7.24 vocabulary test

Humpback whales live in groups called ______.

• pods

• digest

• mate

• pregnant

Then the food goes to the whale's stomach to be ______.

• pods

• digested

• mate

• pregnant

When humpbacks _______, the male humpbacks often "sing" to attract the

females

• pods

• digested

• mate

• pregnant

Once a female becomes ______, it takes about a year before its baby is born.

• pods

• digested

• mate

• pregnant

Scientists keep track of individual whales by looking at the white markings on their ______.

• filter

• bellies

• fin

• fluke

the whales use their large tail fins, or ______, to throw themselves out of the water and into the air

• filter

• bellies

• fin

• flukes

They use a ______ system to eat.

• filtering

• bellies

• fin

• flukes

Scientists can ______ whales by looking at the white markings

on their bellies.

• identify

• leap

• flow

• filter

Water ______ into their mouths through two rows of baleen plates.

• identify

• leaps

• flows

• filters

Humpback whales are known for ______ out of the water.

• identifying

• leaping

• flowing

• filtering