
Hint: We need clean fresh water.
Question 3
Which is a natural resource?
🛢️- oil
- a sidewalk
- a toy car
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oil
Hint: Natural resources come from nature. People did not make them.
Question 4
Is the resource grown or dug up? Tap an item, then tap its basket.
Sort into: 🌱 grown · ⛏️ from the ground
- 🌲trees for lumber
- 🛢️oil
- 🌼canola
- 🔥natural gas
- 🌾wheat
- ⚫coal
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🌱 grown: trees for lumber, canola, wheat · ⛏️ from the ground: oil, natural gas, coal
Hint: Farmers grow crops and foresters grow trees. Oil, natural gas and coal are found under the ground.
Question 5
The Prairies are good for…
- catching ocean fish
- growing crops and raising cattle
- mining coral
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growing crops and raising cattle
Hint: The flat, open land has rich soil.
Question 6
A physical region is a part of a country that has similar…
- land and landforms
- clothes
- flags
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land and landforms
Hint: Physical regions are described by their land, rocks and plants.