Aquatic Animals
What do we call animals that can swim?
What is the largest animal on Earth?
The Blue Whale
What are the 3 animals that belong to the Order Pinnipedia?
Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses
What do Cetaceans and Pinnipeds have to keep them warm in freezing temperatures?
BLUBBER
What are the 7 levels of Taxonomy?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What do we call animals that do NOT swim, but move across the body of the ocean?
Benthic Creatures
True or False: Extremely hot water comes out of a whale's blowhole
FALSE!
(extra 100 pts if you tell me what it is and why)
True seals lack this one feature
External ear flaps
What is the name of the ability that some animals have to make their own light?
Bioluminescence
Name the 2 different types of Cetaceans
Baleen whales and toothed whales
***DAILY DOUBLE!***
(Double your points if you can give me an example of each one)
What are the names of the 2 different types of plankton?
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton
***DAILY DOUBLE***
(Double your points if you can tell me the difference between these 2 planktons)
What is the proper name for a Whale's tail and how does it move?
Name the 2 kinds of Sea Cows we learned about in this chapter
Manatees and Dugongs
Which zone do bioluminescent swimming creatures live?
The Abyss
What are the oceans from biggest to smallest?
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
What are the 4 zones of the ocean?
Sunlit, Twilight, Midnight, and Abyss
(1/2 pts if you named at least 2)
Dolphins use their melon for this, enabling them to "see" underwater. Think: 'vibrations'
Echolocation
Pinniped breeding grounds are called what?
Rookeries
Which is more dense: Hot or Cold water?
Cold water! Brrrr!
Which has the longer flipper: True seals or Sea lions?
Sea Lions
Deep ocean currents are caused by what 2 things?
Name 2 different "whale moves" & give examples of each.
Answers may vary.
Which of the 3 Pinnipeds have an air sac in their neck, allowing them to float?
Walruses
What is the name of the circular patterns caused by surface currents? (think back to our experiment with black pepper and fans)
Gyres
The word "Pinnipedia" comes from 2 Latin words meaning what?
"fin-footed"