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Marine Mammals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mammals have the largest ____ of all vertebrates.

a)

brain

b)

heart

c)

liver

d)

lungs

2.

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

a)

keep warm

b)

buoyancy

c)

food reserve

d)

attack prey

3.

Osmoregulation is used in mammals for what purpose?

a)

reproduction

b)

expelling excess salts

c)

toxins

d)

lung activity

4.

What are the animals often referred to as "unicorns of the sea" (because of their single tusk)?

a)

narwhals

b)

walrus

c)

manatees

d)

beaked whales

5.

What do baleen whales have two of, that toothed whales have only one of?

a)

stomachs

b)

bladders

c)

blowholes

d)

set of eyes

6.

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

a)

lobtailing

b)

fluking

c)

spyhopping

d)

blowing

7.

Which type of whale was in "Moby Dick"?

a)

Blue

b)

Gray

c)

Sperm

d)

Bowhead

8.

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

a)

Cetacean

b)

Felines

c)

Pinnipeds

d)

Sirenians

9.

Manatees and Dugong feed on ____.

a)

humans

b)

fish

c)

small crustaceans

d)

sea grass

10.

Which of the following characteristics is NOT a characteristic of the Polar Bear?

a)

large head

b)

rounded ears, small tail

c)

short stout neck

d)

white to yellow fur

11.

Which otter species lack blubber?

a)

both otter species

b)

neither otter species

c)

only sea otters

d)

only marine otters

12.

Which otter species floats and swims on its back?

a)

only marine otters

b)

only sea otters

c)

both species

d)

neither species

13.

Which otter species rarely leaves water, even gives birth in water?

a)

sea otters only

b)

marine otters only

c)

both otter species

d)

neither species

14.

Which otter species mainly feeds on fish and invertebrates?

a)

sea otters

b)

marine otters

c)

both otter species

d)

neither species

15.

Which of the following Pinnipeds lack blubber?

a)

true (earless) seals

b)

eared seals

c)

walruses

d)

none of these

16.

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

a)

true (earless seals)

b)

eared seals

c)

walruses

d)

all pinnipeds in general

17.

Which pinnipeds uses its fore flippers for propulsion whn swimming?

a)

earless (true) seals

b)

eared seals

c)

walruses

d)

pinnipeds in general

18.

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

a)

true (earless) seals

b)

eared seals

c)

walruses

d)

all pinnipeds in general

19.

Which pinnipeds have a thick layer of fat (blubber)?

a)

true (earless) seals

b)

eared seals

c)

walruses

d)

all pinnipeds in general

20.

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

a)

earless (true) seals

b)

eared seals

c)

walrus

d)

pinnipeds in general