Birds who make their home in the marine environment
What is seabirds
100
Make up a full quarter of all marine mammal species and use echolocation
What is dolphin
100
recognized by its proportionally large bill, which has a loose, elastic pouch
What is pelican
100
flightless seabirds, wings shaped for swimming instead of flying
What is penguins
100
A special type of fat found in marine mammals that provides insulation.
What is blubber
200
fish eating marine mammals that have sleek and short bodies with wide flippers for swimming
What is seals
200
A term used when fish are unintentionally caught when intending to catch other fish
What is bycatch
200
a marine reptile, an apex predator, one of the largest and most dangerous marine mammals
What is saltwater crocodile
200
The organ that enables the natural sonar used by dolphins and whales
What is melon
200
a category of marine mammal in which some species are fully adapted to marine environments for the entirety of their life cycle. evolved from creatures on land and adapted to ocean life such that they are completely unable to survive out of the water
What is sea snakes
300
a marine reptile that comes on shore once a year in order to lay eggs
What is sea turtles
300
marine mammal group that includes manatees and dugong
What is sirenians
300
a member of the cetacean group and one of the largest of all marine mammals
What is whale
300
a natural form of sonar to navigate and for predation
What is echolocation
300
migratory seabirds that form pair bonds for many consecutive breeding seasons and have elaborate greeting rituals; plunge into the water in order to catch fish
What is gannet
400
group of marine mammals that includes whales, porpoises and dolphins
What is cetaceans
400
group of marine mammals that includes polar bears and sea otters
What is fissipeds
400
predators at the top of their food chain.
What is apex predator
400
group of marine mammals that includes seals, sea lions and walruses
What is pinipeds
400
used by whales without teeth it is a filter-like structure that works as a sieve and captures microscopic organisms to feed on.
What is baleen
500
one of the four main groups of marine mammals that are distinguished by their role as apex, carnivorous predators
What is fissipeds
500
one of the four main groups of marine mammals that includes whales, porpoises and dolphins, all of which have blowholes on the top of their heads for breathing.
What is cetaceans
500
one of the our main groups of marine mammals who are distinguished by flippers
What is pinnipeds
500
one of the four main groups of marine mammals that live mostly in tropical waters.