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What is endothermic
Organisms that maintain their own body heat
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What is prevent water loss
Function of scales and leather-like eggs
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What is oil glands
Adaptation that allows birds to be waterproof
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What is Pinnipeds?
Seals, Sea Lions, and Walruses are in this group of Mammals
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What is Kemp's Ridley
The state sea turtle of Texas
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What is Oviparous
Reproduction method of laying eggs
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What is Cobra
Closest land relative of the sea snake
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What is Frigate Bird
Bird that is known for being a bully and taking food from other birds in the air
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What is Sirenians (manatees and dugongs)
Herbivorous marine mammals includes
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What is insulation, buoyance, food reserve
3 functions of blubber
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What is Echolocation
Adaptation of dolphins that allows them to find prey by bouncing sounds off of objects
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What is true
True or False : A crocodile's bite is stronger than a shark bite
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What is lungs
Respiratory structure of marine birds
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What is Sea Lion and Fur Seals
Pinniped that has external ears
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What is Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
The law that prevents US citizens from hunting marine mammals
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What is cetaceans
Marine mammal group that includes whales
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What is they are easy prey
The reason that many sea turtles do not survive to adulthood
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What is Excrete salt and excellent sense of smell
Function of tube-like nostrils on tubenoses
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What is loss of sea ice
Major threat to polar bear habitat
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What is streamlined body, fewer appendages, blubber,
Adaptation that helped all marine mammals evolve from land mammals
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What is filter feeding
Method of feeding for baleen whales
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What is carapace
Term used to describe the dorsal shell of a turtle
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What is Galapagos penguin
Penguin that lives on the Equator
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What is sea otter
Marine mammal known to use tools
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What is viviparous, endothermic, mammary glands (produce milk), hair/fur, 4-chambered hear
3 characteristics of all mammals
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