A) The Arctic B) Amazon Rainforest C) Antarctica D) Sahara Desert
A) Berries B) Seals C) Fish D) Grass
A) Hibernating B) Wearing clothes C) Thick fur and a layer of fat D) Constantly moving
A) Three B) Two C) One D) Four
A) Orange B) Purple C) White D) Black
A) Up to 20 miles (32 km) B) Up to 50 miles (80 km) C) Up to 100 miles (160 km) D) Up to 5 miles (8 km)
A) Using fishing nets B) By waiting near breathing holes in the ice C) Climbing trees D) Chasing them on land
A) 1 year B) 2 years C) 6 months D) 3 years
A) Climate change B) Hunting by humans C) Predators like wolves D) Lack of food
A) Ursus thibetanus B) Ursus maritimus C) Ursus americanus D) Ursus arctos
A) Sloth bear B) Grizzly bear C) Brown bear D) Asiatic black bear
A) Critically Endangered B) Endangered C) Vulnerable D) Least Concern
A) Constantine John Phipps B) Thomas Pennant C) Carl Linnaeus D) Björn Kurtén
A) isbjørn B) tattaq C) anguraq D) nanook
A) Netsilik cultures B) Norse C) European D) Inuit
A) Thomas Pennant B) Constantine John Phipps C) Carl Linnaeus D) Theodore Knottnerus-Meyer
A) 1964 B) 1758 C) 1773 D) 1774
A) Carl Linnaeus B) Thomas Pennant C) Constantine John Phipps D) Björn Kurtén
A) Björn Kurtén B) Constantine John Phipps C) Carl Linnaeus D) Theodore Knottnerus-Meyer
A) U. m. arctos B) U. m. albus-major C) U. m. maritimus D) U. m. tyrannus
A) Theodore Knottnerus-Meyer B) Björn Kurtén C) Carl Linnaeus D) Constantine John Phipps
A) Yes B) No C) Only when breeding with brown bears D) Only in certain regions
A) Ursidae B) Felidae C) Mustelidae D) Canidae
A) Eight B) Six C) Seven D) Five
A) Behavioral analysis B) Fossil records C) Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences D) Genetic hybridization studies
A) Siberia, Russia B) Alaska, USA C) Prince Charles Foreland, Norway D) Greenland
A) Herbivorous diet B) Omnivorous diet C) Carnivorous, high-fat diet D) Insectivorous diet
A) 500–1,000 kg B) 150–300 kg (330–660 lb) C) 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb) D) 200–500 kg
A) 30 percent B) 100 percent C) 70 percent D) 50 percent
A) 28–36 B) 34–42 C) 30–38 D) 40–48
A) Fur has a scaly appearance B) Guard hairs are hollow C) Dense underfur is long D) Outer surface forward scatters ultraviolet light
A) Absorbs heat B) Prevents overheating C) Provides camouflage D) Traps warmth from fat layer
A) Full UV spectrum vision B) Trichromats with full color vision C) Monochromatic vision D) Dichromats, lacking cone cells for green wavelengths
A) Before the mating season starts B) After the mating season ends C) In the spring D) During the summer months
A) 3,500 km2 B) 15,000 sq mi C) 38,000 km2 D) 7.5 mi per day
A) 50 attacks B) 30 attacks C) 73 attacks D) 100 attacks
A) Hunting in packs B) Eating only plant material C) Avoiding all other bears D) Cannibalism
A) Circus Krone B) Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie C) Wilhelm Hagenbeck D) Ursula Böttcher
A) in altars B) as tapestries C) hanging on walls D) on the floors
A) 6 km/h B) 3.4 days C) 95.8 mi D) 154.2 km
A) The fertilized embryo does not start development until fall B) Immediate implantation of the embryo C) No implantation occurs D) Implantation happens during mating
A) Stealth and camouflage B) Speed in water C) Pack coordination D) Raw power
A) Digging underwater tunnels B) Waiting for them to come ashore C) Provoking them into stampeding D) Hunting in packs
A) Torngarsuk B) Nuliajuk C) Aurora D) Carmichael
A) There is no legal protection for polar bears in the US B) Protection is limited to specific regions C) They have been labelled as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act since 2008 D) They are protected only during certain seasons
A) Roaring B) Humming C) Growling D) Chuffing
A) 5 B) 25 C) At least 18 D) 10
A) trading B) farming C) hunting D) exploring
A) Hudson's Bay Company B) British East India Company C) Royal Dutch Shell D) Carnegie Steel Company
A) 13th-century B) 7th-century C) 20th-century D) 18th-century
A) Terrestrial mammal B) Desert mammal C) Aerial mammal D) Marine mammal
A) After a month B) They are born with open eyes C) Immediately after birth D) After six months
A) Around 600 g (21 oz) B) 10 kg (22 lb) C) 5 kg (11 lb) D) 1 kg (2.2 lb)
A) Polar bear conservation B) Global warming C) Inuit culture D) Climate change awareness
A) Older males B) Adult females C) Hungry males, typically subadults D) Females defending cubs
A) liver B) meat C) fur D) fat
A) Torngarsuk B) Bjarndýrakóngur C) Orion D) Nuliajuk
A) Scent secreted from foot pads into tracks B) Visual signals C) Urine marks on trees D) Vocal calls
A) Horatio Nelson B) John Franklin C) Vitus Bering D) James Cook
A) Aspirin B) Prozac C) Ibuprofen D) Melatonin
A) Greenpeace B) Nissan C) National Geographic D) World Wide Fund for Nature
A) Greenland B) Alaska C) Russia D) Iceland
A) Dominance hierarchies B) Stable alliances C) Maternal groups D) Scavenger bands
A) 5–10% B) 15–40% C) 50–70% D) 80–90%
A) It is always peaceful B) It involves singing C) It can be somewhat aggressive D) It includes building nests
A) They are open to the sky B) The temperature inside can be much higher than outside C) They have no ceiling D) They are always below freezing
A) Skin B) Blubber C) Fins D) Eggs
A) An Inconvenient Truth B) Carta marina C) Hauksbók D) The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords
A) Concrete platforms B) Settings that mimicked the animal's natural environment C) Artificial snow and ice separated by moats D) Large cages with glass walls
A) Herding B) Solitary C) Colonial D) Pack animals
A) Hauksbók B) The writings feature the bjarndýrakóngur C) Carta marina D) The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords
A) climbing B) digging C) swimming D) flying
A) Scavenger B) Prey C) Herbivore D) Apex predator
A) Philadelphia Zoo B) Tierpark Hagenbeck C) Detroit Zoo D) Hellabrunn Zoo
A) Aquaphilic B) Terraphilic C) Pagophilic D) Xerophilic
A) Female-defence polygyny, serial monogamy or promiscuity B) Hermaphroditism C) Polyandry D) Strict monogamy
A) His Dark Materials series B) The White Dawn (1974) C) The Big Show (1961) D) Igloo (1932)
A) Konungs skuggsjá B) A Voyage to Hudson's Bay C) Nihon Shoki D) Histoire Naturelle
A) Brown bears B) Grizzly bears C) Polar bears D) American black bears
A) Canadian Archipelago B) Eastern Basin C) Western Basin D) Southern Canadian
A) Aldebaran B) The Hyades C) Orion's Belt D) The Pleiades
A) Constantine Phipps B) Horatio Nelson C) Henry Ellis D) Comte de Buffon
A) Orion's Belt B) Aldebaran C) The Hyades D) The Pleiades |