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Marine Biology II (BH)
Turtle Trivia
Question: This main difference between tortoises and sea turtles means one has an extra way to protect itself
Answer: tortoises can pull their head inside their shell
Question: Sea turtles, while they live their lives under water, can only breathe this
Answer: air
Question: The largest type of sea turtle
Answer: Leatherback
Question: This type of sea turtle has the scientific name "Caretta caretta"
hint: most common one we see at the rescue center
Answer: Loggerhead
Question: This determines if the eggs laid by sea turtles will be male or female
hint: the same as alligators
Answer: Temperature when they are laid
Some Things Fishy
Question: This type of fish lives in the ocean, but migrates every year to freshwater to lay their eggs
Answer: Salmon
Question: These type of fish have venom in their tails and are made of only cartilage and no bone
Answer: Stingrays
Question: When this fish feels threatened, they swell to twice their size
Answer: Pufferfish
Question: These are what fish smell through
Answer: Nares
Question: Fish do this together for protection
hint: it helps them encounter less water friction
Answer: School
Doo doo doo doo...
Question: Sharks are chondrichthyes- in Greek chondro means __________ and ichthyes means "fish"
Answer: cartilage
Question: This is the biggest predator fish in the ocean
Answer: Great white shark
Question: Carpet sharks live near the bottom of the ocean and use this (their nickname) to wait on approaching prey to attack
Answer: Camouflage
Question: ___________ salts harden the cartilage in the jaw of sharks to make it harder and stronger
Answer: Calcium
Question: Some sharks can smell ___ drop of tuna oil in ___ billion drops of water
Answer: one in 10 billion
Mammals Part 1
Question: Sea otters and polar bears are in this order
Answer: Carnivora
Question: Pinnipedia means ____-________ and includes seals, sea lions, and walruses
Answer: fin-footed
Question: Manatees are sometimes called these after a land mammal
Answer: Sea cows
Question: Name three types of seals
Answer: elephant seals, harbor seals, leopard seals
Question: Sea lions are different from seals in many ways. Name 3
Answer: Sea lions can walk on landSea lions have external ear flaps
Sea lions have no claws
Sea lions make loud barking sounds
Sea lions are found only in salt water
Sea lions can lift their bellies off the ground
Mammals Part 2
Question: Dolphins, porpoises, and whales are all in this order
Answer: Cetacea
Question: Cetacea are divided into these two main groups
Answer: toothed whale and baleen whale
Question: Toothed whales have a mass of tissue in their foreheads (echolocation) called a _____
Answer: Melon
Question: Describe how a baleen whale eats
Answer: Takes in big gulp of water with krill, throat unfolds like a balloon to allow room for a lot of water, then uses tongue to "spit" the water back through baleen plates, that hold the krill-then the whale licks them off and swallows them
Question: Lifting their tail out of the water and slapping it down hard on the water is called this
Answer: Lobtailing