Animals at the Science Center
Time to eat
Mission Space
It's all Chemical
Fossils and Dinos
100

This bird can be found at nearly every restaurant. 

What is chicken? 

100

This gallery at the Saint Louis Science Center grows and harvests over 1000 lbs of food a year.  

What is GROW? 

100

You don't have to be outside to see the stars in this, the oldest structure at the Saint Louis Science Center. 

What is the Planetarium?

100

This chemical creates a yellow flame.

What is sodium? 

100

This big dino is known for it's tiny "hands".

What is T-rex?

200

This Minecraft super-star is endangered in its natural habitat. 

What is axolotl? 

200

This big machine, can cost up to a million dollars and is important to harvesting crops like rice, wheat, soybeans and corn. 

What is a combine? 

200
This is used to drive on Mars. 

What is a ROVER?

200
Rapid increases in this common chemical compound are responsible for increasing temperatures around the planet.

What is Carbon Dioxide? 

200

The earliest known dinosaurs appeared during what Period.

What is the Triassic Period?

300
This critter gives a good squeeze when it wants to eat and lives a quiet life in our Life Science area. 

What is ball python? 

300

The Science Center showcases an entire wall of this important substance used to grow food.  

What is soil? 

300

This keeps us from being able to best view the night sky in the city.

What is light pollution?

300

NaCl is a common seasoning found in nearly every kitchen.

What is Salt?

300

This ancient creature once roamed the area that is now Missouri during the Cenozoic Era and is in the name of a nearby State Park? 

What is Mastodon?

400

These sea creatures are animals although it can be hard to tell since they don't have eyes and stay in one spot.  

What are corals?

400

This crop has thousands of uses and is highlighted in our GROW gallery.  This tall plant can be used to feed animals, humans and our fuel tanks.  

What is corn? 

400
This happens when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.
What is solar eclipse?
400

This chemical process allows plants to make their own food.

What is photosynthesis?


400

A paleobotanist studies this fossilized material.

What are plants? 

500

The Science Center has two species of this amphibian. One lives fully in water and the other likes to tuck into small logs in their enclosure. 

What are frogs? 

500

This area of GROW has over 16 trees.  

What is the orchard area? 

500

The third planet from the sun.

What is Earth?

500
These two common household cleaners should never be mixed together.

What are bleach and ammonia?

500

Fossils are not remains of the organism itself. Instead it is this. 

What is rock?

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