Dolphins ELL

An adaptation is something that

• helps an organism survive

• is a threat to an organism

• is part of an organism's food chain

• helps an organism hide

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Dolphins eat crabs, so they are

• carnivores

• herbivores

• omnivores

• producers

A dolphin's flippers are used to

• steer

• breathe

• echolocate

• keep warm

A dolphin's blowhole is used to

• steer

• breathe

• echolocate

• keep warm

Blubber helps the dolphin

• steer

• breathe

• echolocate

• keep warm

Dolphins live in

• pods

• reefs

• groups

• food chains

Dolphins give live birth, so they are

• fish

• mammals

• herbivores

• hunters

Litter is bad for dolphins because

• they swallow it and die of starvation

• it makes them sick

• it can biomagnify

• it causes eutrophication

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Chemicals like oil can hurt dolphins

• through biomagnification

• through eutrophication

• by choking them

• because they can not breathe

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Dolphins die in fishing nets because

• they biomagnify

• they eat them and choke

• they can not breathe and drown

• eutrophication lowers dissolved oxygen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4