How You are Like a Blue Whale

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What is the main difference between fish and blue whales?

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Fish lay eggs, while blue whales give birth to live young.

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What are the bones in a blue whale's flipper similar to?

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Human arm bones.

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What do paleontologists use to study evolutionary connections?

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Fossils, DNA, and other sources.

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What connects humans, whales, fish, and billions of different species?

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A common ancestor population.

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What is a characteristic of fish skin?

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Scaly.

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What type of animal is a blue whale?

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A mammal.

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How do blue whales breathe?

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Through lungs, not gills.

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What is the largest animal on Earth?

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The blue whale.

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What do blue whales primarily eat?

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Krill.

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What is the purpose of a blue whale's baleen plates?

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To filter food from water.