Fun with Quizzes

Are you a Cetacean expert?

Instructions
To pass the test you must answer correctly at least 7 questions out of 10. For each question, one or more answers can be correct and you need to select all the correct options to score a point. Test evaluation is immediate and does not require you to provide any personal data.

1.

The diet of Mysticeti (toothless whales) includes:

Copepods

Krill

Small fish

Marine mammals

2.

The number of blowholes in Odontoceti is:

Two

One or two, depending on the species

One

Always one, except the Sperm whale which has two

3.

Some river dolphins are:

Able to crawl for more than a mile on land

Almost completely blind

In great danger of extinction

Well adapted to feed on birds

4.

The so-called melon in Odontoceti plays a crucial role in:

Focusing the sounds used in echolocation

Excreting

Feeding

Mating

5.

Which of the following cetaceans belong to the Delphinidae family?

Orca

False killer whale

Cuvier's Beaked whale

Manatee

6.

Which whale species is unique in having three ridges on the top of its head rather than only one?

Blue whale

Fin whale

Humpback whale

Bryde's whale

7.

Which of the following places are known to be summerly feeding grounds for migrating whales?

Tonga

The Bering Sea

Maldives

Antarctica

8.

The Mexican bays and lagoons of San Ignacio, Guerrero Negro and Magdalena are world-famous breeding grounds for:

Humpback whales

Blue whales

Sperm whales

Gray whales

9.

Resident Orcas in British Columbia are:

Fish eaters

Marine mammal eaters

Omnivorous

Filter feeders

10.

Which of the following cetaceans are only found in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)?

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus)

Boto (Inia geoffrensis)

Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)