This sea mammal has ears and rear flippers used to walk on land.
What is a sea lion?
100
Reptiles and amphibians are otherwise known as this scientific term which comes from the Greek work "herpeton," which means "creeping, crawling creatures that move about on their bellies."
What are herps?
100
If an animal has fins for swimming and gills for breathing, scientists say you are looking at this.
What is a fish?
100
These fish have skeletons made out of cartilage instead of bone.
What are sharks and rays, or what are cartilaginous fish?
200
When a whale sits straight up in the water with its head positioned straight up and out of the water, sometimes turning around.
What is spy hopping?
200
This sea mammal has tusks.
What is a walrus?
200
The upper dome of a turtle's shell.
What is a carapace?
200
These are the three main kinds of fishes.
What are bony fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and jawless fishes?
200
This ray has an extremely long tail and a diamond-shaped body. It looks like a kite swimming through the water.
What is an eagle ray?
300
The protruding part of a whales head that is used for echolocation.
What is the melon?
300
This animal is called a sea cow and is part of the order Sirenia.
What is a manatee?
300
Animals, like sea snakes, that lay eggs inside themselves and then give birth to living young are called this.
What is ovoviviparous?
300
This is a flap that covers the gills of a fish.
What is an operculum?
300
The scales of sharks and rays are called this because they are like tiny teeth.
What are dermal denticles?
400
When whales travel great distances, spending summers in cool water near the polar regions where there is plenty of food and winters in warm waters near the equator where they have their babies.
What is migration?
400
This sea cow is found near Africa, Australia, and Asia. It is similar to a manatee.
What is a dugong?
400
The scientific name for cold-blooded.
What is ectothermic?
400
This fish body type is flat with both eyes either on top or on one side of its body.
What is depressed?
400
These nerve receptors in a shark sense electricity in the water.
What are the ampullae of Lorenzini?
500
Whales, dolphins, porpoises, and narwhals are part of this order.
What is the order Cetacea?
500
Seals, sea lions, and walruses are called this scientific name which means "fin-footed" in Latin.
What are pinnipeds?
500
This herp lays jelly-like eggs and has young that DO NOT look like miniature versions of the adult, rather they go through a series of changes over several month, looking more and more like adults.
What is an amphibian?
500
This is a line of narrow holes (pores) that run along the side of the fish's body and pick up very tiny vibrations that travel through the water.
What is a lateral line?
500
Sharks and rays do not have this, therefore when they are not actively swimming they sink.