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Polar Bear Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers

Printable easy polar bear trivia questions with answers.

Free Easy Animal Trivia

What kind of animal is a polar bear?
A: The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle.

How much does an adult male polar bear weigh?
A: About 775 pounds to 1,500 pounds.

How much does an adult female polar bear weigh?
A: About 400 to 750 pounds.

The polar bear is the sister species of what animal?
A: The brown bear.

The polar bear species has evolved body characteristics adapted for what?
A: Cold temperatures, moving across snow, ice, and open water, and for hunting seals.

Seals make up most of a polar bear’s what?
A: Diet.

Where are most polar bears born?
A: On land.

Where do polar bears spend most of their time?
A: On sea ice.

What color are polar bears?
A: White.

Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from where?
A: The edge of sea ice.

When no sea ice is present what do the bears survive on?
A: Fat reserves.

Why are polar bears classified as marine mammals?
A: Because of their dependence on the sea ice.

Why is the polar bear classified as a vulnerable species?
A: Because of expected habitat loss caused by climate change.

Of the nineteen polar bear subpopulations, how many are currently in decline?
A: At least three.

Who was the first person to describe the polar bear as a distinct species in 1774?
A: Constantine John Phipps.

What scientific name did he choose?
A: Ursus maritimus.

What does Ursus Maritimus mean?
A: Maritime bear.

How do the Inuit people refer to the animal?
A: Nanook.

The bear family is thought to have split off from other carnivorans about how long ago?
A: 38 million years.

Approximately how long ago did the Ursinae subfamily originate?
A: 4.2 million years ago.

How old is the oldest known polar bear fossil?
A: 130,000 to 110,000 years. (A jaw bone)