Ice Ages quiz

More questions about Ice Ages

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1. 1 Easy

   How tall were woolly mammoths next to African elephants?

   Answer: About the same

   Why: Their small ears, only about 38 cm long, and short tails helped them avoid frostbite and lose less heat.

2. 2 Medium

   When did hippos last live in Britain?

   Answer: About 125,000 years ago

   Why: Digs under London's Trafalgar Square have turned up hippo bones, together with bones of lions and hyenas.

3. 3 Hard

   In which period did the 'Snowball Earth' glaciations happen?

   Answer: Cryogenian

   Why: Glacial deposits from this time formed near the equator, which is why ice is thought to have reached the tropics.

4. 4 Easy

   Where did dry land link Asia and America in the ice age?

   Answer: Bering Strait

   Why: Despite the ice age, this land bridge, called Beringia, stayed free of ice sheets because so little snow fell there.

5. 5 Medium

   How much colder was Earth on average at the last glacial peak?

   Answer: About 6°C

   Why: Earth's surface in 2011 to 2020 was about 1.1°C warmer than in 1850 to 1900, roughly a fifth of that ice-age drop.

6. 6 Hard

   How did the chalk ridge joining Britain to France first wear through?

   Answer: Glacial lake overflow

   Why: The lake spilled over the chalk ridge, about 100 m high, in giant waterfalls that carved plunge pools up to several kilometres wide.