1) You and two friends are working at the Sterkfontein caves, in South Africa. Your first friend, Mary, is interested in the rock features and characteristics of the area. Is she:
2) Your other friend, Tom, is an archeologist. This means he works with;
3) You, on the other hand, are interested in fossils concerning the evolution of man this means are;
4) ... and the term for the area in which you work is;
5) While you are digging in a cave, you uncover a speck of white - a bone! What are you going to use to mark the location of your find?
6) Now you have to get the bone out of the rock. This means you haveto;
7) If your fossil turns out to be a very small one, what method are you going to use to ensure it is not damaged?
8) It turns out that your fossil is big... very big. How are you going to hoist it out of its position?
9) Once it's out, you see that your fossil is a skull! Now, you want to clean a tooth. What brush are you going to use?
>10) Finally, you have to pack your fossil and send it off to the university. Because it is so big, what are you going to use to keep it well protected?
E-mail your answers to: Apelanders@hotmail.com
We will send you your score!
a) a geologist?
b) a geographer?
c) a paleontologist?
d) a lab scientist?
a) shells
b) leaves
c) stones
d) bones
a) a hominid
b) a geologist
c) a paleontologist
d) an archeologist
a) a fossil home
b) a hole
c) a cave
d) a dig
a) contour lines
b) latitude lines
c) a graph
d) a grid
a) transport it
b) extract it
c) decompose it
d) remove it
a) chisseling
b) acid decomposition
c) hammering
d) water and glue
a) by using a crane
b) by using chains and pullies
c) by using ropes
d) by using winches
a) a shaving brush
b) a large paintbrush
c) a featherduster
d) a dustpan brush
a) newspaper
b) bubble wrap
c) plaster of Paris
d) foam