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Woolly Mammoths
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What do you know about woolly mammoths? This is an anticipation guide for our story in TIME DETECTIVES on pages 86-95. Read the questions and answer true or false. By Paula Farrer Third Grade-Scholastic Literacy Connector
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1. True or False Woolly mammoths lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
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1. False Woolly mammoths lived ten million (10,000,000) years after the dinosaurs had died.
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2. True or False Woolly mammoths were fierce hunters who used their tusks to kill their prey.
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2. False Mammoths were peaceful plant eaters who ate up to 700 pounds of vegetation a day. They did not hunt other animals.
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3. True or False The long hair on their bodies protected them from the cold.
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3. True Mammoths also had six sets of teeth. They lived between 60- 80 years.
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4. True or False Prehistoric man hunted woolly mammoths for food.
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4. True Early man also made tent frames, jewelry, and musical instruments from woolly mammoths.
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5. True or False Today’s scientists rarely discover mammoth fossils.
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5. False Mammoth fossils are among the most common fossils.
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6. True or False The African and Asian elephants are related to the woolly mammoth.
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6. True The elephants of today are closely related to woolly mammoths.
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Now read “Wild and Woolly Mammoths” in the TIME DETECTIVES book.
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