my blue whale Questions.

Blue Whale - Questions

1) How big is a blue whale’s heart?.

           a) 30 metres long               b) 200 tonnes

  c) Ia big as a car             d) as big as an elephant

2)Why do blue whales have to go to the surface?

            > to breath.

          3) How long can a blue whale hold its breath?

           a) 90 minutes               b) 90 seconds    

           c) 90 hours                                                       d) 90 days

4) How far away can a blue whale hear another blue whale’s calls?

           a) 1,600 metres               b) 1,600 kilometres

           c) 100 kilometres                                            d) 100 metres

5) Why do blue whales just eat small krill and not large fish or animals.

a) because they have to dive deeper

b) because there aren’t enough

c) because they don’t like them.

d) because they don’t have any teeth.                                         

6) Why were whales protected in 1966

>      Federally Endangered. The blue whale was driven to the brink of extinction by 

commercial whaling in the 1800s and early 1900s. This species was protected from commercial whaling by the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in 1966.

           7) What is another word or phrase you could use instead of occasionally?  

           a) often                                                               b) constantly 

           c) now and then                                                d) never

            8) What does extinction?  

             a)   a group of animals that have all died out.

 b)  a group of animals that have nearly ded out