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2: Alberta’s Fossil Heritage Study Guide
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1) What are fossils?
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2) How are fossils made?
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3) What did Alberta look like 70 million years ago?
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4) In what area of Alberta’s grasslands are the most fossils found?
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5) Why are fossils important?
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6) What is paleontology? What does a paleontologist do?
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7) Who first found fossils in Alberta?
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9) What does “iinisskimm” mean?
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10) Why are iinisskimm important to the Blackfoot people of today?
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11) Who found the first Albertosaurus fossils? _________________
What year were they found? ____________________
12) What happened after the first Albertosaurus fossils were found?
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13) Who was Barnum Brown?
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13) What is repatriation?
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14) Chief Crowfoot’s ceremonial belongings were kept in a museum in
Britain for almost 150 years! Why do you think it was important that they
were brought back to Alberta?
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15) Why do you think it’s important that Alberta protect its fossils?
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16) In what year did Alberta pass a law changing who owns the fossils that
are found here? ___________
17) Who owns all the fossils that are found in Alberta?
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18) In some areas where fossils are found, regular people aren’t allowed to
dig for fossils. Who are the only people allowed to dig for fossils in these
protected areas? ______________________________
19) In 1955, Dinosaur Provincial Park was created. What is Dinosaur
Provincial park?
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20) In 1979, Dinosaur Provincial Park became a: _________________
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21) Who is the Royal Tyrrell Museum named after?
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22) Why is the Royal Tyrrell Museum important?
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23) When did the Royal Tyrrell Museum open? _____________
24) What are the three fossil fuels? _________ _________ ________
25) How were fossil fuels made?
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26) How are fossil fuels used today?
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