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