The Beast of Loch Ness

What is the Scottish name for Loch?

• dinosaur

• lake

• monster

• beast

Creatures of myth and legend have been studied and some are found to actually exist.

• True

• False

For hundreds of years, sailors told stories of a hideous creature with a large round head, a jagged-edged beak, and enormous, powerful tentacles. What was the creature called?

• Kraken

• Komodo dragon

• Loch Ness Monster

• Big Foot

What is the meaning of hideous?

• to be happy

• having a curved shape

• to hide something

• ugly or disgusting to look at

In 1873, a fisherman and his son spotted a kraken in the waters off Newfoundland, Canada. They managed to cut off a 19-foot piece of tentacle. Following this, scientists changed the name of the kraken. What was it changed to?

• Swordfish

• Octopus

• Giant Squid

• Shark

A group of pearl fishermen landed on a small island in what is now known as Indonesia. They described seeing a 10 foot lizard. What did this ferocious, meat eating reptile later come to be known as?

• Chameleon

• Giant Salamander

• Indonesian Gila Monster

• Komodo Dragon

What is the name given to men and women who search for mythical and legendary creatures?

• Cryptozoologists

• Zoologists

• Marine Scientists

• Biologists

Some scientists believe that Loch Ness may be related to a prehistoric, long-necked marine reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs. What is the name of this reptile?

• lochosaur

• loch snake

• plesiosaur

• beastosaur

Tim Dinsdale was an engineer that led several expeditions to study the Loch Ness. He captured about two minutes of video of the Loch Ness creature. He turned his videos over for study to the British experts. What did they determine?

• They could not decide if they creature was real or not because the video was too blurry.

• They decided that the creature could not be real.

• They decided that the object was probably alive and that it was between 12 and 16 feet long.

• They decided that the Loch Ness was real and there were several others like it in the loch.

In 2003, a group of British scientists did a complete search of the loch. What did they determine?

• There were no signs of any large living animal.

• They supported the earlier studies that there was a creature between 12 and 16 feet long.

• The creature was a prehistoric fish.

• The creature was fake in put in the loch as a joke.