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