The Whale Project
You are a Scientist researching Whales of the Ocean. Choose any 10 Questions to research. When you have found the answers, make a Poster about your findings.
1. Are whales fish or mammals?
2. Do whales breath using gills or lungs?
3. What is the biggest animal that ever lived on Earth?
4. There are two types of whales. What is the name of the type of whale that sieves tiny food through comb-like structures in its mouth?
5. There are two types of whales. What is the name of the type of whale that hunts and kills prey using its teeth?
6. The smallest whale is the dwarf sperm whale. How big does this whale get?
7. When whales swim, do they move their tail up and down or left and right?
8. What is it called when whales jump high out of the water and then slap the water as they come back down?
9. What is it called when a whale pokes its head out of the water and turns around?
10. What is it called when whales stick their tail out of the water, swing it
around, and then slap it on the water's surface?
11. Are dolphins whales?
12. What is the name of a social group of whales?
13. Which type of whales (toothed or baleen) are more social?
14. Do any whales migrate?
15. Name a toothed whale that starts with the letter "N."
16. When did primitive whales evolve?
17. Do mother whales nourish their young with milk?
18. Do whales lay eggs or give birth to live young?
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