Categorizing Animals
What does an animal have if it is a vertebrae?
A backbone
Is an Orca a toothed whale or a baleen whale?
Toothed
What's the biggest difference between dugongs and manatees?
The shape of their tail
Sharks have skeletons, but they're not made of bone. What is a shark's skeleton made of?
Cartilage
What is your teacher's favorite ray? (Extra points if you do the dance)
Manta Ray
Ectothermic
The largest animal on earth, which eats zooplankton and grows up to 100 feet long.
Blue Whale
Why is the Order sea cows are in called Sirena?
Because the sea cows are the reason for the myth of sirens and mermaids.
This shark is the largest fish.
Whale Shark
This ray has a sharp, pointed tail with a venom filled spine.
Stingray
What do you call warm-blooded animals?
Endothermic
This whale technically doesn't have an official name.
Right Whale
True or False: A true seal has external ear flaps instead of holes.
False (True seals have ear holes.)
Compared to bony fish, whose gills are shown, what do sharks have?
Gill Slits
Skates aren't ovoviviparous like most rays. Are they Oviparous or Viviparous?
Oviparous
What is one of the two types of plankton?
Zooplankton or Phytoplankton
A unique type of whale that molts (sheds) its skin.
Beluga
What state is home to many manatees?
Florida
Sharks can lose and regrow these, and in their life a shark may lose and regrow 30,000 of these. What are they?
Teeth
This ray has a distinct feature resembling that of a tool you'd find in a woodworking studio.
Sawfish
Which of these words describes animals that slither/crawl?
A. Nektonic
B. Benthic
C. Sessile
Benthic
What whale has one extra long tooth?
Narwhal
What does Pinnipedia mean in Latin?
Fin-footed
True or False: A shark's ability to detect precise location of electricity in water over 1,000 miles away is the same as the technology scientists have recreated.
False (Scientists have not yet been able to replicate this same precise detection.)
Which type of ray has a specific organ that can send out shocks of voltage?
Electric Rays