Are You Smart Enough to Pass This 🧊 Ice Age Quiz?

What is the definition of an ice age?

• An ice age is a period of colder global temperatures that features recurring glacial expansion

• A time period where the continents were frozen together

• A time period when the sea levels rose

• An animated film franchise

How many different ice ages do experts believe have taken place on Earth?

• 15

• 25

• 1

• 5

Approximately how long ago do experts believe the last ice age came to an end?

• 1,000 years ago

• 11,000 years ago

• 1.1 million years ago

• 111,000 years ago

During the last ice age, what percentage of the Earth was covered in ice?

• 33.3%

• 50%

• 75%

• 100%

What is the official scientific term used to describe the time period of the Great Ice Age?

• Pleistocene epoch

• Really Cold Epoch

• Cenozoic epoch

• Mesozoic epoch

Which option below best describes what human beings were like during the last Ice Age?

• Hunter-gatherers

• Great apes

• Early civilization

• Early farmers

Approximately how many degrees Celsius was the last ice age cooler than the average global temperature in the 20th century?

• 12 degrees

• 34 degrees

• 6 degrees

• 20 degrees

The animal shown here roamed the Earth during the last ice age and went extinct shortly after. What is its name?

• Woolly tiger

• Saber-toothed tiger

• Glyptodon

• Mastodon

What is the name of the geological epoch that immediately followed the Pleistocene epoch (the last ice age)?

• Paleocene

• Cambrian

• Holocene

• Eocene

The mammal shown here went extinct following the end of the last ice age. What is its name?

• Mastodon

• Woolly sloth

• Giant ground sloth

• Glyptodon

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?

• 9th and 14th

• 7th and 11th

• 3rd and 7th

• 14th and 19th

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

• USA

• Russia

This armored animal is thought to be a relative of armadillos that lived during the last ice age. What is its name?

• Dasypus

• Glyptodon

• Giant Ground Armadillo

• Yepes's mulita

Approximately how many human beings existed on Earth during the late stages of the last ice age 11,000 years ago?

• 10,000

• 10 million

• 1 million

• 100,000