| Order Cetacea | Order Sphenisciformes | Order Squamata | Order Pinnipedia | Order Crocodilia + Testudines |
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Blue Whale
What is the name of the largest whale in the sea?
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Emperor Penguin
What is the largest species of penguin?
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Galapagos Islands
Which islands do Marine Iguanas inhabit?
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One
How many types of walruses exist?
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True.
True or False: Crocodiles are more aggressive than Alligators.
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Keratin
What are the teeth of baleen whales made out of?
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False
True or False: Penguins are one of the main sources of prey for Polar Bears.
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False: They are extremely venomous but NOT aggressive.
True or False: Sea Snakes are extremely venomous and aggressive.
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Fin-Footed
What does the term "Pinnipedia" mean?
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The Indo-Pacific
In which part of the world are sea snakes found in?
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Sub-Phylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea
Name the levels of classification up to the Order Cetacea.
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Molting: shed old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth.
Penguins have a yearly molt where they get new feathers.
What is molting and how often to penguins molt?
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They can only be in the water for 20 minutes or their muscles begin to seize.
How long can Marine Iguanas be in the water, and what happens when they are in there for too long?
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Stellar Sea Lions
Which pinniped is the largest of the eared seals?
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the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
What does the term sexually dimorphic mean?
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bringing forth live young that have developed inside the body of the parent.
What does the word "viviparous" mean?
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17 species
How many species of penguins are there and name three.
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Cobras
What type of land snakes are sea snakes related to?
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Live in cold water
Large bodies + blubber Paddle-shaped flippers Streamlined bodies Breed on land (rookeries) Pups dependent on mothers
Name three characteristics of animals in the Order Pinnipedia
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Shape of Jaw (U vs V)
Placement of teeth Presence of Salt glands on tongue
Name three differences between Crocs and Alligators
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Bubble Net Feeding is a unique feeding technique used by Humpback Whales, in which a group of whales swim in a shrinking circle blowing bubbles below a school of fish. This shrinking column of bubbles surrounds the school of fish forcing them upward.
What is Bubble Net Feeding?
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protective coloration of some animals in which parts normally in shadow are light and those exposed to the sky are dark.
What is Countershading?
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The salt glands are used to release the salt build up in Marine Iguanas. It looks like they are sneezing the salt out of their noses.
Explain the use of sale glands in Marine Iguanas.
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18 “True” seals (Family: Phocidae)
Ex: Harbor and Elephant seals
What is the family name of "true seals" and how many species of them exist? Name two types of true seals.
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Poachers
Birds, predators Plastic/debris in the ocean Fishing nets
What are four threats to sea turtles?
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