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WorksheetsThe Beast of Loch Ness
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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.
In the eight decades since the Mackays took their fateful drive, more than one million people have claimed to have seen some kind of creature in the water or on the shores of the loch. (Text line 107)
True
False
What is the meaning of the word skeptic?
a person who believes other people's opinions
a person who questions or doubts other people's opinions
a person who studies water areas
a person who studies unproven creatures
What is the best description of the loch?
The water is shallow and often changes temperature.
The water is deep and warm.
The water is warm and full of plant life.
The water is freezing cold and so dark that few plants survive.
What is a synonym for the word preposterous? (Text line 16)
believable
ridiculous
mean
sad
myth
an old story about the supernatural
a proven, true story based on fact
a book about animals
research by scientists
