Topic:
Canada’s Natural Resources
Materials:
Pencils, plant descriptions, clips, Natural resources
worksheet
Description: Discuss Canada’s natural resources and their past and present uses.
Students complete the scavenger hunt worksheet by finding the appropriate plants in the
natural area. Wrap-up: compare past and present uses and discuss whether or not
Canada’s resources are renewable.
Name ___________________________
Our Natural Resources
Write the answer on the line.
1. Which shrub is considered our provincial flower?
2. The trembling aspen is a common tree in Canada. What is the area of Canada
that this tree covers?
3. What did First Nations use the Larch tree for?
4. First Nations used this bush to treat an illness called scurvy. The fruit of which
bush has more Vitamin C than an orange?
5. This tree is used to make telephone poles.
6. Find a tree that can be used to produce paper. Canada has what percentage
of the world wide paper production?
7. This tree is used to make pulp, plywood, and matches.
8. How do ladybugs help the Canadian forests?
9. The larch is a common tree in Canada. What is the Canada area covered by this
tree?
10. This is the favourite tree picked by the beaver to build its dams.
11. How many hectares of forest were devoured by insects in Alberta in 2004?
12. This plant was used by First Nations to treat swollen glands, toothaches, and
headaches.
13. What are the three main products of pine trees?
14. Why is buffaloberry also called “soapberry”?
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wild rose
5,153,891 km2
chewed sap to relieve indigestion
rose
larch
34%
trembling aspen
eating aphids
4,969, 130 km2
trembling aspen
13.1 million hectares
coneflower (Echinacea)
timber, plywood, pulp
juice resembles soap