“Frozen Earth” Quiz

1. When Grant Zazula saw the photo of the baby mammoth, “He just couldn’t believe what he was seeing.” This shows Zazula felt __________.

• calm
• sad
• scared
• surprised

2. What does the word ancient mean in the sentence “Zazula is a paleontologist, a scientist who studies ancient animals and plants”?

• long-ago
• brand-new
• cold
• sick

3. What problem did Zazula try to help solve in June 2022?

• find a baby mammoth in the frozen mud
• get a baby mammoth to a freezer before it rotted
• find art made by humans during the Ice Age
• teach others how humans lived during the Ice Age

4. What helped humans stay alive during the Ice Age?

• growing crops
• riding animals
• sharing stories
• building towns

5. Which sentence from the text supports the correct answer to question 4?

• “. . . small groups of people are scattered around . . .”
• “The stories, songs, and art are a way of honoring the animals—but also of sharing knowledge about them.”
• “. . . trees and grass and flowers creep back over the planet.”
• “. . . the group simply stood in awe of this time traveler.”

6. Why does the author write that finding the baby mammoth was “unusual”?

• It was the first item from the Ice Age that scientists found.
• It was the second complete woolly mammoth ever found.
• Few mammoths traveled across the land bridge.
• Few mammoths lived during the Ice Age.