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