Question | Answer |
how do whales communicate | use a variety of signals; from click and chirps to blubbles and songs |
what are some reasons why whales would need to communicate | 1.detecting danger2. mother calls baby3. mating4. defend territory |
a way of locating objects by sending out sound waves | echolocation |
layer of fat which allow survival in cold habitats | blubber |
grooves in the skin on the underside of some whales allowing the whale body to expand as it feeds | ventral pleats |
when a whale jump almost completely out of the water | breach |
a fin on the back of sea creature | dorsal fin |
the flat part at the end of whales tails | fluke |
is when a whale slaps it's tail against that water | lobtail |
a specially adapted nastril that is now on the whales heads | blowhole |
the way you act in your environment | behavior |
what were the goals of the crew's mission? Hint Anne reminded them | oberving humpback whale behavior identifying individal humpback and counting them3. studing their environment 4. taking water temperatures and depth measurements |
where do dumpbacks spend their winter and what do they do there | they travel to caribean sea to mate and have babies |
how can you tell humpback whale from another | by their fluke pattern |
describe 2 whale behaviors that you have just learned about | we learned about lobtail and breach |
whales with teeth. they use echolocation to find their prey. | odontoceted |
whales with baleen; this include humpback, Grays and Right whales. Baleen filters krill, a shrimp like animal and other small fish out of the water | mysticetes |
a material that grows on the upper jaws of some whales | baleen |
tough wart like growths on the heads of Right whales | callosites |
threat end; in danger of becoming extinct | endangered |
the process of dying out, creasing to exist | extinction |
a # of organisms that are dependent another for their food needs | food chain |
a herd or group of whales or other animals | pod |
specific catagory used to classific organisms that have thig=ngs in common | species |