Name ________________________________
Date ___________________
Mammoth: Witness to Change
Go to this site:
http://www.iowahistory.org/museum/exhibits/mammoth/meet.htm
1. Scroll to the top and click on “Meet the Mammoth”
2. Now click on “Mammoth Witness to Change”
3. Read the article, and fill in the answers below on the graphic organizer.
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Mammoth – Witness to Change
A. End of the Ice Age Brought on Many Changes
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Mammoth were huge beasts the ____________________ of them all.
Their long woolly coats that once protected them – now it could not because
they had ____________________temperatures and a __________________
environment.
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Woolly Mammoth bones can be found in two states in the United States
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4. Click on the “Hebior Mammoth” – Read the article and fill in the answers below.
A. Hebior Mammoth died approximately ____________________ years ago.
B. In 1994, a farmer found some bones near a pond. His name was
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C. The archeologist were startled because:
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D. Even more startling were two other discoveries
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5. Scroll back to the top and click on “Allied Mammoths”
While digging a hole in Des Moines, Iowa in a parking lot, 55 feet down the auger
struck bedrock and ______________________________. The auger had cut through a
skeleton of a __________________________________. A small sample of the bones
were sent to _________________________ and the bones were dated _______________.
6. Scroll back to the top and click on “American Mastodon”
The American Mastodon is a smaller version of the Woolly Mammoth. It is about
_____________ feet tall and lacks the characteristic of the high ____________ of the
Mammoth. The greatest difference is in the ______________________. They both
lived in Iowa about the same time but they did not ___________________ for the same
food. Both Mastodons and Mammoths became extinct about ______________ years
ago.
7. Scroll back to the top and click “Mammoth History”.
Read and scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on learn more about Mammoths
and how they lived.
Read about the parts of a woolly mammoth and take notes on the following pages.
A. Ears
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B. Skin
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C. Trunk
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D. Modern Asian Elephant has a Single Finger
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E. African Elephant has Two Fingers
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F. Mammoth had a Single Finger
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G. Mammoth Steps
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H. Mammoth Stepped Upon the Snow / Glaciers
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I. How Fast Could a Mammoth Walk
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J. Hair
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K. Lower Jaw
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L. Teeth
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M. Aged by their Teeth
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N. Tusks
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O. How Old?
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P. Reproduction
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Q. Social Structure
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
You have bow earned some “play” time with the woolly mammoths!
Scroll to the top and click on the word “PLAY”.
Try the Mammoth Bone Puzzle
Try the Adventures of Little Woolly