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Marine Mammals Quiz

1) What is the largest whale known to us? 6) What are the two major classes of whales?

a) A Minke Whale.                                                                                                                                       a) Big and small.
b) A Blue Whale.                                                                                                                                     b) Toothed and baleen.
c) A Finback whale.                                                                                                                               c) Odontocete and mysteceti.
d) A Horse Whale.                                                                                                                                     d) b & c.

2) What are baleen whales? 7) How long is a blue whale's tongue?

a) Whales that do not eat.                                                                                                                              a) 6 feet.
b) Whales that can live outside water.                                                                                                              b) 50 feet.
c) Whales that filter-feed with large plates of Kerotin.                                                                                     c) 15 feet.
d) Whales with teeth.                                                                                                                                    d) 200 feet.

3) How do whales sleep? 8) How do scientists know the age of a toothed whale?

a) Whales do not sleep.                                                                                                                                   a) They ask it.
b) Whales hold their breath and lay at the bottom of the ocean.                                                                         b) They look at the rings in the teeth similar to the rings in the tree.
c) Whales sleep with half their brain awake and the other half asleep.                                                              c) They can not.
d) With both their eyes shut.                                                                                                                        d) They look at blubber layers.

4) What is the largest dolphin? 9) What is logging?

a) Pilot whale.                                                                                                                                               a) It is when whales have nightmares.
b) Bottlenose whale.                                                                                                                                        b) It is when they rest at the surface.
c) Risso dolphin.                                                                                                                                           c) It is when a turtle runs faster than a rabbit.
d) Orca whale.                                                                                                                                              d) It is when whales push a log around.

5) Do whales have fingers? 10) What whale has the largest brain?

a) No, of course not.                                                                                                                                    a) A sperm whale.
b) A million years ago they did but not anymore.                                                                                                b) An orca.
c) They have nails only.                                                                                                                             c) A humpback.
d) Under the skin of their flippers they still have finger bones.                                                                    d) A whale shark.