Marine Mammals

Level: 2

Requirements

• Be able to identify three of each of the following and know where each is found. Know at least one by scientific name from each group:
  • Toothed Whales
  • Baleen Whales
  • True Seals
  • Eared Seals
  • Dolphins/Porpoises
  • Walruses (one kind)
  • Sea Otter (one kind)
  • Manatees
• Know and locate the story of how God used a whale in Bible times.
• What is the largest mammal in the sea?
• Explain the following words:
  • Breaching
  • Echolocation
  • Spyhopping
  • Baleen
  • Pod
  • Harem
  • Plankton
• Draw a food chain of two different marine mammals.
• What is the purpose of blubber?
• Know two reasons that seals are hunted.
• Describe why seals and dolphins can move so quickly in the water.
• Do one of the following:
  • Take a trip to an aquarium. Learn about and observe the daily feeding schedule of a marine mammal.
  • Write a 500-word report on a marine mammal. Include pictures.
  • Write a 500-word report on current events involving marine mammals and their environment and how they could be endangered.