Physical Characteristics
The average size of a bottle nose dolphin.
What is 3 meters?
The way a baby dolphin breathes when it is born.
What is being pushed to the surface by its mother?
This marine animal is called a __________when it is a baby.
What is a calf?
The lower jaw of a dolphin is used for this purpose.
What is hearing sounds?
Dolphins do not have typical noses, so they use this for smelling.
What are their tongues?
The two colors of a bottle nose dolphin.
What is dark gray/light gray?
Does a bottle nose dolphin have a baby in open water or in a den?
What is open water?
The length of time baby dolphins stay with their mom.
What is 3 to 6 years?
The zone a dolphin lives in.
What is twilight zone?
Dolphins ride bow waves of a ship for what
(a to keep cool
(b to save energy
(c to listen to what people are saying
What is b) to save energy?
The average weight of a bottle nose dolphin.
What is 175 pounds?
The food source for a baby dolphin.
What is mothers milk?
The average time a mother dolphin carries her babies inside her body.
What is 1 year?
The two conditions in tropical habitats.
What is sunny and rainy?
Dolphins use this to stun fish.
What is loud noises?
This layer of protection keeps dolphins warm.
What is blubber?
The 4 foods a dolphin eats.
What is fish/shellfish/lobsters and little squid?
The four stages of a dolphin's life cycle.
What is Pregnant dolphin/Giving birth/Baby dolphin/Adult dolphin?
Instead of dens, dolphins live here.
What is the surface of the ocean?
The strategy used by a school of fish to escape dolphins.
What is a bait ball?
These special body parts help dolphins swim easily and quickly through water.
What is dorsal fin/tail fluke?
Dolphins have to adjust to these two environmental changes.
What are oil spills and getting stranded on beaches?
The average life span of a dolphin.
What is 10 to 20 years?
In addition to living in all of the world's oceans, dolphins also live here.
What are rivers?
The name for a group of dolphins.
What is a pod?