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