Sabertooth tigers
What is the scientific name of the sabertooth cat?
Simlodon
What is a mastodon a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore?
Herbivore
What is one way ice age animals went extinct?
Human activity, rising waters, climate change, and/or rivalry
What was dire wolves original scientific name?
Canis dirus
What is a dire wolf? (Carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore)
Carnivore
What did sabertooth's eat?
Slow moving herbivores
How do you tell the difference between a mastodon and mammoth?
Body shape, tusks, forehead. Ect
What habitat did steppe bison live in?
Grasslands
What did the ice age create?
The Great lakes we see today
Why did dire wolves live in North and South America?
Because they would fall their prey across these landscapes and were highly adaptive.
Were humans around the same time as humans?
Yes, early humans did indeed interact with sabertooth.
How many species of mammoths are there? (That have been discovered)
10 distinct species
What was the number one cause of ice age animal extinction?
Climate change (a warmer climate)
Is a dire wolf directly related to a wolf?
No, a dire wolf is not related
When did the ice age begin?
2.5 million years ago
When did sabertooth cats go extinct?
8,200 - 10,000 years ago
Where did mammoths live?
Mammoths lived in Asia and Europe.
What ice age animal is in the Mammutidae?
Mastodons and mammoths
When did giant ground sloths go extinct?
10,000 - 12,000
When did the ice age end?
11,700 years ago
What does the name simlodon mean?
Knife tooth
What is the year difference between a mammoth and mastodon?
20 million years
Where did steppe bison live?
Europe, Asia, North America
What ground sloth is the most famous?
Megatherium americanum
How thick could a glacier be during the ice age?
2 miles thick