Vocabulary
What does the word 'demise' mean?
Death, ending
How many syllables in the word 'informational'?
5
How many sounds in the word 'telepathic'?
9
How did Lyuba die?
She inhaled sand and clay into her lungs and suffocated.
Mammoths went extinct about _______________ years ago.
10,000
What does the word 'clone' mean?
Using DNA to create an exact copy of a living thing
What is the second syllable in the word 'scientific'?
-en
How many sounds in the word 'habitat'?
7
She was a baby mammoth and died from a lion attack.
After the K-T extinction 66 million years ago, what animal group increased in size and numbers?
Mammals
What does the word 'extinct' mean?
All beings of a species have died out
-tion
What sound does the 'ur' make in the word 'recursive'?
/er/
What did the team find in the first cave they found in Siberia?
A mother lion and her two cubs
How did the woolly mammoths migrate from Asia to North American thousands of years ago?
They crossed a narrow land bridge that connected both continents.
What does the word 'nomad' mean?
Someone who has no home and moves from place to place in search of food
How many syllables in the word 'decrepit'?
3
How many sounds in the word 'vanished'?
6
The team accomplished their next task from Quest Central. What was their reward?
One of the team members could go home.
How did the woolly mammoths of St. Paul Island become stuck there?
As glaciers melted from a warming climate, the seawater began to rise and surround the mammoths on the newly formed island.
What does the word 'barren' mean?
Has very little/no life
Add the suffix -ing to the following words. What are the new words? Permeate, evolve, and experiment.
Permeating, evolving, and experimenting
What sound does the letter 'c' in the word 'scientist' make?
Nothing, it is silent.
What were the signs that the team had been transported to someplace new?
They were walking along a hot, dusty road, and Mindy was carrying the Beelzebufo in a sling.
What were the 3 hypotheses that scientists ruled out to explain the demise of the St. Paul Island woolly mammoths?
1. Human hunting
2. Volcanic activity
3. Other predators