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Grade 7 · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 5

Resources and Choices in Newfoundland and Labrador

Oil, minerals, hydro power and the choices they bring.

What your child practises

Practises renewable and non-renewable resources, offshore oil, mining, hydro power, the fishery and forests, and the choices and perspectives that come with using them. Indigenous content is light and needs review by Indigenous partners.

Newfoundland and Labrador Curriculum curriculum outcome: Interdependence (by Grade 9) · the resources of Newfoundland and Labrador, how they are used, and their effects on people and the environment

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why was the cod fishery closed in 1992?

    • there were too few cod left
    • cod swam to another planet
    • people stopped eating fish
    • cod became too large

  2. Question 2

    What metals are found at Voisey's Bay in Labrador?

    • gold, silver and diamonds
    • nickel, copper and cobalt
    • iron and aluminum only
    • salt and coal

  3. Question 3

    A town depends on one mine that closes. What is this called?

    • a harvest
    • a bust
    • a holiday
    • a boom

  4. Question 4

    What is a natural resource?

    • something made in a factory
    • something from nature that people use
    • a kind of game
    • a kind of money

  5. Question 5

    What does it mean to export a resource?

    • to sell it to another place
    • to throw it away
    • to bury it
    • to keep it for yourself

  6. Question 6

    Why are the Churchill River power projects described as clean energy?

    • falling water makes electricity without burning fuel
    • they burn oil
    • they burn coal
    • they use no water

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