Topic
Museum Analysis: San Diego Museum
Instructions
Museum Analysis-Visit any one of the following museums and prepare a five pages, double-spaced typewritten analysis: How well do the exhibits at this museum reflect the legacy of life? Include in this report a checklist (i.e. table) of the number and kinds of paleontological exhibits, the amount of space, and what types of paleoecological habitats are represented. Document your trip with a paid admission receipt, and illustrate your report with five representative photos (not postcards or cut-outs).. Each photo should have a caption describing it.
Answer preview
The sand dollar is believed to have been pushed to the mountain during the movement of plates where the sea floors were pushed and made into mountains and later eroded. According to Jennifer Kennedy (2017), sand dollars are from a family known as the echinoderms which also houses the sea stars, sea urchins and the sea cucumbers. The exhibit is a therefore, a good starting point to help the paleontologists or the students to learn more about the echinoderms. Kennedy ( 2017), goes on to explain that the sand dollars are made up of many species which includes; the common sand dollar, the sand dollar found on the pacific or the western, the sand dollar that is a sea biscuit and the keyhole sand dollars. In this case the one in the exhibit seems to have the same appearances as the pacific sand dollar.
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