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WorksheetsGray Whales!
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which statement is true?
a)
The Gray Whale got its gray mottled body color
b)
It was often called "devilfish" from whalers because of it's fierceness.
c)
Scientific name is: Eschrichtius robustus
d)
All of the above
2.
Why do gray whales have light patches and white spots on their bodies?
a)
They have pimples and need pimple cream.
b)
They have barnacles and whale lice attached to them.
c)
They are birth marks.
d)
None of the above.
3.
What is baleen & how does it work?
a)
Baleen is an small animal that helps the gray whale survive
b)
False teeth.
c)
Overlapping plates made of keratin that hangs from his mouth in place of teeth. It's used to strain out water.
d)
None of the above
4.
What happens when a whale breeches?
a)
The whale is playing with dolphins
b)
The whale jumps partially out of the water and lands in an angle.
c)
It's trying to play a joke on humans watching them from boats.
d)
The whale is saying hi to the ninjas.
5.
How long do they live?
a)
10 years
b)
1 year
c)
5 months
d)
Over 40 years
6.
Who are predators to gray whales?
a)
boats
b)
barnacles & whale lice
c)
sharks & humans
d)
litter
7.
Why are some whales in trouble?
a)
collision with ships & entanglement of fishing nets
b)
pollution
c)
noise in the ocean
d)
all of the above
8.
What is the Marine Mammal Protection Act?
a)
It's when the marine animals protect each other
b)
When the marine animals act like they care
c)
Government laws protecting endangered marine mammals
d)
When ninjas save marine mammals
9.
What is "whaling"?
a)
When 5th graders go on a boat to spy out whales.
b)
People who obsessed with whales
c)
People who illegally hunt whales
d)
All of the above
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