General
Climate Change
What is a one way you can ideantify a seal?
Short neck, no ears, belly bouncers
What is the term for the sonar technology that whales use for hunting and communication
echolocation
Thick fur
Where do sea otters live?
Kelp forest
What is the organ in the forehead of a whale?
Melon
What is the term of the order that includes whales?
Cetaceans
What adaptations do mammals have that allows them to survive in cold waters?
Warm blooded
Blubber
What are two characteristic of marine mammals?
Live birth, breathe air, warm blooded, blubber
What do polar bears use sea ice for?
Hunting
What is the vocabulary term that means warm blooded
Homeothermic
What is one adaptation that differentiates a polar bear from a grizzly bear?
Webbed feet
What are the three orders of marine mammals?
Cetaceans, sirenians, and carnivora
Why are otters considered to be keystone species?
They control urchin population
What is the vocabulary term that describes live birth
Viviparous
What is one adaptation that allows whales to stay underwater for long periods of time?
Reducing heart rate
Collapsing their lungs
Stopping blood flow to some area
Storing oxygen in blood and muscles
What part of a taxonomy includes mammalia?
Class
What animal is most closely related to polar bears?
Grizzly bears
What is the term that describes the process where a population evolves into distinct species
Speciation
Why do sea lions "haul out"
Mating, resting, give birth