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Geology Project – Museum of Natural history
Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
1) I have streaks of red and black. I was formed from ancient green seas and a now common and necessary gas
2) Proof of a cold and key era of Earth’s ancient past am I
3) A cast of a photosynthetic creature am I, formerly fire now cold and grey
4) I am a crack in igneous/metamorphic rock which represents a law of dating which you cannot deny
5) A twisted and bent sample of dark twisted rock formed under the Appalachian 440 mya.
6) A tree of stone formed after a volcanic blast
7) Three samples of rock made up of preexisting rock broken into pieces and re-cemented together.
Hall of Meteorites
8) I am the largest meteorite on display
Guggenheim Hall of Minerals
9) I am yellow as the sun and can smell as bad as rotten eggs. Certain people in the science department would die in the presence of me.
10) The most common and purest silicate. I am often found in sand and watches.
11) Birthstone for December. Gem given huge array of power
12) A girls best friend am I
13) A precious metal found in Bronze, I Cu.
14) An orange mineral that would howl at the moon if it could.
15) A famous rush occurred because of me. Olympic athletes strive to have me.
Hall of Advanced Mammals
16) You have seen me in Walking with Prehistoric Beasts. I lived in South America and looked like a camel with a short trunk
17) This “smiling” cat has quite a nasty overbite
Hall of Primitive Mammals
18) This “slow” creature was the largest of all its relatives
19) I may look like a “sail” boat but I was actually a fearsome Permian Predator
20) I may not be Egyptian or be wrapped in bandages but I’m still known as this famous monster
21) If only my brain was as big as the plates on my back maybe I’d still be around today.
Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs
22) I represent a link between the dino’s of old and the Aves of today
23) I am the meanest and most famous dinosaur of all time, but I still need help putting on my shirt in the morning!
Hall of Vertebrate Origins
24) Look up and you will see me as did the T-Rex, Triceratops, and other dinosaurs flying above your head
25) I was the “Jaws” of the Miocene. My great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandchild still strikes fear in the hearts of men
Gonzalez 2014