Dolphins/Whales
Seals/Sea Lions/Walruses
General
Polar Bears/Otters
Manatees/Dugongs
100
What is a group of killer whales called?
A pod.
100
Seal or sea lion?
Sea lion
100
What is blubber?
The fat found in marine mammals;Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians
100
What color is polar bear fur?
Clear
100
What do manatees and dugongs eat?
Sea grasses and aquatic plants
200
Name one of other species of toothed whale that is not a dolphin or killer whale
Beluga, narwhal, sperm whale or porpoise
200
Seal or sea lion?
Seal
200
How many species of marine mammals are there?
119 species
200
Name one difference between river otters and sea otters
Sea otters are larger and spend more time in the water
200
Manatee or dugong?
Dugong
300
How does baleen work?
Baleen is a filter-feeding system inside the mouths of baleen whales. The baleen system works by a whale opening its mouth underwater and taking in water. The whale then pushes the water out, and animals such as krill are filtered by the baleen and remain as a food source for the whale.
300
True or false:
Both male and female walruses can have tusks
True
300
What protects all marine mammals?
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
300
Why is sea ice important for polar bears?
They use it to hunt seals
300
Manatee or dugong?
Manatee
400
Other than their teeth what is the difference between toothed whales and baleen whales?
Baleen whales have 2 blowholes
400
Other than their external ears, what is one other difference between seals and sea lions?
Movement. Seals move on land on their bellies and swim with their hind flippers, sea lions use all 4 flippers on land and use their front flippers to swim.
400
Name one ecological role marine mammals play
Herbivore, filter feeders and top predators
400
How many hairs does a sea otter have in 1 square inch?
Between 850,000 to one million hairs per square inch
400
What is the manatee and dugongs closest living relative?
Elephant
500
What sense do dolphins lack?
What is smell?
500
What are the names of the 2 sea lions at the Tulsa Zoo?
Cisco and Reyes!
500
Name at least one of the families of marine mammals (the latin family name)
Mustelids, Ursidae, Pinnipeds, Sirenians, or Cetaceans
500
What does Ursus maritimus mean?
maritime or sea bear
500
What is the dugongs scientific name?
Dugong dugong