Marine Mammal Quiz

Group of marine mammals including whales and dolphins.

• Cetecea

• Sirenia

• Pinnipedia

• Odontoceti

Group of marine mammals known as "sea cows".

• Sirenia

• Odontoceti

• Mysticeti

• Carnivora

Group of marine mammals that include seals and walruses.

• Pinnipedia

• Odontoceti

• Mysticeti

• Cetecea

Group of marine mammals that includes sea otters and polar bears.

• Carnivora

• Sirenia

• Pinnipedia

• Odontoceti

Whale group that have teeth, like orcas.

• Odontoceti

• Mysticeti

• Pinnipedia

• Sirenia

Whale group that lack teeth and instead have flexible tooth plates.

• Mysticeti

• Cetecea

• Sirenia

• Pinnepedia

Which of the following is a characteristic that all marine mammals possess?

• All reproduce using a method known as delayed implantation.

• All live full time in the water.

• All are carnivorous.

• All are able to maintain a near-constant body temperature.

Which of the following is described as a hunting technique that humpback whales use by swimming toward each other to create a small circle of upward current bubbles to enclose their prey to eat.

• tail-slapping

• synchronized-netting

• bubble-netting

• breaching

What whale is believed to have the most developed sonar, or echolocation, ability?

• baluga whales

• blue whales

• dolphins

• humpback whales

Which of the following is, or are, true about polar bears?

• they have black skin and hollow fur

• they can walk up to 20 miles per day

• their feet are one of their most important features of their survival

• all of these