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Woolly mammoth - Quiz
Woolly mammoth
  • 1. Which species is the closest extant relative of the woolly mammoth?
A) Asian elephant
B) African elephant
C) Columbian mammoth
D) Steppe mammoth
  • 2. When did Georges Cuvier identify the mammoth as an extinct elephant species?
A) 1802
B) 1796
C) 1728
D) 1799
  • 3. Approximately how long ago did the woolly mammoth diverge from the steppe mammoth?
A) 100,000 years ago
B) 800,000 years ago
C) 1.2 million years ago
D) 500,000 years ago
  • 4. What was the main diet of the woolly mammoth?
A) Berries and insects
B) Tree bark and roots
C) Small mammals and fish
D) Forbs and grasses
  • 5. Where did the last isolated populations of woolly mammoths survive until 4,000 years ago?
A) North America
B) St. Paul Island
C) Siberia
D) Wrangel Island
  • 6. What is the approximate weight of a newborn woolly mammoth calf?
A) 90 kg
B) 300 kg
C) 50 kg
D) 200 kg
  • 7. How many times were the four molars of a woolly mammoth replaced during its lifetime?
A) Six times
B) Eight times
C) Four times
D) Twice
  • 8. Who gave the woolly mammoth the scientific name Elephas primigenius?
A) Hans Sloane
B) Georges Cuvier
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
  • 9. What anatomical features did the woolly mammoth have to minimize heat loss?
A) Large ears and a long tail
B) Long legs and thin skin
C) Small ears and a short tail
D) Extra layers of fat and a thick trunk
  • 10. Which US president was responsible for turning the word 'mammoth' into an adjective?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) George Washington
C) John Adams
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 11. What was the habitat of the woolly mammoth called?
A) Glacial plains
B) Boreal savanna
C) Tundra forest
D) Mammoth steppe
  • 12. In what year was the mammoth genome project completed?
A) 2010
B) 1990
C) 2015
D) 2005
  • 13. Which creature did Hans Sloane suggest carried elephants to the Arctic?
A) Large birds of prey
B) The Great Flood
C) Migratory ice sheets
D) Ancient humans
  • 14. What was the estimated maximum age an individual woolly mammoth could reach?
A) 100 years
B) 80 years
C) 40 years
D) 60 years
  • 15. Which mammoth species lived alongside the woolly mammoth in North America?
A) African mammoth
B) Straight-tusked elephant
C) Steppe mammoth
D) Columbian mammoth
  • 16. To which family do mammoths belong?
A) Elephantidae
B) Proboscidea
C) Mammutidae
D) Loxodonta
  • 17. How much of the woolly mammoth's chromosomal DNA is identical to the African elephant?
A) 95.10% to 96.20%
B) 99.99%
C) 98.55% to 99.40%
D) 80% to 85%
  • 18. What structure of the woolly mammoth was used to extract nuclear genome sequences?
A) Tusks
B) Skull fragments
C) Enamel ridges
D) Hair follicles
  • 19. How are mammoth species primarily identified?
A) Height of the shoulder
B) Weight of the skull
C) Number of enamel ridges on their molars
D) Length of their tusks
  • 20. What is the earliest known species of the genus Mammuthus?
A) Mammuthus trogontherii
B) Mammuthus rumanus
C) Mammuthus subplanifrons
D) Mammuthus columbi
  • 21. How many enamel ridges did the woolly mammoth's molars possess?
A) 26
B) 12-14
C) 8-10
D) 18-20
  • 22. In what year were proteins confidently identified for the first time from a woolly mammoth?
A) 2008
B) 2005
C) 2015
D) 2012
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