Name_____________________

Cyberhunt

Swimming With Dolphins

1. Did you know that dolphins and whales are close cousins? Both belong to a group of mammals called_______________, from a Greek word meaning “whale.” In fact, dolphins are toothed whales.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dolphin/about2.htm#q1

2. Porpoises are also related to dolphins, but they are very different animals. You can tell them apart because dolphins have a prominent ______________ and a curved or hooked________________.

http://www.acsonline.org/education/curriculum/dolphins-porpoises.html

3. Dolphins, like other mammals, need air to survive. Instead of a nose, they use a blowhole located __________________________________. This lets them take breaths quickly and easily while they swim.

http://library.thinkquest.org/17963/respiratory-system.html

4. The famous killer whale, or orca, is actually a dolphin, the biggest dolphin in the world. Its babies are about ______________________ feet long at birth. That’s bigger than most other kinds of adult dolphins.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dolphin/about3.htm#q1

5. The most recognizable type of dolphin in the world is the gray bottlenose, which gets its name from its ______________________________________.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/species/bottledolphin.shtml

6. Bottlenose dolphins live in groups called pods. They are social animals who love to “talk” to one another! How?______________________________________________

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0108/dolphins2.html

7. A dolphin has a special way of navigating. It uses an organ called the ______________ to send out high-pitched clicks then “hears” the sounds bouncing back.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/whales/glossary/echolocation.shtml

8. Dolphins are very active animals and fast swimmers, so they need a lot of energy. In a single day, most dolphins eat 13 to 33 pounds of ___________________, while orcas eat as much as 100 pounds!

http://teacher.scholastic.com/dolphin/about4.htm#q1

9. Dolphins are sometimes called “ambassadors of the sea.” Why so you think they are so popular with humans? __________________________________________

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dolphin#dollphin_behaviour