Marine Mammals

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

• keep warm

• buoyancy

• food reserve

• attack prey

What do baleen whales have two of, that toothed whales have only one of?

• stomachs

• bladders

• blowholes

• set of eyes

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A term used to describe the action of when whales lift their head straight out of the water ___.

• lobtailing

• fluking

• spyhopping

• blowing

Manatees and Dugong feed on ____.

• humans

• fish

• small crustaceans

• sea grass

A toothed whale is a/an 

• odontocete
• baleen
• echolocation
• snail

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

• pinniped
• echolocation
• adaptation
• 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.
• Something you blow up with air and use to decorate for a party.

Which is used to help the whale swim?

• blubber
• baleen
• blowhole
• flukes

A porpoise has a 

• hooked or curved dorsal fin
• triangular dorsal fin

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which has external ear flaps?

• sea lions
• seals