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What is the definition of an ice age?

Last great ice age

An animated film franchise
A time period where the continents were frozen together
A time period when the sea levels rose
An ice age is a period of colder global temperatures that features recurring glacial expansion

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Nope, sorry. 😢

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

Winter Snow Scene

15
25
1
5

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Not quite.

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

Glacial Adjustment

111,000 years ago
1,000 years ago
1.1 million years ago
11,000 years ago

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Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

Antarctica Ice

33.3%
50%
100%
75%

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That was incorrect.

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

Ice Age

Really Cold Epoch
Cenozoic epoch
Pleistocene epoch
Mesozoic epoch

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Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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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.

ice Age

Megafauna
Invertebrates
Hominidae
Phylum Chordata

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

Ice Age

Great apes
Hunter-gatherers
Early farmers
Early civilization

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I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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

Ice Age humans

6 degrees
34 degrees
12 degrees
20 degrees

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Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

Saber Tooth Tiger

Woolly tiger
Mastodon
Glyptodon
Saber-toothed tiger

Fantastic! 🥳

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

ice age humans

Paleocene
Eocene
Cambrian
Holocene

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

Ground Sloth

Mastodon
Glyptodon
Giant ground sloth
Woolly sloth

Magnificent!

Doh! 🤬

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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?

Little Ice Age

7th and 11th
14th and 19th
3rd and 7th
9th and 14th

Bullseye!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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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?

Woolly mammoth

Russia
Greenland
USA
Canada

Super!

Doh! 🤬

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

Glyptodon 1

Glyptodon
Dasypus
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Giant Ground Armadillo

Wonderful!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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

Humans ice age

1 million
100,000
10,000
10 million

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Not quite right. 😢

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