Marine Mammal Review - Mesa Public Schools

Marine Mammal Review Finz 2014 Marine Mammal Exam: Documents to study Chapter 8 Study Guide Part II Red Alert: Manatee Die Off Secrets of Humpback Whales Morphed: Cetacean

Evolution Why Whales dont have legs Chordate notes Mammal Notes Cetacean Evolution Notes Vocabulary

Echolocation Cetacea Necropsy Viviparous

Pinnipedia Hemoglobin Set in dolphins Evolution Altruistic Male Cooperation Vocabulary

Comparative anatomy Hydrophone Baleen The Bends Packacetus Blowhole

Migration Escort male Melon Big Bang - whales Vocabulary

Krill Ambulocetus Endothermic Fluke Radio transmitter Rebreather Bioaccumulation Vestigial structure

Reciprocal altruism Vocabulary

Bubble net Self aware Basilosaurus Sirenia Brevitoxin Breaching Embryology Spectrograph How/When/Where/Why etc: When would you want to use a

rebreather? If you wanted to study Humpback whales Where would you study them in the summer? Where would you study them in the winter? How/When/Where/Why etc: List the 4 Scientists that use evidence to evaluate whale evolution and describe the evidence used by each to show whale evolution.

Describe Humpback whales: Migration patterns Feeding behaviors Communication with each other How/When/Where/Why etc: Name 3 ways you can tell Humpback whales apart. You are snorkeling along when a whale comes alongside you blowing bubbles what are they doing?

How/When/Where/Why etc: Describe bubble netting and its advantages for each of the following who uses it? Where is it used? What is the function? Where would you find a marine mammal disarticulate their lower jaw. What is the function? How/When/Where/Why

etc: Describe how you would use photo ID and spectrograph data in studying whales. Why dont whales have legs? Why were legs selected against in evolution? List and describe 2 adaptations that function in keeping whales warm in cold water? How/When/Where/Why etc:

How would you explain the behavior of an escort whale? Summarize the major events of whale evolution. How/When/Where/Why etc: List 3 adaptations some marine mammals have for deep diving. What are the bends? How would you avoid them after a deep dive?

How/When/Where/Why etc: Summarize how a dolphin uses echolocation to find a fish. Describe how you would do an experiment to test whether dolphins are self aware. How/When/Where/Why etc: Name 2 major kinds of cetaceans and list 3 characteristics of each.

Describe your strategy if you were in charge of finding a cause of Manatee die off. How/When/Where/Why etc: Know your Pinnipeds and their characteristics!