TAXIDERMY
WHAT IS TAXIDERMY?
TAXIDERMY IS THE ART OF PRESERVING AN
ANIMAL'S BODY BY STUFFING AND MOUNTING IT
GLASS SPONGES HAVE A SKELETON MADE UP OF...
SILICA
HOW MANY ROWS OF TEETH DO SHARKS HAVE?
4 OR 5 ROWS
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A VOLCANIC ROCK
OBSIDIAN OR BASALT...
WHEN WAS THE FIRST TAXIDERMY BOOK PUBLISHED?
IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1908
NAME THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF MOLLUSKS YOU CAN IDENTIFY IN THE DISPLAY
GASTROPODS AND BIVALVES. WE DON'T HAVE CEPHALOPODS IN THE DISPLAY
FIND A FLYING MAMMAL IN THE DISPLAY. WHAT IS ITS NAME?
BAT
HOW MANY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF ROCKS CAN YOU IDENTIFY IN THE DISPLAY? NAME THEM.
THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF ROCKS, METAMORPHIC ROCKS, MAGMATIC ROCKS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
WHERE IS THE EGG IN THE HEN´S BODY?
IT IS IN THE OVIDUCT
NAME THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF ARTHROPODS YOU CAN IDENTIFY IN THE DISPLAY.
INSECTS, ARACHNIDS, MIRIAPODS AND CRUSTACEANS
FIND TWO MAMMALS WITH BEAKS IN THE DISPLAY WHAT ARE THEY?
PLATYPUS AND EQUIDNA
WHEN WAS THE LAST VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN EL HIERRO?
IT WAS IN 2011
NAME THREE TOOLS THAT ARE USED IN A TAXIDERMY WORKSHOP AND THEIR FUNCTION
SCISSORS FOR CUTTING
TWEEZERS FOR GRIPPING
SCALPEL FOR CUTTING
THERE IS A SMALL VERTEBRATE INSIDE THE INVERTEBRATE DISPLAY. WHAT IS IT?
SEAHORSE
LOOK AT THE PREDATORY BIRDS´CABINET. WHAT TYPE OF NUTRITION DO THEY HAVE? ARE THEY CARNIVOROUS OR HERBIVOROUS?
THEY HAVE HETEROTROPHIC NUTRITION AND THEY ARE CARNIVOROUS.
WHEN WAS THE LAST VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN LA PALMA?
IT WAS IN 2021
THERE ARE 4 IMPORTANT STEPS IN THE TAXIDERMY PROCESS. WHAT ARE THEY?
SKINNING, CLEANING, STUFFING AND MOUNTING
CAN YOU IDENTIFY CORALS IN THE INVERTEBRATE DISPLAY? WHICH INVERTEBRATE GROUP DO THEY BELONG TO?
YES, I CAN. THEY BELONG TO THE CNIDARIA GROUP
NAME THE DIFFERENT TROPHIC LEVELS FOUND IN A FOOD CHAIN
DECOMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND CONSUMERS (PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERCIARY)
NAME A MINERAL YOU CAN IDENTIFY IN THE DISPLAY
PIRITE