How the Humpback Whale Survives

Questions

1. Details Where does the humpback whale live?

   the warm, wet rainforests of Central America the forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps of India and Bangladesh the rainforests of Central and South America oceans all around the world
2. Details Which of these does the humpback whale eat?

   roots and fruit crabs krill water plants
3. Cause and effect According to the passage, how does the humpback whale use baleen plates instead of teeth?

   They strain tiny animals out of huge gulps of seawater. It helps it grip bamboo stalks. They let it hang from branches for hours without tiring. It helps it blend in with snow or with rocks and plants.
4. Main idea What is paragraph 3 mostly about?

   how its young grow up why some animals are in danger what it eats how its body helps it survive
5. Vocabulary The passage says the humpback whale is a carnivore. What is a carnivore?

   an animal that eats only plants an animal that lives only in water an animal that eats other animals an animal that sleeps all winter
6. Vocabulary In the passage, what does the word "baleen" mean?

   a poison an animal injects by biting or stinging able to keep water out active at night and asleep during the day comb-like plates in a whale's mouth that filter food
7. Evidence Which sentence from the passage best supports the idea that the humpback whale's body suits its home?

   The humpback whale is a carnivore, which means it is an animal that eats other animals. A newborn calf drinks its mother's milk and can gain about 45 kilograms a day. Its food includes krill and small fish. One reason the humpback whale survives is baleen plates instead of teeth, which strain tiny animals out of huge gulps of seawater. (Baleen means comb-like plates in a whale's mouth that filter food.) It also has a blowhole on top of its head, which lets it breathe air without lifting its whole head out of the water.
8. Inference Based on the passage, why would the humpback whale have trouble surviving somewhere hot and dry?

   Its young would be called something else. It would grow too big. It would have nothing to do all day. Its body and habits are suited to a place that is deep and salty.

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