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WorksheetsMarine Mammals
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A physical trait or behavior that helps a plant or animal species survive.
a)
A warm apple pie.
b)
adaptation
c)
apostrophe
d)
animals
2.
A toothed whale is a/an
a)
odontocete
b)
baleen
c)
echolocation
d)
snail
3.
Any member of the group of marine mammals which includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
a)
pinniped
b)
echolocation
c)
adaptation
d)
cetancean
4.
What is echolocation?
a)
A place on a map.
b)
Is when you yell in a large room and your voice repeats.
c)
The use of echoes to navigate or located prey.
5.
A baleen whale is known as a/an
a)
odontocete
b)
mysticete
c)
pinniped
6.
What is baleen?
a)
Flexible bristles in the mouths of the whale used to filter prey out of the water.
b)
A way a dolphin navigates and locates prey.
c)
Something you blow up with air and use to decorate for a party.
7.
Which is used to breath with?
a)
blubber
b)
baleen
c)
flukes
d)
blowhole
8.
Which is used to keep warm?
a)
blubber
b)
baleen
c)
blowhole
d)
flukes
9.
Which is used to help the whale swim?
a)
blubber
b)
baleen
c)
blowhole
d)
flukes
10.
A porpoise has a
a)
hooked or curved dorsal fin
b)
triangular dorsal fin
11.
A dolphin's body is
a)
longer and thinner
b)
compact and portly
12.
Which has spade-shape teeth?
a)
dolphin
b)
porpoise
13.
Which has a melon that is not as visible?
a)
dolphin
b)
porpoise
14.
Which is intelligent?
a)
dolphin
b)
porpoise
c)
both
d)
none
15.
Which has external ear flaps?
a)
sea lions
b)
seals
16.
Which has fur covering their front flippers?
a)
sea lions
b)
seals
17.
Which has long front flippers and can swing their hind flippers forward to walk on land?
a)
sea lions
b)
seals
18.
Which eats fish?
a)
dolphins
b)
seal
c)
sea lions
d)
all of the above
19.
Marine mammals do NOT have hair.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
Which uses their front flippers to swim?
a)
sea lions
b)
seals
21.
Which uses their back flippers to swim?
a)
sea lions
b)
seals
22.
One of Mrs. Chapple's favorite animals is the
a)
penguin
b)
walrus
c)
turtle
d)
parrot
23.
Which is NOT true about marine mammals?
a)
They have hair.
b)
They are warm blooded and give live birth.
c)
They can breathe underwater.
d)
They feed their babies milk.
24.
Which type of whale has a single blowhole?
a)
odontocete
b)
mysticete
25.
Which type of cetacean can echolocate?
a)
all of them
b)
mysticete
c)
odontocete
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