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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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Class
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1.
Which of the following statements is not true about blue whales?
a)
Each year blue whales travel thousands of kilometres in search of food.
b)
They spend the winter months in the warm waters of the Tropics where many of them give birth to their young.
c)
When summer arrives, some of them migrate south to Antarctica and others go north to the Arctic.
d)
All of them are looking for the rich supply of fish which is found in polar waters.
2.
What do blue whales eat?
a)
salmon
b)
seals
c)
plankton
d)
cockles, clams and oysters
3.
Why do the Pacific salmon travel hundreds of miles from the ocean up to American rivers?
a)
to breed
b)
to feed
c)
to eat
d)
to enjoy swimming against the currents
4.
When the Pacific salmon start their journey, their bodies are very strong, but as soon as the salmon leave the sea they stop eating.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
Which of the following statements about Arctic terns is not true?
a)
Arctic terns fly an incredible 40,000 km every year as they travel between the North and South Poles.
b)
They also probably see less daylight than any other animal on earth.
c)
In their northern home during the summer, the sun doesn't set.
d)
They experience the same long days in their winter home in Antarctica.
6.
Ruby-throated hummingbirds only weigh a couple of grams.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
Three times a year ruby-throated hummingbirds take off from the USA on a 2,400 km journey before they finally land in Costa Rica.
a)
true
b)
false
8.
This journey includes a 960 km, 20-hour non-stop flight across the Gulf of Alaska.
a)
true
b)
false
9.
How do penguins not migrate?
a)
by flying
b)
by swimming
c)
by walking
10.
How can penguins manage to migrate from Antarctica as far up the east coast of South America as Rio the Janeiro in Brazil?
a)
using the backs of stronger animals
b)
using currents and sea temperature
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