Whale Quiz

Order of marine mammals including whales and dolphins.

• Cetecea

• Sirenia

• Pinnipedia

• Odontoceti

Whale group that have dolphins, orcas, narwhals, and beluga are.

• Odontoceti

• Mysticeti

• Pinnipedia

• Sirenia

Whale group that lack teeth and instead have flexible baleen.

• Mysticeti

• Cetecea

• Sirenia

• Pinnepedia

Whales are mammals.

• True

• False

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Examples of Baleen whales is/are ___________.

• Humpback

• Dolphins

• Blue

• Beluga

Whales sing to each other to _____________.

• establish male dominance

• attract mates

• mommas calling calves

• All the answers

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Why are whales so big?

• to conserve energy

• to intimidate prey

• to help with their temperature in the cold water

• none of the above

Baleen whales have two blow holes, but toothed whales only have one blow hole.

• True

• False

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Are mammals cold-blooded or warm- blooded?

• Cold-Blooded

• Warm-Blooded

The two types of whales are

• seals and sea lions

• toothed and baleen

• toothed and dolphins

• legs and legless