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Scavenger Hunt binocularsDo you want to make your visit to the Tate Museum more interactive than just looking at displays? Here is a list of questions to help you make a customized day of activities for your students.

Please note that displays in the museum are often changing and new ones are being constructed. This list may not always be as updated as our displays.

  1. Which display includes a VW Bug?
  2. What is the most common classification of meteorite?
  3. Which of the two types of jade is found in Wyoming?
  4. Who has a pi-shaped tooth?
  5. What saber-tooth predator is not a cat?
  6. What is the only living cat with extended canines?
  7. What were the diamond shaped holes in a cycad for?
    (hint: look at the "pettable" specimen)
  8. How many toes are there on a theropod?
  9. Which pterosaur comes from Germany?
  10. Give the chemical composition for strontianite.
  11. What is aluminum ore called?
  12. On the whale wheel, what kind of teeth does a whale need to eat a mixed diet?
  13. What animal had the largest eye of any vertebrate?
    (hint: it's around the marine diorama cases)
  14. What shape is a gar scale?
  15. What did the plesiosaurs eat to supplement their diet of fish?
  16. Name an Oligocene Rhinoceros from Wyoming.
  17. Which case has a coin in it?
  18. What is the difference between Ammonites and Nautiloids?
  19. What kind of animal is "Twinkle Toes"?
  20. Draw the Chinese character for jade.
  21. Name two snack foods that contain mineral resources found here in Wyoming.
  22. What was one of the largest predators of the White River badlands?
  23. What fossil helped to support the hypothesis of continental drift?

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Last Updated 4/14/08