The Evidence on the Table: teacher key

Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, grade 5 edition, written for 5th grade. Hairs, films, footprints, photos and DNA: what has been put forward for Bigfoot and Nessie, and what each test showed.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What did the hair tests find?
   • Almost all came from known animals (answer)
   • All came from a new ape
   • None came from animals
2. What did the 2018 DNA survey not find in Loch Ness?
   • Water samples
   • Fish
   • Plesiosaur DNA (answer)
3. What does the word Sasquatch mean?
   • Big lake
   • Wild men (answer)
   • Long neck
4. Why does the saola matter to scientists?
   • It was found by scientists in 1992, so large animals can still be found (answer)
   • It lives in Loch Ness
   • It was a hoax
5. What does "verified" mean in "No one has verified it"?
   • Shown to be true by checking (answer)
   • Made into a film
   • Lost in a forest

Words

• Sasquatch: Bigfoot's other name
• hoax: a trick
• sonar: sound finder
• DNA: body code
• plesiosaur: sea reptile