Humpback-Whales - HoHoHo

"A lone humpback whale travelled more than 9,800 kilometres from breeding areas in Brazil to those in Madagascar, setting a record for the longest mammal migration ever documented."

Which is the suitable synonym for breeding in the above sentence?

• Raising

• Nurturing

• Multiplying

• Reproducing

A lone humpback whale travelled more than 9,800 kilometres from breeding areas in Brazil to those in Madagascar, setting a record for the longest mammal migration ever documented.

What is the suitable synonym for documented in the above sentence?

• Recorded

• Detailed

• Described

• Noted

The whale’s journey was unusual not only for its length, but also because it travelled across almost 90 degrees of longitude from west to east.

What is the suitable synonym for unusual in the given sentence?

• Remarkable

• Exceptional

• Uncommon

• Unique

The whale’s journey was unusual not only for its length, but also because it travelled across almost 90 degrees of longitude from west to east.

What is the suitable antonym for unusual in the given sentence?

• expected

• conventional

• Typical

• Ordinary

Two years later, a tourist on a whale-watching boat snapped a photo of the humpback near Madagascar.

What are the suitable synonyms for snapped in the given sentence?

• photographed

• captured

• secured

• clicked

To match the two sightings, Stevick’s team used an extensive international catalogue of photographs of the undersides of tail flukes, which have distinctive markings.

What are the suitable synonyms for distinctive in the sentence above?

• Particular

• Unique

• Notable

• peculiar

Researchers routinely compare the markings in each new photograph to those in the archive.

What are the synonyms for routinely in the sentence above?

• often

• typically

• regularly

• consistently

Researchers routinely compare the markings in each new photograph to those in the archive.

What are the suitable synonym for in the given sentence?

• Collection

• Storehouse

• Wish-book

• Database

To match the two sightings, Stevick’s team used an extensive international catalogue of photographs of the undersides of tail flukes, which have distinctive markings.

Which are the suitable synonyms for catalogue in the sentence above?

• Wish-book

• Brochure

• Collection

• Inventory

The minimum distance is 9,800 kilometres, says Stevick, but this is likely to be an underestimate, because the whale probably took a detour to feed on krill in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica before reaching its destination.

Which is the suitable synonym for is likely to in the given sentence?

• Probably

• Have a tendency to

• Be expected to

• Be prone to