Answers To Quiz Of The Month
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Right Answer toQuiz on Bears
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| 1.To which animal is the bear closely related? |
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| 2.The Polar bear’s scientific name isursus maritimas. What does that mean? |
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white bear |
ice bear |
sea bear
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| 3.Which of the following animal is not a bear |
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sloth bear |
giant panda |
red panda
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| 4.Genetically the polar bear is most closely related to |
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Asiatic brown bear |
Sun Bear |
Brown bear
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| 5.Grizzly bears are actually the same as brown bears and both share the Greek name ursus arctos. They got the name grizzly from, |
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a series of grizzly murders involving these bears near Seattle in the 1950s |
the silvery appearance of their coat when they grow old |
the ancient weather beaten appearance of their bodies
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| 6.Bears walk in a ‘plantigrade’ fashion- that means |
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they walk with very bowed legs |
they walk faster uphill than downhill |
they walk with their toes and heels touching the ground at the same time ( similar to human walk)
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| 7.The spectacled bear lives only in |
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North America |
South America |
Australia
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| 8.This species of bear is found in India, Nepal, Bhutan and SriLanka |
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Black bear |
Sloth bear |
Brown bear
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| 9.When less than a year old, bear cubs have ropes or chains forced through their noses and most o their teeth are removed |
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The `Madaris` of India do this to make them dance |
The Russians do this to train them for circus |
The Chinese do this to milk bile.
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| 10.When do Giant pandas hibernate? |
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Summer |
Winter |
They do not hibernate
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Please try this month quiz onblack bucks
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