Scavenger Hunt - Animals

Scavenger Hunt
Animals
by GEAR UP Web Team
Fairmont State College
Updated September, 2005

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Instructions:

Visit the site's listed below to answer the questions.  Use the BACK button to return to this page for the next question.  Write your answers of the sheet provided.  


1. What function does a cat’s tail serve?>

    How many vertebrae does a cat have in its flexible spine??

    http://animal.discovery.com/guides/cats/cats.html


2. What is the name of the latest dinosaur discovered?

    What dinosaurs lived in this area? Hint: use zip code 26554

     http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/dinos/dinos.html


3. Who is Sue?

    Where was she found?

    By whom?

    Where is she now on display?

     http://www.fmnh.org/sue/


4. What is the scientific name for Guinea Pig?

    What is the lifespan of a Guinea Pig?

     http://www.animaland.org/framesets/petcare_frameset.asp


5. What was the name of the first elephant?

    What did it look like?

     http://www.elephants.com/begin.htm


6. There are many types of butterflies, pick a type and write down three facts about that butterfly.

     http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=2


7. Take the scavenger hunt on the website listed below:

http://www.kidsanddogs.bravepages.com/hunt1.html


8. Test Your knowledge of animals and take a quiz at:

     http://www.kidsplanet.org/games/quiz/