Aquatics Mammalia - 5-2025AAAAA

A natural form of sonar used by cetaceans?

• Baleen

• Echolocation

• Breaching

• Stranding

The manatee and dugong are both types of?

• Carnivores

• Pinnipeds

• Sirenians

• Cetaceans

The term _________ refers to seals, walruses, and sea lions?

• Cetaceans

• Sirenians

• Carnivores

• Pinnipeds

The ___________ have special plates to filter feed on plankton and small fish?

• Baleen Whales

• Toothed Whales

• Sirenians

• Pinnipeds

Humpback whales may be seen completely jumping or _______ out of the water?

• Bubblefeeding

• Lobtailing

• Breaching

• Skyhopping

Layers of fat or _______, enable cetaceans and pinnipeds to live in cold waters?

• Fur

• Hemoglobin

• Melon

• Blubber

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The ________ was once heavily hunted for its thick fur?

• Dahls Porpoise

• Leopard Seal

• Sea Otter

• Dugong

Which of the following is a filter-feeding marine mammal?

• Manatee

• Sea Otter

• Sperm Whale

• Humpback Whale

The marine mammal that crack shells open with a rock is the?

• Sea Otter

• Whale

• Sea Lion

• Polar Bear

The breeding grounds for most Cetaceans are usually in what types of climates?

• Artic

• Temperate

• Tropical

• All Choices are Correct

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