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

Woolly mammoths lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.

1. False

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

2. True or FalseWoolly

mammoths were fierce hunters who used their tusks to kill their prey.

2. False Mammoths were

peaceful plant eaters who ate up to 700 pounds of vegetation a day.

They did not hunt other animals.

3. True or False

The long hair on their bodies protected them from the cold.

3. True

Mammoths also had six sets of teeth. They lived between 60-80 years.

4. True or False

Prehistoric man hunted woolly mammoths for food.

4. TrueEarly man also

made tent frames, jewelry, and musical instruments from woolly mammoths.

5. True or False

Today’s scientists rarely discover mammoth fossils.

5. False

Mammoth fossils are among the most common fossils.

6. True or False

The African and Asian elephants are related to the woolly mammoth.

6. TrueThe

elephants of today are closely related to woolly mammoths.

Now read “Wild and Woolly Mammoths” in the TIME

DETECTIVES book.