Recording Gentle Giants Quiz

Who is Jim Darling?

• A whale photographer

• A writer

• A marine biologist

• A whale watcher

Why did Jim Darling invite Douglas Chadwick into the water?

• To let him experience a humpback whale up close

• To teach him to swim

• To repair recording equipment

• To scare the whale

What surprised Chadwick most while underwater?

• The whale moved very fast

• He felt the song inside his body

• The whale disappeared

• The whale stopped singing

In the sentence “it was aware of him,” what does “it” refer to?

• The boat

• Jim Darling

• The ocean

• The whale

What does the word “breaching” mean in the text?

• Swimming under the boat

• Singing loudly

• Rising out of the water

• Hunting fish

How do humpback whales show intelligence?

• The males and females sing long songs together

• They hunt together

• They live near land

• They swim slowly

In the sentence “They are perhaps the longest songs sung by any animal,” what does “They” refer to?

• Scientists

• Male whales

• Boats

• Whale songs

According to the text, which whales sing songs?

• Only male humpbacks

• Only female humpbacks

• All whales

• Young whales

Why do scientists think whales may sing?

• To scare predators

• To find food

• To communicate with other whales

• To talk to humans

What happened when scientists played whale songs to female whales?

• They sang back

• They did not respond

• They followed the boat

• They attacked the speaker