Caitlyn R.

UNDER THE SEA

These dolphins are the most common dolphins, Bottled-nose dolphins

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WHALES Febuary 2014

This is a dolphin at sea world

This is a killer whale. Also known as an Orca

Types Of Whales There are many different types of whales in the world. There are more than 80 types of whales. Some of the most popular types of whales are dolphins/porpoises, blue whales, and killer whales. Most people know whales for jumping out of the water and being at Sea World and doing tricks. But there is much more about them than doing flips and tricks.

Dolphins And Porpoises Dolphins and porpoises are very common in all the world’s oceans except for the cold polar seas. When dolphins leap in the air while they are swimming it is called porpoising, but most porpoises don’t do it

Killer Whale An adult male killer whale can be 30 feet long and weigh 11 tons and most of it is muscle. The killer whale is just a name for it real name, Orca.Orcas are the fastest mammal in the sea, sprinting at up to 34 miles per hour.

The hunter eats anything from small fish to great whales 10x its size. Females can live up to 90 years old.

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this is a humpback whale next to a full grown woman

These were tails of whales spotted in maine

This is a humpback whale that was caught jumping out of the water by a whale watcher in Maine

FUN FACT: The real name for a killer whale is an orca, and orcas are really dolphins, not whales! They are the largest member of the dolphin family

Big whales and Little The Blue whale is the largest whale that has ever lived. They are more than 90 feet long. The smallest whale is called the Cetacean whale. They are 5 feet long.

There is one type of whale that has never been seen alive; it’s name is the beaked dolphin.

This is a fin whale that was found inn the gulf of maine

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Word Page #

Part of speech

Definition

Sentence from book

(noun, verb, adjective)

Relevance or importance to topic.

Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!)

baleen (instagrok)

noun

whalebone.

Baleen is made of keratin, the same protein that our hair and nails are made of.

this is relevant because baleen is a bone in a whale

be have tones and whale do too, but whales bonen are called baleen

beak (15)

noun

the similar horny projecting jaw of other animals, e.g., a turtle or squid

A dolphins mouth is called a beak. The beak is full of sharp teeth

this is important because without a beak a dolphin couldn't eat

I saw a bird and it had a very pretty beak

big suckers

noun

A person or thing that sucks on something.

In Alaska, orcas follow fishing boats and gently suck the fish from the lines as they are hauled in. The fisherman pull up nothing but the fishes’ lips

This is important because it sort of tells me what they eat

My little cousin got a lollipop from my dad and she was sucking on it for hours.

blowhole (16+17)

noun

A hole for blowing or breathing through

A dolphin breaths through the blowhole on the top of its head. When a dolphin does under the water, and it shuts

This is important to the dolphin because it need the blowhole to stay alive

A dolphin needs a blowhole to stay alive and breathe

blubber (13)

noun

The fat of sea mammals.

A dolphin has blubber under it’s skin to keep it warm.

It is relevant to my topic because its a part of the dolphin and without it they would be cold .

Without blubber a dolphin would be extremely cold.

Blue Whale (instagrok)

noun

a migratory, mottled bluish-­gray rorqual, found in all oceans of the world.

Known to grow as long as 110 feet (33 m) and weigh as much as 150 tons

A blue whale can weigh over 400,000 lbs, with an average weight of

This is relevant to my topic is because a blue whales are one of the most common type of whale

My little cousin says that when she’s older she want a Blue whales because they are really light, and would be fun to swim with it but i told her that they are actually very heavy and wouldn’t be fun to swim with at all.

150,000-­200,000 lbs.

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Bottle-­Nose dolphin (7)

noun

A stout-­bodied dolphin with a distinct short beak, found in tropical and temperate coastal waters.

The bottlenose dolphin is one of the biggest and most common dolphins, found in all kinds of habitats from shallow coastal waters to the deep oceans.

It’s relevant to my topic because it is one of the most common dolphins.

When you think of a dolphin most people will think of the bottlenose dolphin.

calf (18)

noun

The young of some other large mammals, such as elephants, rhinoceroses, large deer and antelopes, and whales.

A calf is born underwater.

The calf’s mother pushes it up to the surface so it can breathe.

This is relevant because female has children and this tells about how the calf gets its air

The calf was very small and extremely cute.

dolphins (4)

noun

A small gregarious toothed whale that typically has a beaklike snout and a curved fin on the back.

Dolphins have become well known for their sociable nature and high intelligence.

Dolphins are small whales.

This is relevant I went to go swim because this is with the dolphins part of my main topic

flippers(10)

noun

A broad flat limb without fingers, used for swimming by various sea animals such as seals, whales, and turtles.

A dolphin has fins, flippers, and a strong tail

this is important to my topic because their flippers help them swim.

Their flippers help them take care of their calfs and helps them swim.

hair(14)

noun

any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of humans, mammals, and some other animals.

A dolphin has hair. All mammals have hair or fur on their bodys

This is relevant to my topic because it was interesting to find out that they have hair

My mom asked me to brush my hair before we went to the wedding.

killer whale (34)

noun

a large toothed whale with distinctive black-­and-­white markings and a prominent dorsal fin. It’s also called killer whale.

There is no

This is important because it’s a type of whale.

The killer whale killed a person

mistaking an orca, or killer whale .

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krill(instagrok)

noun

a small shrimplike planktonic crustacean of the open seas. It is eaten by a number of larger animals, notably the baleen whales

Finbacks eat krill and small schooling fish including herring, capelin and sand lance.

This is important because it is what some whales eat

krill is food for whales like soup is for Karaline.

love song(26)

noun

Love: An intense feeling of deep affection Song: A short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.

The male humpback whale sings a beautiful, haunting song for hours on end.

This is relevant because it tells me what a certain whale does

Taylor Swift sing a lot of love songs.

mammals(6)

noun

A warm-­blooded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young.

But like you, the dolphin is a mammal, a warm blooded animal that feeds its young on mothers milk.

This important I am a mammal, to know and so are you. because a dolphin could be cold blooded etc.

narwhal(36)

noun

a small Arctic whale, the male of which has a long forward pointing spirally twisted tusk developed from one of its teeth.

The mystical unicorn, a white horse with a horn growing out of its forehead, was really a whale -­ The “unicorn-­whale” or narwhal

Narwhal is is important because it lets me know what the unicorn is from

oceans(6)

noun

a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically: the Atlantic Ocean.

There are 26 kinds of dolphins that live in oceans.

this is important when my dad goes because that is fishing he is out in where most the ocean. dolphins and whales live

river dolphins (8)

noun

a solitary dolphin with a long slender beak, a small dorsal fin, and very poor eyesight.

There are some dolphins that live in rivers.

this is important because it tell the reader that dolphins don’t just live in oceans

When I was younger I always thought that dolphins could only live in oceans but then i went to a dolphin park and they told me that there are river dolphins too

size(6)

noun

Typically numbered, into which garments or other articles

In every language, the word “whale” connotes something large. Even the

This is relevant because it is

I cant seen to find my size in any

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We were swimming in the ocean and I spotted a narwhal

are divided according to how large they are.

smallest whales are the size of a person.

important to know the size of whales and dolphins.

thing.

smooth and slippery(12)

adjectiv e

difficult to hold firmly or stand on because it is smooth, wet, or slimy.

A dolphin’s This important skin is smooth because it tells and slippery. us how they feel

The roads were very slippery.

sound (22)

noun

vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear

A dolphin makes sounds. The sounds come from its blowhole.

This is relevant because they make sounds

I heard an unusual sound when I was on my walk.

species (instagrok)

noun

Biology a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

There are about 80 species of cetaceans, a classification that included whales, dolphins and porpoises.

This is important because there are lots of species for whales and dolphins

My family and I are going to go look at all the different kinds of species today after school

sperm whale (38)

noun

A toothed whale with a massive head, typically feeding at great depths on squid, formerly valued for the spermaceti and sperm oil in its head and the ambergris in its intestines.

Sperm whales have the largest brains that have ever existed in a range that spans the globe

This is relevant because its a type of whale.

My sister has always wanted a brain as big as a sperm whale.

teeth (15)

teeth: plural for tooth tooth: noun

Each of a set of hard, bony enamel-­coated structures in the jaws of most vertebrates, used for biting and chewing.

A dolphin can have up to 130 teeth, A human can have up to 32 teeth.

this is relevant because if they didn’t then they couldn't eat the food they need to survive

when We eat food we chew it up with our teeth.

whale(10+11)

noun

A very large marine mammal with a streamlined

Whales are This is found in every Important [7] ocean. because this is

When I was on the boat I saw a whale.

hairless body, a horizontal tail fin, and a blowhole on top of the head for breathing.

what I’m researching

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Bibliography Images: dolphin at sea world- "Holiday April'97 - Sea World Dolphins." Holiday April'97 - Sea World Dolphins. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2014

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