Seals, Sea lions and Walruses

Seals, Sea lion and Walruses

Pinniped (n.)

mammals having a streamlined body with flippers instead of feet: includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus

Flippers

the flat broad limb of seals, whales, penguins, and other aquatic animals, specialized for swimming

Seal (n.)

large animal with a rounded body and flat legs called flippers

Sea lion

a type of large seal with stick out ears and bigger flippers

Multiple Choice

What is a difference between seals and sea lions?

• sea lions have stick out ears

• seals are fish, and sea lions are not

• sea lions are yellow with a mane

Multiple Choice

Seals can

• crawl like a caterpillar

• walk on their flippers

Multiple Choice

This is a(n)

• sea lion

• seal elephant

• animal created in Photoshop

Multiple Choice

This is a

• seal

• walrus

Multiple Choice

This is a

• sea lion

• seal elephant

• walrus

Leopard seal

a predator that eats penguins and other seals

Ribbon seal

a seal that have black fur with white bands

Walrus (n.)

a large, fat animal which lives in the sea. It has two long teeth called tusks that point downwards

Multiple Choice

A walrus has

• tusks

• house

• mane

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This is

• a seal

• a walrus

Predator

animals that hunt and eat other animals

Prey (n.)

the animals that predator hunts and eats

haul out (v.)

to leave the water and come ashore

Pup

Seal's offspring

Multiple Choice

Why would a pinniped likely be able to travel farther in water than on land?

• Its ears and throat close in water but not on land

• it is quick and graceful in water but awkward on land

Multiple Choice

How seals, sea lions, walruses and humans are alike?

• They all have blubber

• They all are mammals

• They all have flippers

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Haul out means

• go from water ashore

• swim in the cold water

• live in Antarctic