Marine Mammals

Match the humpack whale behavior to the correct definition

• Tail slapping

• Whale slaps its flukes repeatedly on the surface to communicate or warn other whales

• Spyhopping

• Whale rises vertically above the water's surface sticking only its head out. to see what is happening above water.

• Pectoral fin slapping

• Whale slaps one of both of pectoral fins on the water communicate with other whales.

• Breaching

• Whale launches its body out of the water and lands on its back. Believed to be for communication, mating or play.

Seals and sea lions belong to which group of marine mammals?

• Cetaceans

• Carnivores

• Pinnipeds

• Sirenians

Manatees and dugongs belong to which group of marine mammals?

• Sirenians

• Carnivores

• Cnidarians

• Pinnipeds

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Which marine mammals have historically been heavily hunted for their fur?

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

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Which marine mammal is pictured here?

• blue whale

• sea otter

• humpback whale

• right whale

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises belong to which group of marine mammals?

• Pinnipeds

• Carnivores

• Sirenians

• Cetaceans

What is baleen?

• Flexible bristles made of keratin used to filter prey out of the water.

• A way a dolphin navigates and locates prey.

• Dense patches of hair used as insulation in the cold water

• A way for whales to talk to each other

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Cetaceans use this feature on their dorsal side to voluntarily breathe at the surface.

• blubber

• baleen

• flukes

• blowhole

Sea otters do not use blubber to stay warm. How do they regulate their temperature?

• they huddle together

• they lay on the beach and use the suns energy

• they have extremely dense waterproof fur

• they swim really fast

Walruses belong to which group of marine mammals?

• Pinnipeds

• Sirenians

• Carnivora

• Cetaceans