Marine Mammals
The largest marine mammal.
What is a Blue Whale?
Tiny ocean plant that produces much of the world's oxygen.
What is Phytoplankton?
The body of water that separates San Francisco from Marin County.
What is the San Francisco Bay?
Trash in the ocean that can harm marine life.
What is Plastic / Marine Debris?
This sound-producing behavior helps dolphins “see” underwater.
What is echolocation?
A marine mammal known for its echolocation.
What is a Dolphin?
Term for animals that eat both plants and other animals.
What is an Omnivore?
This river flows into San Francisco Bay from the East.
What is the Sacramento River?
This organization rescues and rehabilitates marine mammals in California.
What is the Marin Marine Mammal Center?
Seals often do this on land to warm up and rest.
What is basking or hauling out?
Something sea lions have that seals do not.
What are external ear flaps? What is walking on land with flippers?
Predator that has 8 arms and can change colour to camouflage.
What is an Octopus?
The location where freshwater mixes with ocean water in the Bay.
What is an Estuary?
Oil spills can coat oil on this part of birds, affecting their ability to fly.
What are feathers / fur / wings?
Humpback whales use these when hunting schools of fish in groups.
What are bubble nets?
Whale famous for singing its complex songs.
What is a Humpback Whale?
Coral reefs are made from the skeletons of these tiny animals.
What are Coral polyps?
The small bay in Oakland known for its shipping and wildlife.
What is the Oakland Inner Harbor?
The practice of catching too many fish that threatens ocean ecosystems.
What is Overfishing?
Otters hold hands while they sleep to prevent this.
What is drifting apart? / separation?
Marine mammal that has a long tusk and lives in cold Arctic Waters.
What is a Walrus?
This process moves nutrients and oxygen through ocean layers.
What is Upwelling?
Endangered fish that migrates between the Sacramento River and the Bay.
What is the Steelhead Trout and/or the Chinook Salmon?
Climate change is warming oceans, causing this event that kills coral.
What is Coral bleaching?
This is when whales or dolphins jump fully out of the water.
What is breaching?