Marine Mammals

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

• keep warm

• buoyancy

• food reserve

• attack prey

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

• lobtailing

• fluking

• spyhopping

• blowing

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

• Cetacean

• Felines

• Pinnipeds

• Sirenians

Manatees and Dugong feed on ____.

• humans

• fish

• small crustaceans

• sea grass

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Which otter species lack blubber?

• both otter species

• neither otter species

• only sea otters

• only marine otters

Which of the following Pinnipeds lack blubber?

• true (earless) seals

• eared seals

• walruses

• none of these

Which pinnipeds give birth once a year to a single pup?

• true (earless seals)

• eared seals

• walruses

• all pinnipeds in general

Which pinnipeds uses its fore flippers for propulsion whn swimming?

• earless (true) seals

• eared seals

• walruses

• pinnipeds in general

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Which pinnipeds have an extra dense layer of hair close to skin (underfur)?

• true (earless) seals

• eared seals

• walruses

• all pinnipeds in general

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

• pinniped
• echolocation
• adaptation
• cetancean

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