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The Blue Whale (Focus on Reading 2)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percent of the world does the sea cover?

a)

fifty

b)

sixty

c)

seventy

d)

seventeen

2.

What is the biggest animal in the sea?

a)

The blue whale

b)

The shark

c)

The dolphin

d)

The gray whale

3.

How long can blue whales grow to be?

a)

27 meters long

b)

more than 27 meters long

c)

less than 27 meters long

d)

72 meters long

4.

How much can blue whales weigh?

a)

150 tonnes

b)

105 tonnes

c)

501 tonnes

d)

115 tonnes

5.

What does they use to push themselves throught the water?

a)

Their fins

b)

Their heads

c)

Their tails

d)

Their wings

6.

How fast can they swim?

a)

30 kilometers an hour

b)

13 kilometers an hour

c)

3 kilometers per hour

d)

300 kilometers an hour

7.

Can they breathe underwater?

a)

Yes, they can.

b)

No, they can't.

c)

Yes, sometimes.

d)

I don't know.

8.

How long can they stay underwater?

a)

25 minutes

b)

24 minutes

c)

26 minutes

d)

27 minutes

9.

How deep does they sometimes swim below the surface?

a)

100 meters down

b)

more than 100 meters down

c)

less than 100 meters down

d)

10 meters down

10.

How many holes are there on the top of their heads?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

11.

What do they use these two holes for?

a)

Eating

b)

Breathing

c)

Swimming

d)

Smelling

12.

How high can they sometimes shoot water into the air?

a)

9 meters

b)

10 meters

c)

11 meters

d)

12 meters

13.

How many years can blue whales live?

a)

Up to 90 years

b)

Up to 80 years

c)

Up to 70 years

d)

Up to 100 years

14.

How do they travel over the world?

a)

In pairs

b)

In small group

c)

In big group

d)

In pairs or small group

15.

How do they talk to each other?

a)

By singing

b)

By speaking

c)

By thinking

d)

By shooting water

16.

How far can their songs be heard?

a)

One thousand kilometers away

b)

One thousand and two hundred meters away

c)

One thousand and two hundred kilometers away

d)

One thousand meters away

17.

Where do they live in summer?

a)

In the sea near the North Pole

b)

In the sea near the South Pole

c)

In the sea near the North Pole and the South Pole

d)

In the sea near Thailand

18.

When do they swim to warmer water?

a)

In summer

b)

In winter

c)

In spring

d)

In autumn

19.

When are the babies of blue whales born?

a)

In summer

b)

In winter

c)

In spring

d)

In autumn

20.

When the babies are born, how long are they?

a)

Eight meters

b)

Eight kilometers

c)

Nine meters

d)

Nine kilometers