Monday, January 5, 2009

All About Dolphins!

Dolphins are very smart and interesting creatures. Read this article on dolphins and answer the following questions. Note: At the bottom of the article make sure you click "Expand for more" to view the entire article.

1. Look at the above picture. Do you think the dolphin is smiling? Why or why not.
2. Dolphins are classified as part of the group called porpoises. Name two other animals that are also in the porpoise group.
3. Which paragraph talks about how dolphins find food?
4. In your own words, explain echolocation.
5. How fast can dolphins swim.
6. What is the size and weight of dolphins?
7. How high can a dolphin jump out of the water?

If you finish early, read this article for fun.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

1.No it probly is not smiling because someone probly throw something in the ocean and it hit the dolphin.

2.The other two are the orca and the beluga whale.

3.Paragraph 4.

4.Echolocation means how they communiacate.

5.Dolphins can swim 18 miles per hour.

6.They weigh 1,100 pounds and grow 10 to 14 feet.

7.Dolphins can breach up to 16 feet out of water.

Anonymous said...

1.I think this dolphin is smiling because his mouth is expanded.

2.The porpoise group includes the ,the orca Whale and the beluga whale.

3.The 3rd paragraph talks about how they find food.

4.Echolocation is how dolphins track their pray.They send clicking noises sort of like a radar to find food.

5.Dolphins can swim over 18 miles an hour.

6.The size of a dolphin is 10 to 14feet long.It weights up to 1,100 lbs

7.A dolphin can jump up to 16 feet high in the air.








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Anonymous said...

1. I think that the dolphin is smiling because it's happy.

2. The Orca and the Beluga Whale.

3. Paragraph 3 talks about how dolphins find food.

4. Echolocation is when dolphins send sound waves to track their prey.

5. They can swim over 18 mph.

6. They weigh up to 1,100 lbs. They can grow up th 10 to 14 inches.

Anonymous said...

1. I do think the dolphin is smiling because the way its lip is curved up it looks like its smiling.

2. A orca and a beluga whale mare classified as a porpoise.

3. Paragraph 3 talks about how they eat their food.

4. Echolocation is how dolphins comunicate.

5. Dolphins cuold swim over 18 miles an hour.

6. The size of a dolphine is 10 to 14 feet.The weight of a dolphine is 1,100.

7. A dolphine cuold jump 16 feet out of water.

Anonymous said...

1.I think it is smiling because some dolphins smile like we do.
2.The porpoise group also include the orca and the beluga whale.
3.In paragraph 4.
4.Ecolocation means how the dolphins communicate
5.They swim 18 miles per hour.
6. The size is 10 to 14 feet and the weight is 1,100 lbs.
7.16 feet high out of the water.

Anonymous said...

1. I do not think it is smiling because that is there natural look.
2. The other two mammles are the orca whale and the beluga whale.
3. In paragreph 4 it talked about how they feed.
4. In my own words echolocation means how the dolphins talk back and fourth.
5. Dolphins can swim up to 18 mph.
6. The size is 10 to 14 feet and weigh up to 1,100 lbs.
7. they can jump 16 feet out of the ocean or river.

Anonymous said...

1. The Bottlenose Dolphin in the picture does look like it's smiling becuase it has a permanent smile.
2. The two other kindes of dolphins are orca and the beluga whale.
3. Paragraph 4.
4. Echolocation is a really sneaky trick that the dolphins cacth there prey whith.
5.

Anonymous said...

1. The Bottlenose Dolphin in the picture does look like it's smiling becuase it has a permanent smile.
2. The two other kindes of dolphins are orca and the beluga whale.
3. Paragraph 4.
4. Echolocation is a really sneaky trick that the dolphins cacth there prey whith.
5.

Anonymous said...

1. Yes i do think the dolphin is smiling because it looks happy

2. The other two are called the Orca and the Beluga whale

3.Paragragh #4 tells aboutb when the dolphins eat

4. I think echolocation means how fast they swim

5. Dolphins can swim 18 miles and
(30) kilometers an hour

6. The size of an dolphin is 10 to 14 feet. the weight is 1,100 pounds

7. They can jump up to 16 feet in the air

Anonymous said...

1.I think he is not smiling because if you look at his where the eyebrows are they look like they are pointing upward.

2.The other animals in the group porpoises is the orca and the beluga whale.

3.Paragraph three.

4.Echolocation is noises dolphin make to find food and then they get the sound back when it bounces off an animal so the dolphin knows the size, location, and shape.

5.A dolphin swims over eighteen miles an hour.

6.The size of an dolphin is ten to fourteen feet and the weight is one thousand one hundred pounds.

7.A dolphin can jump sixteen feet out of the water.

Anonymous said...

1.yes because he is smiling and that means he is happy

2.two aouter names is a orca and the beluga whale

3.paragraph 4

4.echolocation means how they ccommuniacate

Anonymous said...

1.No, I do not think thay are smiling because that is just the way their moths are formed.

2.The two other names are orca and beluga.

3.In paragraph four.

4.The word echolocation means how thay can her each other make cliking sounds to talk to others under water.

5.A dolph can move over 18 mills.

6.thay are ten to fourteen feet long and their wight is one thousand one hundred pounds.

7.thay can jump 16 feet in the air.