Post on 28-Dec-2015
JeopardyMysticetes Odontocetes Pinnipeds Survey Misc.
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Mysticetes
The largest animal to have ever lived on earth (and
scientific name)
Otherwise known as the cheek bone
$200 Question from Mysticetes
The whale species with pectoral flippers 1/3 its body length (and scientific name)
$500 Answer from Mysticetes
What is the right white lower lip?(scientific name Balaenoptera physalus)
$100 Question from Odontocetes
Most common coastal odontocete - likely to be seen from West Cliff
(and scientific name)
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$200 Answer from Odontocetes
What is the northern right whale dolphin?(scientific name Lissodelphis borealis)
$300 Question from Odontocetes
The species made famous in ‘Moby Dick’ and its scientific name (has characteristic
sideways blow)
$400 Answer from Odontocetes
What is (A) the common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) and (B) the Pacific white sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) and what
are the differences in their dorsal fin colorations as well as the differences in the shape of their beak?
A B
$100 Question from Pinnipeds
The species you hear barking at the Santa Cruz wharf (and scientific name)
$200 Question from Pinnipeds
The pinniped that almost went extinct about 100 years ago but now numbers
over 175,000 (and scientific name)
$300 Question from Pinnipeds
Local pinniped species that does not exhibit obvious sexual
dimorphism (and scientific name)
$400 Question from Pinnipeds
The locally found pinniped species that relies the most on fur for thermoregulation - breeds
in the Channel and Pribilof Islands (and scientific name)
$500 Question from Pinnipeds
The largest otariid and the location of its southern-most breeding colony
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$500 Answer from Pinnipeds
What is the northern sea lion/Steller sea lion and what is Ano Nuevo Island?(species name Eumetopias jubatus)
$200 Question from Survey
A measure of the abundance of algae, also called phytoplankton, which
account for most of the plant production in the ocean
$500 Question from Survey
The orientation of tracklines to sample equally across different environments
$200 Question from Misc.
The two different main groups of killer whales found along the west coast of
the USA (plus scientific name)
$200 Answer from Misc.
What are transient (marine mammal eating) and resident (fish eating) Orcinus orca?
$500 Question from Misc.
At least three external features/characteristics used to differentiate
phocids and otariids (i.e. what you say when your grandmother asks you how to
tell a seal and a sea lion apart)
$500 Answer from Misc.
What are external ears (pinnae), the ability to walk on all four limbs (otariids), the flippers used for locomotion (front flippers for otariids vs rear for phocids)?
Final Jeopardy
What species did Dan Costa study for his graduate research (common and scientific name)?