Mar Quiz - Cetaceans

Mar Quiz - Cetaceans

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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Mar Quiz - Cetaceans

Mar Quiz - Cetaceans

Assessment

Quiz

Science

9th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-LS4-2, MS-LS1-6

Standards-aligned

Created by

SAMANTHA SHORE

Used 33+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cetaceans are best described as a group of

porpoises, whales, and dolphins

dolphins

marine mammals

seals and whales

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Cetaceans fit into two groups:

odontocetes (toothed whales, dolphins, porpoises) and mysticetes (baleen whales)

big whales and small whales

whales and dolphins/porpoises

whales/dolphins/porpoises and other marine mammals (seals, walrus, etc.)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You're whale watching and see a couple of orcas pop their heads above the water. What type of movement is this?

Spyhopping

Lobtailing

Breaching

Swimming

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are cetaceans so valuable with fighting climate change?

Their feces are nutrients for phytoplankton, which store carbon during photosynthesis.

Whales respire, meaning they store carbon.

They eat fish that would otherwise release methane through respiration.

They aren't! Whales contribute greenhouse gases that drive climate change.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Echolocation is seen in

toothed whales only

baleen whales only

both toothed and baleen whales

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Echolocation is used by whales, dolphins, and porpoises to

hunt

scare predators

communicate

hunt and navigate

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The largest animal to have ever lived on Earth (including extinct life) is the

blue whale

sperm whale

humpback whale

narwhal

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