The global climate of the Earth used to be a lot different from what it is today. Our changing planet has seen many species unable to survive from one period to the next due to drastic environmental changes. The last ice age in human history is one of the most fascinating subjects to study. It really is the bridge between modern times and the world before humans. There were humans roaming the Earth during the last ice age, of course, but their way of life differed greatly from what we experience today. The people who lived during the last ice age shared this land with woolly mammoths, huge giant mammals, and other animals that would make you or I run away screaming if we ever were to come face to face with them.
If you happen to know a lot about prehistoric animals then you might do particularly well on this quiz. You will have to know about the animals which roamed the Earth during the ice age, human culture that existed during this period, and more.
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Are You Smart Enough to Pass This 🧊 Ice Age Quiz? Questions
What is the definition of an ice age?
A time period when the sea levels rose
A time period where the continents were frozen together
An animated film franchise
An ice age is a period of colder global temperatures that features recurring glacial expansion
How many different ice ages do experts believe have taken place on Earth?
25
15
5
1
Approximately how long ago do experts believe the last ice age came to an end?
1.1 million years ago
11,000 years ago
111,000 years ago
1,000 years ago
During the last ice age, what percentage of the Earth was covered in ice?
100%
75%
50%
33.3%
What is the official scientific term used to describe the time period of the Great Ice Age?
Mesozoic epoch
Really Cold Epoch
Pleistocene epoch
Cenozoic epoch
What name is given to the large animals that went extinct following the last ice age? Examples include the woolly mammoth, cave bear, and woolly rhinoceros.
Phylum Chordata
Megafauna
Invertebrates
Hominidae
Which option below best describes what human beings were like during the last Ice Age?
Early civilization
Great apes
Early farmers
Hunter-gatherers
Approximately how many degrees Celsius was the last ice age cooler than the average global temperature in the 20th century?
20 degrees
34 degrees
6 degrees
12 degrees
The animal shown here roamed the Earth during the last ice age and went extinct shortly after. What is its name?
Saber-toothed tiger
Mastodon
Glyptodon
Woolly tiger
What is the name of the geological epoch that immediately followed the Pleistocene epoch (the last ice age)?
Paleocene
Holocene
Eocene
Cambrian
The mammal shown here went extinct following the end of the last ice age. What is its name?
Woolly sloth
Glyptodon
Giant ground sloth
Mastodon
In 1939, scientists revealed that a Little Ice Age took place relatively recently. Between which centuries is the Little Ice Age thought to have taken place?
14th and 19th
3rd and 7th
7th and 11th
9th and 14th
The woolly mammoth is thought to have survived for thousands of years on Wrangel Island after having gone extinct throughout the rest of the world. What country does the island belong to?
Greenland
Canada
Russia
USA
This armored animal is thought to be a relative of armadillos that lived during the last ice age. What is its name?
Yepes's mulita
Giant Ground Armadillo
Dasypus
Glyptodon
Approximately how many human beings existed on Earth during the late stages of the last ice age 11,000 years ago?
100,000
10,000
10 million
1 million
2 Comments
15/15 right on man!!!!
You got 8 out of 15!
You are the Paleontology Aficionado! You passed! You know some stuff, and you don’t know some stuff about the ice age. Nonetheless you did a great job getting more right than wrong on this difficult quiz!