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.

Which suborder of the Cetacea order does the Sperm whale belong to?

Mysticeti

Archaeoceti

Odontoceti

None of the above

2.

Which of the following animals are not cetaceans?

Dugong

Manatee

Sperm whale

Beluga

3.

Which of the following countries has formalised a moral opposition to whaling and prohibits killing and harassing of cetaceans to its citizens anywhere in the world?

Australia

Japan

Norway

Iceland

4.

Some tourists tell you they have seen a mother and calf Gray whale pair in Patagonia:

It could be, but only during the Southern Hemisphere winter

It is impossible, because the Gray whale only inhabits the West coast of South America

It is impossible, because the Gray whale only inhabits the Northern Hemisphere

It is very possible, since the Gray whale is the most sighted cetacean in Patagonia

5.

Balaena mysticetus is the scientific name for:

Bowhead whale

Humpback whale

It is a synonym with Mysticeti

Great Misty whale

6.

Resident Orcas in British Columbia are:

Fish eaters

Marine mammal eaters

Omnivorous

Filter feeders

7.

Which species among the following has disappeared from the North Atlantic due to whaling?

Gray whale

Narwhal

Common dolphin

Vaquita

8.

Who is the current record holder for deep diving among Marine Mammals?

Blue whale

Sperm whale

Elephant Seal

Cuvier's beaked whale

9.

Where can Minke whales be observed?

In the Southern Hemisphere only

In both Northern and Southern Hemispheres

In the Northern Hemisphere only

It is sadly already extinct

10.

The so-called baleen in toothless whales (Mysticeti) serve the purpose of:

Filtering the water and retain food

Filtering the oxygen contained in the water

Chewing preys

Increasing streamlining