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CANADA: DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK
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READ THE TEXT AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH BLANK.
NORTH AMERICA - DINOSAUR PARK
Dinosaur Provincial Park lies along the banks of Red Deer River
on
in
an
Alberta, Canada. Although it covers
a
an
-
relatively small area
the
off
of
60 km, the Park contains a world-famous collection of dinosaur fossils. Many of the fossils date
for
from
to
the Mesozoic period, about 245 - 265 million years ago. Dinosaurs became extinct approximately 200 million years ago.
SOME FACTS...
a) The name dinosaur
meaning
mean
means
"terrible lizard".
b) It is possible to work out
how
what
who
big the dinosaurs were by looking at their bones.
Some are thought to have been almost 50 m long.
c) Over many years, the Red Deer River has cut through the soft rock, leaving behind
the harder rocks
or
but
and
revealing the dinosaur fossils.
d) The remains of over 35 species of dinosaur have been found
at
on
in
Dinosaur Provincial
Park.
MATCH THE PICTURES WITH THE CORRECT STATEMENTS ABOVE
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READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS AND WRITE "
TRUE
", "
FALSE
" OR "
I DON'T KNOW
" IF THERE IS NO INFORMATION IN THE TEXT.
1. The Dinosaur Provincial Park is situated to the North-West of Ontario.
2. The Park covers a vast area of the country.
3. There are more than a hundred fossils in the Park.
4. Dinosaurs disappeared during the Mesozoic Period.