A) Antarctica B) The Arctic C) Sahara Desert D) Amazon Rainforest
A) Berries B) Grass C) Fish D) Seals
A) Wearing clothes B) Constantly moving C) Hibernating D) Thick fur and a layer of fat
A) Four B) Three C) Two D) One
A) Purple B) White C) Black D) Orange
A) Up to 5 miles (8 km) B) Up to 50 miles (80 km) C) Up to 100 miles (160 km) D) Up to 20 miles (32 km)
A) Climbing trees B) Chasing them on land C) By waiting near breathing holes in the ice D) Using fishing nets
A) 6 months B) 3 years C) 1 year D) 2 years
A) Climate change B) Predators like wolves C) Lack of food D) Hunting by humans
A) Ursus americanus B) Ursus thibetanus C) Ursus maritimus D) Ursus arctos
A) Sloth bear B) Asiatic black bear C) Grizzly bear D) Brown bear
A) Least Concern B) Vulnerable C) Critically Endangered D) Endangered
A) Constantine John Phipps B) Björn Kurtén C) Carl Linnaeus D) Thomas Pennant
A) isbjørn B) tattaq C) anguraq D) nanook
A) European B) Netsilik cultures C) Inuit D) Norse
A) Constantine John Phipps B) Theodore Knottnerus-Meyer C) Thomas Pennant D) Carl Linnaeus
A) 1774 B) 1758 C) 1964 D) 1773
A) Björn Kurtén B) Carl Linnaeus C) Thomas Pennant D) Constantine John Phipps
A) Carl Linnaeus B) Theodore Knottnerus-Meyer C) Björn Kurtén D) Constantine John Phipps
A) U. m. albus-major B) U. m. maritimus C) U. m. arctos D) U. m. tyrannus
A) Carl Linnaeus B) Björn Kurtén C) Theodore Knottnerus-Meyer D) Constantine John Phipps
A) Only in certain regions B) Yes C) Only when breeding with brown bears D) No
A) Canidae B) Ursidae C) Felidae D) Mustelidae
A) Eight B) Six C) Five D) Seven
A) Behavioral analysis B) Genetic hybridization studies C) Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences D) Fossil records
A) Siberia, Russia B) Alaska, USA C) Prince Charles Foreland, Norway D) Greenland
A) Carnivorous, high-fat diet B) Herbivorous diet C) Insectivorous diet D) Omnivorous diet
A) 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb) B) 500–1,000 kg C) 200–500 kg D) 150–300 kg (330–660 lb)
A) 50 percent B) 70 percent C) 30 percent D) 100 percent
A) 28–36 B) 34–42 C) 30–38 D) 40–48
A) Outer surface forward scatters ultraviolet light B) Guard hairs are hollow C) Fur has a scaly appearance D) Dense underfur is long
A) Traps warmth from fat layer B) Absorbs heat C) Provides camouflage D) Prevents overheating
A) Dichromats, lacking cone cells for green wavelengths B) Full UV spectrum vision C) Monochromatic vision D) Trichromats with full color vision
A) Alaska B) Russia C) Iceland D) Greenland
A) Aerial mammal B) Desert mammal C) Marine mammal D) Terrestrial mammal
A) Xerophilic B) Terraphilic C) Pagophilic D) Aquaphilic
A) At least 18 B) 10 C) 5 D) 25
A) 50–70% B) 15–40% C) 80–90% D) 5–10%
A) Canadian Archipelago B) Southern Canadian C) Eastern Basin D) Western Basin
A) 3,500 km2 B) 38,000 km2 C) 15,000 sq mi D) 7.5 mi per day
A) 6 km/h B) 154.2 km C) 95.8 mi D) 3.4 days
A) Scavenger B) Prey C) Apex predator D) Herbivore
A) Blubber B) Skin C) Fins D) Eggs
A) Provoking them into stampeding B) Waiting for them to come ashore C) Digging underwater tunnels D) Hunting in packs
A) Solitary B) Pack animals C) Herding D) Colonial
A) Chuffing B) Humming C) Growling D) Roaring
A) Dominance hierarchies B) Scavenger bands C) Maternal groups D) Stable alliances
A) Visual signals B) Scent secreted from foot pads into tracks C) Urine marks on trees D) Vocal calls
A) Cannibalism B) Hunting in packs C) Avoiding all other bears D) Eating only plant material
A) Pack coordination B) Speed in water C) Stealth and camouflage D) Raw power
A) Polyandry B) Hermaphroditism C) Female-defence polygyny, serial monogamy or promiscuity D) Strict monogamy
A) It includes building nests B) It involves singing C) It can be somewhat aggressive D) It is always peaceful
A) During the summer months B) After the mating season ends C) In the spring D) Before the mating season starts
A) They are always below freezing B) They have no ceiling C) The temperature inside can be much higher than outside D) They are open to the sky
A) Implantation happens during mating B) The fertilized embryo does not start development until fall C) Immediate implantation of the embryo D) No implantation occurs
A) 1 kg (2.2 lb) B) 10 kg (22 lb) C) Around 600 g (21 oz) D) 5 kg (11 lb)
A) They are born with open eyes B) After six months C) After a month D) Immediately after birth
A) There is no legal protection for polar bears in the US B) They are protected only during certain seasons C) Protection is limited to specific regions D) They have been labelled as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act since 2008
A) 20th-century B) 7th-century C) 13th-century D) 18th-century
A) climbing B) digging C) swimming D) flying
A) Vitus Bering B) John Franklin C) Horatio Nelson D) James Cook
A) Histoire Naturelle B) A Voyage to Hudson's Bay C) Nihon Shoki D) Konungs skuggsjá
A) farming B) trading C) hunting D) exploring
A) fat B) fur C) liver D) meat
A) Carnegie Steel Company B) Hudson's Bay Company C) Royal Dutch Shell D) British East India Company
A) hanging on walls B) in altars C) on the floors D) as tapestries
A) Henry Ellis B) Comte de Buffon C) Horatio Nelson D) Constantine Phipps
A) 30 attacks B) 50 attacks C) 73 attacks D) 100 attacks
A) Older males B) Hungry males, typically subadults C) Females defending cubs D) Adult females
A) Grizzly bears B) Polar bears C) American black bears D) Brown bears
A) Artificial snow and ice separated by moats B) Concrete platforms C) Large cages with glass walls D) Settings that mimicked the animal's natural environment
A) Prozac B) Aspirin C) Ibuprofen D) Melatonin
A) Circus Krone B) Ursula Böttcher C) Wilhelm Hagenbeck D) Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie
A) Detroit Zoo B) Philadelphia Zoo C) Tierpark Hagenbeck D) Hellabrunn Zoo
A) Orion B) Nuliajuk C) Torngarsuk D) Bjarndýrakóngur
A) Carmichael B) Nuliajuk C) Torngarsuk D) Aurora
A) Orion's Belt B) The Pleiades C) Aldebaran D) The Hyades
A) The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords B) An Inconvenient Truth C) Carta marina D) Hauksbók
A) The writings feature the bjarndýrakóngur B) Hauksbók C) Carta marina D) The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords
A) His Dark Materials series B) The White Dawn (1974) C) Igloo (1932) D) The Big Show (1961)
A) Nissan B) National Geographic C) World Wide Fund for Nature D) Greenpeace
A) Climate change awareness B) Inuit culture C) Polar bear conservation D) Global warming
A) The Pleiades B) Aldebaran C) The Hyades D) Orion's Belt |