Marine Mammals

Which of the following is NOT a use for blubber in a marine mammal?

• keep warm

• buoyancy

• food reserve

• attack prey

Seals and Sea Lions are examples of what type of mammals ___?

• Cetacean

• Felines

• Pinnipeds

• Sirenians

Manatees & Dugongs belong to which order of mammals?

• Sirenian
• Carnivor
• Cnidarian
• Mustelid

Of the following, which marine mammals have been heavily hunted for their fur?

• seals and gray whales
• seals and sea otters
• dolphins and manatees
• gray whales and manatees

What Mammal is this:

• pinniped
• large porpoise
• toothed whale
• baleen whale

Any member of the group of marine mammals which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

• pinniped

• carnivora

• sirenian

• cetacean

What is baleen?

• Flexible bristles in the mouths of the whale used to filter prey out of the water.

• A way a dolphin navigates and locates prey.

• hair used to stay warm in cold water

• A way for whales to talk to each other

This feature is located on the top of cetaceans and is used to breathe

• blubber

• baleen

• flukes

• blowhole

Which is NOT true about marine mammals?

• They have hair.
• They are warm blooded and give live birth.
• They can breathe underwater.
• They feed their babies milk.

Mammals have the largest __________ of all vertebrates.

• Brain

• Liver

• Heart

• Lungs