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.

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

2.

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

Mysticeti

Archaeoceti

Odontoceti

None of the above

3.

Feeding cetaceans in the wild can:

Have a negative impact on their feeding behaviour

Help them survive

Negatively alter their social behaviour and interactions, for example with males harassing females for a longer time, which they should rather spend searching for food

Help genuine friendship between cetaceans and humans

4.

Which of the following cetaceans belong to the Delphinidae family?

Orca

False killer whale

Cuvier's Beaked whale

Manatee

5.

What baleen whales are mostly seen in Peninsula Valdes (Argentina)?

Orcas, which hunt seal and sea lion pups right up the beach

Southern Right whales

Blue whales

None of the above

6.

The Narwhal has a typical tusk:

Only males and about 3% of females have one

Only females have one

Both males and females have one

No, the Narwhal does not have a typical tusk

7.

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

8.

Which of the following cetacean species do not have a dorsal fin?

Gray whale

Beluga

Minke whale

Southern Right whale

9.

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

Blue whale

Sperm whale

Elephant Seal

Cuvier's beaked whale

10.

The diet of Mysticeti (toothless whales) includes:

Copepods

Krill

Small fish

Marine mammals