Understanding Mammals and Blue Whales

What is the biggest wild hog in the world?

• Domestic pig

• Giant forest hog

• Warthog

• Peccary

A baby blue whale is called a calf. It can drink up to ______ gallons of its mother's milk a day.

• 45

• 55

• 65

• 75

What does the blue whale use its loud voice for?

• To scare predators

• To talk to other whales

• To find food

• To navigate

Which word means 'very small'?

• Appetite

• Equal

• Mammal

• Tiny

Blue whales can communicate with other whales who are very far away. What evidence from the passage supports this conclusion?

• In fact, everything about the blue whale is big. Inside the blue whale is the world's largest heart, weighing 1,500 pounds. That's about the size of a small car!

• The blue whale also has a big voice that carries for hundreds of miles through the ocean water. It talks to other whales by making sounds that are louder than a jet plane.

• The blue whale has a big appetite. Each day, it can eat 40 million krill, a tiny shrimp-like shellfish.

• In fact, the giant forest hog is actually tiny compared to the largest mammal, the blue whale. It weighs about 170 tons or nearly 340,000 pounds.

What can be inferred about the size of a baby blue whale based on its milk consumption?

• It is very small.

• It is very large.

• It is the same size as a forest hog.

• It is smaller than a forest hog.

Read the following sentences from the article. "What is the biggest wild hog in the world? It's the giant forest hog. It can weigh up to 600 pounds!" Which word tells the meaning of it?

• biggest

• giant forest hog

• 600 pounds

• world

Read these sentences. "Even a baby whale, called a calf, has a big appetite. It can drink up to 65 gallons of

its mother's milk a day." Which word tells the meaning of it?

• A baby whale

• appetite

• 65 gallons

• milk

Read the following sentences from the article. "The blue whale also has a big voice that carries for hundreds of miles through the ocean

water. It talks to other whales by making sounds that are louder than a jet plane." Which word tells WHERE the whales' voice carries through?

• jet plane

• blue whale

• ocean

• hundreds of miles

Which phrase tells WHAT the baby whale eats?

• 65 gallons of milk a day

• hundreds of miles in the ocean

• a big voice

• a giant forest hog