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Woolly Mammoths

Woolly Mammoths. 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. 1. True or False.

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Woolly Mammoths

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  1. Woolly Mammoths

  2. 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

  3. 1. True or False • Woolly mammoths lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.

  4. 1. False • Woolly mammoths lived ten million (10,000,000) years after the dinosaurs had died.

  5. 2. True or False • Woolly mammoths were fierce hunters who used their tusks to kill their prey.

  6. 2. False • Mammoths were peaceful plant eaters who ate up to 700 pounds of vegetation a day. • They did not hunt other animals.

  7. 3. True or False • The long hair on their bodies protected them from the cold.

  8. 3. True • Mammoths also had six sets of teeth. They lived between 60-80 years.

  9. 4. True or False • Prehistoric man hunted woolly mammoths for food.

  10. 4. True • Early man also made tent frames, jewelry, and musical instruments from woolly mammoths.

  11. 5. True or False • Today’s scientists rarely discover mammoth fossils.

  12. 5. False • Mammoth fossils are among the most common fossils.

  13. 6. True or False • The African and Asian elephants are related to the woolly mammoth.

  14. 6. True • The elephants of today are closely related to woolly mammoths.

  15. Now read “Wild and Woolly Mammoths” in the TIME DETECTIVES book.

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