Scavenger Hunts

Name: _______________________ Date:_______________________

1. Name the missing Great Lake from this list: Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Lake  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ .
2. Trilobites were ancient sea creatures that were related to today’s horseshoe crabs.  Trilobites were from the time period known as the C  _  M B _  _  _  _ .
3. Calcite is a mineral that can form large pointed crystals that look like sharp teeth!  The large calcite crystal on the first floor is called a  D  _  _  -  T  _ O T H    S  _  A R.
4. A giant piece of rock is known as a “monolith.”  The monolith inside the museum is a nice piece of metamorphic rock called  _  N  _  I  S  _ .
5. Quartz is a common mineral that comes in many colours!  Pink quartz is called rose quartz, and purple quartz is called  _  M  _  _  H Y  _  T .
6. This Ice-Age mammal (as seen on the second-floor iPad exhibit) with its large tusks was not a mammoth – it was a M  _  S  _  _  D  _  N .
7. Minerals which glow under ultraviolet light (also known as “UV light” or “black light”) are called  _  L _  _  R E S C  _  N  T  minerals.
8. One of the wooden tree sections on the second floor is from
   V  _  C T O  _  _  A    P _  _  K.
9. Parasaurolophus was a dinosaur with a crest on its head.  The Parasaurolophus skeleton on the second-floor is missing its T  _  I  _  and its  B A C K    L  _  _ .
10. Ancient trees that have fossilized into rock are often found in Arizona.  This kind of plant fossil is known as  P  _  T R  _  _  I E D _  _  O  D.

Nom: __________________________      Date: _______________­­­­­­­

1. Nomme le nom d’un des Grands Lacs qui manqué dans la liste suivante: Lac Huron, Lac Michigan, Lac Erie, Lac Superieur, Lac _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
2. Quel est l’age des Trilobites dans le presentoir. C _ MB_ _ _ _.
3. Quel est le nom de la grosse pointe de cristal de calcite.       

           D _ _  T_ _TH  S_ A R.

4. Le monolithe geant de rocke est une piece de  _N_ I S S.
5. Variete de quartz biolet: _ M _ S _ _ D _ N _ _.
6. Le grose panache provident d’un E _ _ _.
7. La fluorite est utilize dans le dentifice. Quelles couleurs de cristaux vois-tu? Violet- Vert- Jaune- brun- orange- rouge- blanc- bleu. Souligne les couleurs que tu peux voir.
8. L’elephat d’age glaciarie n’est pas un mammouth. C’est un M_S_ _ D_ N _ _.
9. Quelle partie du squelette du dinosaure Parasaurolophus est manqante? 1) Q _ _ _ _  2)  J _ _ _ _
10. Une des sections d’arbre du 2e etage provident de V_C T O _ _ A   P _ _ K.

Name: _________________________      Date: _______________

1. A hole in volcanic rock can be filled with quartz to produce a banded formation, often cut in half or as slices and known as an  _  G  _  _  E.
2. This black-cast dinosaur on the wall has a name that means “terrible claw”.  To keep them sharp, D  _  I  N  _  N  _  C  H  _  _  could retract its claws!
3. The Discovery Mine Tunnel is a replica of a real mine tunnel in Cobalt, Ontario.  In the early 1900s, Cobalt was one of the largest producers of  _  _  _  _  E _.
4. When lightning strikes sand, a glass formation called a  F  _  _  G  _  _  I  _  _  forms.
5. My shell is a spiral with separate compartments inside.  I float through the ocean and can propel myself like a modern-day squid.  I am an  _  _  M  _  _  I  _  _ .
6. Galena is a silvery-grey mineral that is made of lead sulphide.  Its natural crystal structure is that of a  _  _  B  _ .
7. Primitive creatures known as  _  T  _  _  M  _  T  _  L  _  T  _  S  came from the Pre-Cambrian, and gave us evidence of the first life on Earth.
8. Hope, Jubilee, Great Mogul, and Star of the South are all famous historical examples of this carbon mineral, known as  _  _  A  _  _  N  _ .
9. The Mistaken Point Fossils come from  _  _  W  _  _  _  _  D  _  _  _  _ .
10. A cannibalistic dinosaur,  _  _  E  L  _  _  _  Y  _  _  S  can be found with the consumed bones of its offspring in its stomach cavity.