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Whale Terminology

4th Grade Ocean Study

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The elastic, horn-like material forming the fringed plates that hang from the upper jaw of whales with no teeth. This also strains plankton from the water. Baleen
Warm air being forecefully passed through a pair of blowholes on the top of a humpback whale's head Blow
An opening for breathing, located on the top of a whale's head blowhole
The thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals blubber
Small shrimp about the size of the tip of a finger that humpbacks love to eat krill
The scientific genus and specie name, in Latin, for humpback whales. Means giant wing of New England Megaptera noveaneglia
To change location periodically, especially by moving seasonally from one region to the next. Migrate
Whales that have teeth odontocetes
Humpback whales are known as _______ ________ because they eat both phytoplankton and zooplankton planktonic feeders
Plants which are the base of our ocean food chain Phytoplankton
Females are larger than males reverse sexual dimorphism
Small animals which feed on phytoplankton zooplankton
Also known as the mustached whale mysticete
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