Detective’s Name: _________________________

Dear Detective,

Late last night, one of our T. rex dinosaurs went missing!

We suspect thievery, as the dinosaur has not walked in 65

million years. Unfortunately, the security cameras were

suspiciously turned off all night long, so we have no idea who

stole the fossils or when. However, the thief must have gotten

distracted by all of our interesting exhibits during his/her

heist, because he/she left behind clues throughout the museum.

Please help us follow the thief’s trail in order to find his or

her identity and recover the stolen T. rex!

Sincerely,

The Greensboro Science Center Team

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Lobby and downstairs by the Herpetarium

Two astronomers who first thought that the Earth spins on its

axis are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The Science Center proves that the Earth rotates on its axis

once every 24 hours by using a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

The pendulum shows that the Earth moves _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the

pendulum and us, because the pendulum moves over enough to knock

over one peg every _ _ minutes. How many pegs have been knocked

over today? ________ What time is it now? ________

What time did the Science Center start the pendulum this

morning? ________

Show math work here:

There are two Gravity Wells in the museum! You may need to find

them both to answer the following questions:

The first astronomer who found how our planets travel in orbits

was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. He thought that the _ _ _ was

the center of the solar system and that all the planets moved in

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ orbits. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ proves

that the Earth moves in an oval shaped orbit because the coins

move in _ _ _ _ _ faster and faster as they fall down the well.

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Main Level

Dinosaurs walk and fly among us! Birds are living relatives of

the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ branch of dinosaurs.

What are two traits birds share with their dinosaur ancestors?

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The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has a long neck that would have

allowed it to graze as high as 30 feet off the ground. It

lived in the Jurassic _ _ _ _ _ _, which is a part of the

Mesozoic _ _ _.

Look Up! A Pteranodon (tuh-RAN-uh-don) is one kind of

pterosaur, or “_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.” Pterosaurs were

_ _ _ dinosaurs, they were flying _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

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Near the Entrance on the Main Level

Water, Water, Everywhere!

Of all the water on Earth, _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ percent of it

is salt water. A gallon of salt water weighs _._ pounds.

Only _ _ _ percent of the water on Earth is safe for drinking.

Because of this, 25% of the Earth is without _ _ _ _ water. To

keep the animals living in the aquarium healthy, the water goes

through m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and

c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ filtration.

Eat Like an Otter!

Asian Small-Clawed otters love to eat! Every day they eat about

25-30% of their body weight! This means that a 60 pound otter

would eat about 15 pounds of food every day. How much would you

eat if you were an otter? Show your math work here:

Your body weight=________________ x0.25

Pounds of food per day= ____________ pounds

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Main Level

The wind speed of a category five hurricane can be one

hundred _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ miles per hour. Other types of

extreme storms in this exhibit are _ _ _ z _ _ _ _ _

and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

_ _ _ _ _ _ are the number one Natural Disaster in the U.S.

The largest hail stone ever recorded is __ inches in

diameter. Pea-sized hail is about __ / __ inch in diameter.

How many inches of snow fell in the record-setting 24 hour

snow storm? _________ inches.

Measure your height= __________ inches.

How many inches above your head was the snow that fell

during the record-setting 24 hour snow storm?

Show your work here:

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Outside Zoo

Friendly Farm – Who Am I?

We are herd animals and like to stick _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. We can

hum if we are glum or just curious. Our bodies are covered in a

fine fur called fiber. We are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

We miniature _ _ _ _ _ _ on the farm are measured not in inches

but in _ _ _ _ _. A hand is equal to _ inches. If we measure 38

inches, how many hands tall are we?

Show your work here:

Gibbons

We don’t run, we swing through the trees with the greatest of

ease! This swinging motion is called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. We

have a _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ joint in our shoulder and a

second one in our _ _ _ _ _.

Fossa

Related to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, I am the largest predator in

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. My long tail helps me balance in the trees

as I hunt _ _ _ _ _ _.

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Main Level

One difference between adult smokers’ and non-smokers’ health is

lung _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Feel the difference between how much air a

smoker’s and a non-smoker’s lung can hold. Cigarettes include

ingredients like nail polish remover, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,

cleaner, lighter fluid, fungicide, and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Try the following tests and list your results:

Test Results

Nervous System: Reaction Time

Muscular System: Grip Test

Stress Test

Heart Pump Test

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Find two animals that have the same adaptation:

_____________________________ and __________________________

What is their shared adaptation?

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How does this adaptation help them survive?

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A predator has eyes that face _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Prey animals have eyes that must _ _ _ _ _ for an attack from

any _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Now that you have looked through the whole Science Center and

found all the clues, try and put them together to find the

thief's name, so we can get our T.rex back!

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