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.

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

2.

Which of the following cetaceans belong to the Delphinidae family?

Orca

False killer whale

Cuvier's Beaked whale

Manatee

3.

What is echolocation?

A natural occurring sonar system, extensively used by toothed whales

It is synonym with radar

The ability to locate a prey using natural biomagnetism

The use of electric fields to locate both preys and predators

4.

Porpoises have the following distinctive features:

Lack of beak

Lack of blowhole

Spade-shaped teeth

They belong to the Phocoenidae family

5.

Parental care is common to:

All animals in the sea

All vertebrates, whether on land or sea

All cetaceans and sharks

All cetaceans

6.

In which place(s) are Orcas known to attack mother and calf Gray whale pairs?

Monterey Bay (CA, United States)

Kaikoura (New Zealand)

Portofino (Italy)

Peninsula Valdes (Argentina)

7.

What is the smallest rorqual (whale with throat grooves)?

The Common dolphin

The Bryde's whale

The Dugong

The Minke whale

8.

Which of the following baleen whales have typical callosities on its head?

Humpback whale

Right whale

Gray whale

Bryde's whale

9.

Strandings of cetaceans can be caused by:

Military sonar systems

Infections and other diseases

Local changes of the Earth's magnetic field

Ancestral desire of cetaceans to come back to land

10.

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