Q 01/05

Dolphins are not fish. What kind of animal are they?

A) Amphibians

B) Reptiles

C) Mammals

D) Birds

Answer · why

C) Mammals

They breathe air, are warm-blooded and feed their babies milk, just like you.

Q 02/05

About how many kinds of dolphin are alive today?

A) 40

B) 400

C) 1,000

D) 4

Answer · why

A) 40

They range from the human-sized Maui's dolphin to the 9.5-metre orca.

Q 03/05

What is the hole on top of a dolphin's head for?

A) Breathing

B) Hearing

C) Seeing behind it

D) Squirting water at fish

Answer · why

A) Breathing

It is really a nostril that moved to the top of the head over millions of years.

Q 04/05

What does a dolphin do when it breathes out through its blowhole?

A) Blasts stale air upwards

B) Sings a song

C) Squirts water like a fountain

D) Blows bubbles underwater

Answer · why

A) Blasts stale air upwards

On a cold day you can see the puff, then it sucks in fresh air and dives.

Q 05/05

What is a dolphin's tail called?

A) A flipper

B) A fin

C) A paddle

D) A fluke

Answer · why

D) A fluke

It is flat and sideways, unlike a fish's tail which stands up and down, and the front flippers used to be arms.

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