Natural History Museum, London

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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1. When was Natural History Museum, London built?Construction began in 1873, opened in 1881
2. How tall is Natural History Museum, London?Approximately 26 meters (85 feet)
3. How big is Natural History Museum, London?Biodiversity, evolution, taxonomy, Earth sciences, and environmental change
4. What is the location?Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD, England
5. What is the architect?Alfred Waterhouse
6. What can I see in the Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum?You can see huge dinosaur skeletons like Tyrannosaurus Rex and Diplodocus. They are real fossils that show how dinosaurs lived.

Paleontology: The study of fossil animals and plants to understand prehistoric life and environments.
Taxonomy: The scientific system of classifying and naming all living organisms based on shared characteristics.
Biodiversity: The variety of life on Earth at all its levels, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it.
Geological Timescale: A system of chronological dating that relates stratigraphy to time, used to describe the history of the Earth.