Ice Age Climate
What do we call the period in time when Earth was very cold and covered in ice?
Ice Age
What do we call the giant animals that lived during the Ice Age?
Megafauna
Why did many Ice Age animals have thick fur?
To stay warm
What do we call early humans who lived during the Ice Age?
Paleolithic people / early humans
Early humans made tools from ______.
A. Stone
B. Plastic
C. Paper
A — Stone
Huge rivers of slow-moving ice are called ______.
Glaciers
What giant animal looked like a hairy elephant with long curved tusks?
Woolly Mammoth
Why did some animals have large bodies during the Ice Age?
Large bodies helped them keep heat.
Did early humans stay in one place or move to find food?
They moved (nomadic)
Why did early humans use fire?
To stay warm, cook food, and stay safe/light.
What happened to the climate during the Ice Age?
A. It got hotter
B. It got colder
C. It stayed the same
B — It got colder
What animal had very long claws and moved slowly but was very big?
Giant Sloth
Woolly mammoths used their tusks to ______.
A. Dig through snow
B. Fly
C. Climb trees
A — Dig through snow
Name one way early humans stayed warm.
Fire, clothing, shelter
Tools helped early humans ______.
hunt, cut food, build shelters
When glaciers move across land, they can break rocks and shape the land. This is called ______.
Erosion
What famous Ice Age predator had long sharp teeth?
Saber-toothed cat
Some animals had thick fat under their skin. What did this help them do?
Stay warm
Why did early humans work together in groups?
To hunt, stay safe, and survive.
What could early humans build to protect themselves from cold weather?
Shelter
What large ice sheet covered big parts of Earth during the Ice Age?
Glaciers / Ice sheets
Why do scientists think some megafauna went extinct?
Climate change
Human hunting
Loss of food
What is the word for when animals change to survive?
Adaptation
What is one kind of evidence scientists use to learn about early humans?
Tools
Bones
Cave paintings
Why were tools very important for survival?
They helped humans hunt, build, and survive the Ice Age.