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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Extra Credit Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Go to the museum and answer the following questions. As proof of your visit, attach your receipt for admission.

• For information: www.nhm.org 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007 (213) 763- DINO
• The first Tuesday of the month is free! If you go this day, bring back a map for proof of your attendance.

Begin in the main Foyer

1. I have been reported as a sea serpent. I’m 6 meters long and live to a depth of 100 meters. Who am I? Chick out my shark bites too! _____________________________________________

1. I have been called the “land shark” of the Cretaceous Period. Every kid knows me. (Hint: I’m the best known of the carnivores of this time period.) Who am I? ________________________________

1. I’m a big mouth and am 14 feet long and weigh in at 1500 pounds. What is my scientific name? _____________________________

Dinosaur Hall

1. I am a sea creature that was found in California. Who am I? __________________________

1. My neck contains 19 vertebrae (72 ft. long), more than any other dinosaur. Who am I?

1. Put in order the 3 geologic periods of the dinosaurs (look for a wall chart)

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Cenozoic Fossil Hall

1. I’m painted on the wall and am from the state where you live only a few million years earlier. Name 3 extinct animals that used to live here.

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1. We are a set of horses that show the evolutionary history of our kind.. Put us in order from the oldest to the most recent.
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1. My nickname is “Thunderbeast”. What am I? _________________________________________

Discovery Center

1. I am a present day mammal and have the most massive skeleton in the museum. You will find me hanging in the air, but that is not my normal habitat. Who am I? _____________________________________________
2. We bugs have many adaptations to avoid becoming dinner. Go up the stairs, find the wall display and list 3 adaptations we have to keep from being eaten.

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1. We bugs have many adaptations to avoid becoming dinner. Go up the stairs, find the wall display and list 3 adaptations we have to keep from being eaten.

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Hall of Marine Life

1. We are echinodermata. List two of us: _________________________________________________
2. We are Cnideria. List two of us: ________________________________________________________
3. We are plants that can live in the ocean. Name 2 of us _________________________________
4. We are animals that live in the abyssal zone. Name 2 of us. ____________________________

Hall of North American Mammals

1. Horns or antlers? Which one is like an overgrown fingernail on your head! Which is it?

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1. My scientific name is Ursus americanus . Who am I? __________________________________
2. My scientific name is Ursus horribilus. Who am I? ____________________________________

Bird Hall

1. I have the longest windspan. Who am I? _______________________________________
2. I am the deepest diver. Who am I? _____________________________________________
3. I am the California Condor. How many of my kind were in the wild in 1988? _____
4. I am a flamingo. Why am I pink? __________________________________________________

Africa Hall

1. I am Pan troglodytes. I sleep in a tree (with my mommy till I am 5!). What is my common name? ________________________________________
2. I am Loxodonta Africana . I am very large. Who am I? _____________________________

Hall of Gems and Minerals

1. I am the largest gold nugget in captivity. What is my name? _____________________________
2. Name a mineral that you are allowed to touch. ___________________________________________
3. I am a blue gem from Brazil and weigh 4644 carats. What kind am I? ____________________
4. I am a diamond ring from Russia and am located inside the walk-in vault. Draw me.