Whale Anatomy Worksheet
Explore the fascinating internal and external anatomy of whales with this Grade 6 science worksheet.
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Whale Anatomy Exploration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use complete sentences for short answer questions.
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of all mammals, including whales?
Give birth to live young
Have hair or fur
Breathe underwater using gills
Are warm-blooded
2. What is the main purpose of blubber in whales?
To help them swim faster
To provide warmth and store energy
To attract mates
To help them camouflage
3. Whales use a powerful horizontal tail fin called a to propel themselves through the water.
4. Instead of teeth, some whales have baleen plates in their mouths, which they use to filter feed on small marine organisms like .
5. Explain how whales, despite being mammals, are adapted to live their entire lives in water. Name at least two adaptations.
6. All whales have teeth.
True
False
7. Whales breathe air through blowholes located on the top of their heads.
True
False
Match the whale anatomy term with its description.
8. Dorsal Fin
a. Horizontal tail flukes
9. Blowhole
b. Used for breathing
10. Fluke
c. Fin on the whale's back
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