Tracks, Photos and Tests: teacher key

Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, grade 3 edition, written for 3rd grade. Some people tell of Bigfoot and Nessie. Find out how footprints and photos fooled people, and how scientists test the stories.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did Ray Wallace's family say in 2002?
   • He made the 1958 footprints with carved wooden feet (answer)
   • He found Bigfoot's bones
   • He took the Surgeon's Photograph
2. Which name did a California newspaper start using in 1958?
   • Nessie
   • Sasquatch
   • Bigfoot (answer)
3. How was the famous Nessie photo faked?
   • With a model head on a toy submarine (answer)
   • With a big fish
   • With a plesiosaur bone
4. How long ago did plesiosaurs die out?
   • About 65 thousand years ago
   • About 65 million years ago (answer)
   • About 65 years ago
5. Why is the giant squid an example here?
   • It lives in Loch Ness
   • It is a kind of Bigfoot
   • It was once known only from monster stories but is a living animal (answer)

Words

• hoax: a trick
• plesiosaur: sea reptile
• evidence: clues, proof
• footprints: marks of feet
• trap: motion camera