Mar II - Marine Mammal Quiz Review

The International Ban on Whaling..

• makes whaling illegal

• whaling still happen in southern waters (south pole)

• is not followed by every country

• all of these

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The two types of whales are

• mean and nice

• toothed and baleen

• land and sea

• legs and legless

Cetaceans include

• clams

• jellyfish

• crabes

• whales and dolphins

Whales die when they beach themselves because all of the following EXCEPT

• they need the ocean to support their weight

• they have little protection from the sun

• they cannot get back in the water and find food

• they cannot breathe

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All of the following are characteristics of marine mammals EXCEPT

• they use gills to breathe

• they make milk for their young

• they give birth to live young

• they are warm blooded

Which of the following is an example of an ENDANGERED marine mammal

• shark

• humpback whale

• bottlenose dolphin

• blufin tuna

One potential danger of eating dolphin meat is

• mercury poisonining

• malaria

• the bends

• scurvy

The most intelligent marine mammal is believe to be

• oysters

• jellyfish

• bull shark

• bottlenose dolphins

Some whales migrate to warmer waters in the winter because

• the females give birth in the protected shallow warm waters

• there is more food in warm water for them

• they follow the fish south

• whales can only survive in warm water

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Marine Mammals

• cannot survive in the cold waters off NY

• have a layer of blubber that helps keep them warm

• are not social animals

• cannot communicate with humans