Ice Age

Who first proposed the ice age theory?

• Louis Agassiz

• Leonard Nimoy

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

What are big sheets of ice? 

• Glaciers

• Animals that sleep

• A story of people

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The land bridge acted as a natural highway that allowed people to travel _____________

• from Asia into North America

• from Asia to South America

• from South America to Asia

• from North America to South America

Woolly Mammoths are closely related ancestors of which of today's animals?

• Lions

• Hippos

• Elephants

• Bears

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Another scientific theory about why people moved to new continents during the ice age is...

• They were captured by aliens.

• They wanted to find dinosaurs.

• The climate became much drier and many plants died. The animals moved to find food, and the people followed the game.

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Glaciers are formed from...

• Water freezing over time.

• Chunks of frozen earth.

• Existing ice in the earth's large bodies of water.

• Snow and time.

Which of the following creatures could be described by the term "megafauna?"

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What is the primary cause of the Ice Age?

• Changes in Earth's orbit and tilt

• Volcanic eruptions

• Meteor impacts

• Human activities

Which of the following animals went extinct during the last Ice Age?

• Saber-toothed tiger

• Dodo bird

• Passenger pigeon

• Tasmanian tiger

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What is the term for the large sheets of ice that covered much of the Earth during the Ice Age?

• Glaciers

• Icebergs

• Permafrost

• Snowdrifts