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pg 11, 12, 13,15,17
| 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 |