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CANADA: DINOSAUR PROVINCIAL PARK
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NORTH AMERICA - DINOSAUR PARK
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Dinosaur Provincial Park lies along the banks of Red Deer River
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Alberta, Canada. Although it covers
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60 km, the Park contains a world-famous collection of dinosaur fossils. Many of the fossils date
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the Mesozoic period, about 245 - 265 million years ago. Dinosaurs became extinct approximately 200 million years ago.
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SOME FACTS...
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a) The name dinosaur
meaning
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"terrible lizard".
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b) It is possible to work out
how
what
who
big the dinosaurs were by looking at their bones.
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c) Over many years, the Red Deer River has cut through the soft rock, leaving behind�
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or
but
and
revealing the dinosaur fossils.
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d) The remains of over 35 species of dinosaur have been found�
at
on
in
Dinosaur Provincial
Park.
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MATCH THE PICTURES WITH THE CORRECT STATEMENTS ABOVE
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1. The Dinosaur Provincial Park is situated to the North-West of Ontario.
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