The focus of your CD-ROM hunt will be Marine Life Mammals, click on the icon in the program in this category.  Try not to spend more than an hour on the hunt.  Try this yourself without too much outside help.

(Part One) Find the answers to the following questions.

1. List ten different Marine Mammals Microsoft Oceans has information on:
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2. When looking at the Dolphins and Porpoises screen, under which title do you find the video?
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3. Take the quiz on Dolphins and Porpoises. (Hint: click the icon in the top left of the screen that says Quiz)  What happened when you got the right answer to the first question?
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4. What happened when you got the wrong answer? ________________________________

(Part Two) Find the missing answers in the Marine Life Mammals section of the program by clicking around to the different mammals.

Tip: Use the back button, to return to the Mammals screen, then read each statements below. Click on the mammal you are looking for and see if you come up with the right answer. If not, try another one. Use the back button below to navigate more easily.

1. ____________ are sea mammals whose diet consists of shellfish. They use _________to open shells.

2. Columbus mistaken these sea mammal's graceful movements in the water for a mermaid. 
     ____________________ and _____________________

3. The sea mammals in question 2 are helpful to coastal rivers because they eat large quantities of 
     ___________________ that might otherwise clog these waterways.

4. Which land animal do the sea mammals in questions 2 & 3 likely resemble? ________________
     List two ways in which they are similar. ______________________________________ 
     and ________________________________________________________

5. Scientists may classify killer whales not as whales, but as dolphins.  For food they choose birds, fish, 
     _________________________ and _________________.

6. Which walruses have tusks? (Circle one.)        Males         Females        Both

7. Walruses have limbs shaped like ____________ to help them swim and get around on land.

8. These unique members of the whale family could be called underwater unicorns because of the long, spiraling tusk which grow out of its nose. They are correctly identified as ___________.

9.  Which of the whales referred to in question 8 has tusks? (Circle one.) Males      Females        Both

10. The largest of the toothed whales is the _______________ whale which can reach up to 65
       feet.  These whales like to eat __________________ and _______________.

11. The largest animal on earth is the ____________________, which can grow as long as 98 feet.

12. Gray whales migrate in the summer to ______________ for the fertile feeding grounds. When the waters freeze, they move to the __________________________________ to birth their young.

13. Whales that strain their foods are known as ____________; and those that grab their prey with 
       teeth are classified as ____________.

14. Though  large in size, Baleen whales eat tons of the small ocean food called __________ and  ____________. They capture this food by swallowing large amounts of water and capturing their food through ____________________.