2. Woolly Mammoths

3. 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

4. 1. True or False  Woolly mammoths lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 4. True or False  Prehistoric man hunted woolly mammoths for food.

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

13. 5. True or False  Today’s scientists rarely discover mammoth fossils.

14. 5. False  Mammoth fossils are among the most common fossils.

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

16. 6. True  The elephants of today are closely related to woolly mammoths.

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