A) Indian Ocean B) Pacific Ocean C) Arctic Ocean D) Atlantic Ocean
A) Blue B) Grey C) White D) Black
A) Barking sounds B) Roaring sounds C) Purring sounds D) Whistles and clicks
A) Genetic disorders, infectious diseases, and parasites B) Oil spills, hunting, and ship strikes C) Predation, overfishing, and climate change D) Pollution, habitat degradation, and noise pollution
A) Trapping B) Visual observation C) Chasing D) Echolocation
A) Seals B) Plants C) Fish D) Crustaceans
A) Four B) Two C) One D) Three
A) Sight B) Taste C) Hearing D) Smell
A) Delphinidae B) Phocoenidae C) Monodontidae D) Balaenopteridae
A) Large dorsal fin B) Absence of a dorsal fin C) Fins on their flippers D) Streamlined body
A) Blubber B) Tusk C) Melon D) Fin
A) 5.5 m (18 ft) B) 7 m (23 ft) C) 10 m (33 ft) D) 3 m (10 ft)
A) 700 m (2,300 ft) B) 500 m (1,640 ft) C) 100 m (330 ft) D) 1,000 m (3,280 ft)
A) Overfishing B) Climate change C) Contamination D) Natural predators
A) Near threatened B) Endangered C) Extinct D) Least concern
A) Bering Sea B) Arctic Ocean C) Cook Inlet in Alaska D) Chukchi Sea
A) Sharks B) Seals C) Polar bears D) Dolphins
A) 50 animals B) 20 animals C) 10 animals D) 2 animals
A) Plankton B) Seaweed C) Fish only D) Opportunistic feeders
A) They are not considered whales B) They are not endangered C) Aboriginal whaling is excluded from the 1986 moratorium D) They are not hunted
A) Northern Hudson Bay B) Western Hudson Bay C) Southern Hudson Bay D) Eastern Hudson Bay
A) English B) Russian C) Latin D) Greek
A) Beluga B) Sea canary C) White whale D) Dolphin
A) Russian B) Latin C) Greek D) English
A) Sea canary B) Ocean bird C) Whale singer D) Sea singer
A) Roar B) Whistle C) Squeak D) Squeal
A) Dolphin B) Fin C) White D) Wingless
A) Dolphin B) Fin C) White D) Wingless
A) Gregor Mendel B) Charles Darwin C) Carl Linnaeus D) Peter Simon Pallas
A) Cetacea B) Mysticeti C) Odontoceti D) Pinnipedia
A) Dolphin B) Narwhal C) Porpoise D) Beluga
A) Fossilized bones in Vermont B) Genomic sequence similarity C) Shared common ancestor D) A skull with intermediate characteristics
A) 85% B) 90% C) 95% D) 97.87%
A) Casatia thermophila B) Denebola brachycephala C) Monodon monoceros D) Bohaskaia monodontoides
A) Late Miocene B) Late Pliocene C) Early Pliocene D) Early Miocene
A) Charlotte, Vermont B) Virginia C) Baja California D) Vermont, United States
A) The Charlotte whale B) Dinosaur fossil C) Trilobite fossil D) Ammonite fossil
A) Up to 100 years. B) Up to 30 years. C) Up to 50 years. D) Up to 70 or 80 years.
A) Males are 50% longer than females. B) Females are 25% longer than males. C) Males are 25% longer than females. D) Males and females are the same size.
A) Up to 5 cm. B) Up to 15 cm. C) Up to 20 cm. D) Up to 10 cm.
A) By blowing air around their sinuses B) By using their teeth C) By contracting their neck muscles D) By changing their body temperature
A) By expanding the melon B) By moving its tail C) By opening its mouth D) By contracting the muscular covering
A) Bones similar to those in human arms. B) Hard, dense, fibrous connective tissue. C) Soft cartilage. D) Thin, flexible skin.
A) Lower jaw B) Nose C) Ears D) Tongue
A) Cones B) Cilia C) Fibers D) Rods
A) Display typical alarm behaviour B) Ignore it C) Swim away quickly D) Approach the source of the blood
A) They improve vision B) They regulate body temperature C) They enhance hearing D) They detect different tastes
A) Infinite range B) Short range C) No range D) Long range
A) Herd diving B) Milling C) Swarming D) Pod jumping
A) Feeding behavior B) Substitute behavior C) Sleeping behavior D) Aggressive behavior
A) Families B) Kindergartens C) Pleas D) Pods
A) Over 900 meters B) 500 meters C) 700 meters D) 600 meters
A) Shrimp B) Octopus C) Amphipods D) Echiurid worms
A) Bowhead whales B) Killer whales C) Humpback whales D) Blue whales
A) During the summer months B) During the winter months C) During the mating season D) During the spring months
A) 25% B) 28% C) 30% D) 35%
A) For the first year B) For the first three months C) For the first two years D) For the first six months
A) Diurnal feeding B) Solitary hunting C) Alloparenting D) Nocturnal migration
A) Webbed feet B) Striped skin C) Unusual dentition D) Long tusks
A) Surface feeding B) Hunting on the seabed C) Filter feeding D) Midwater hunting
A) An American researcher B) A Canadian researcher C) A Japanese researcher D) A Russian researcher
A) Jaw-clapping B) Blowhole-blowing C) Fin-slapping D) Tail-beating
A) 3,000 kilometers B) 6,000 kilometers C) 9,000 kilometers D) 12,000 kilometers
A) Open ocean B) Polar ice caps C) Deep sea trenches D) River estuaries
A) 14,500 individuals B) 1,151 individuals C) 3,400–3,800 individuals D) 55,000 individuals
A) Southwest Greenland B) Eastern Bering Sea C) Eastern Canadian Arctic D) Ulbansky
A) 152 individuals B) 17 individuals C) 62 individuals D) 39 individuals
A) Bristol Bay B) Eastern Chukchi Sea C) Cook Inlet D) Northern Canadian sites
A) Potential Biological Removal equation B) Maximum Sustainable Yield equation C) Population Density equation D) Carrying Capacity equation
A) The meat B) The skin C) The vertebrae D) The teeth
A) The skin (muktuk) B) The meat C) The teeth D) The vertebrae
A) 14,500 individuals B) 21,400 individuals C) 889 individuals D) 55,000 individuals
A) 17 individuals B) 152 individuals C) 62 individuals D) 39 individuals
A) 549 individuals B) 1,500 individuals C) 2,500 individuals D) 4,000 individuals
A) Coal tar B) Vegetable oil C) Mineral oil D) Petroleum jelly
A) 1950 B) 1938 C) 1925 D) 1940
A) The 1960s B) The 1970s C) The 1940s D) The 1950s
A) La Chasse au Beluga B) Pour la suite du monde C) Le Monde des Cétacés D) Les Océans de l'Est
A) 935 kg. B) 1200 kg. C) 800 kg. D) 500 kg.
A) 27%. B) 10%. C) 50%. D) 5%.
A) 10 km. B) 50 km. C) 100 km. D) 200 km.
A) Anisakis simplex B) Sarcocystis C) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae D) Papillomaviruses
A) Norway B) China C) United States D) Russia
A) Unfused cervical vertebrae B) Thoracic vertebrae C) Lumbar vertebrae D) Fused cervical vertebrae
A) Little White B) Ruby C) Little Grey D) Naluark
A) 2006 B) 2018 C) 2016 D) 1992
A) Blackstone Group B) Whale and Dolphin Conservation C) Merlin Entertainments D) SeaWorld
A) Contracaecum B) Sarcocystis C) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae D) Anisakis simplex
A) Little White B) Little Grey C) Ruby D) Naluark
A) United States Navy B) Soviet Navy C) Russian Navy D) Canadian Navy
A) Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae B) Herpesviruses C) Ciliate protozoa D) Papillomaviruses
A) Hadwenius seymouri B) Pharurus pallasii C) Leucasiella arctica D) Anisakis simplex
A) Not specified B) Naluark C) Little White D) Ruby
A) Pharurus pallasii B) Hadwenius seymouri C) Leucasiella arctica D) Anisakis simplex
A) Hadwenius seymouri B) Pharurus pallasii C) Anisakis simplex D) Leucasiella arctica
A) Chasing the belugas B) Keeping boats at a distance C) Feeding the belugas D) Touching the belugas
A) Hudson Bay B) Saint Lawrence River C) Charlottetown Harbour D) Thames Estuary
A) Swim faster than wild belugas B) Mimic human speech C) Fly short distances D) Change color
A) Endangered B) Vulnerable C) Least concern D) Critically endangered
A) More stable ice conditions B) Increased human access disrupting habitats C) Reduced boat traffic D) Decreased predation by killer whales |