Song of the Humpback

Humpback whales often swim in ocean areas

____ to/from land and are active at the ____.

• close, bottom

• far, bottom

• close, surface

• far, surface

Breaching means ___.

• diving deep in the water

• rising out of the water

• coming to the shore

A ___ is a scientist who studies ocean life.

• microbiologist

• wildlife biologist

• botanist

• marine biologist

Humpback whales keep growing for ___ years.

• 10

• 2

• 20

• 7

A humpback whale song can last up to ___ minutes.

• 5

• 10

• 20

• 30

Only ___ humpbacks sing.

• young

• male

• female

• old

(true or false) Scientists know why Humpbacks sing.

• true

• false

Humpbacks sing ___ songs in different parts of the world.

• same

• different

What is the reading mainly about?

• how humpbacks communicate with people

• research into how and why humpbacks sing

• the career of a man who is interested in humpbacks

___ are the two flat body parts that stick out from the side of a

whale, seal, etc.

• flukes

• blowhole

• dorsal fin

• Flippers