Blue Whale

Read the passage and answer the questions.

The blue whale is the largest living animal to have ever lived on the planet Earth. Blue Whales are way larger than the largest dinosaur that ever lived. The largest Blue Whales can grow as large as 100 feet long, which is longer than three school buses put together!

Even though blue whales are huge, they eat tiny creatures known as krill. Krill are tiny shrimp-like animals. The whale simply opens its mouth, fills it with krill and salt water, and filters the water out of plates in its mouth called baleen. The blue whale may eat over 8,000 pounds of krill in a single day!

1. Which is NOT true?
1.   A blue whale is larger than the largest dinosaurs.
2.   A blue whale can eat over 8,000 pounds of krill in a day.
3.   The blue whale is smaller than some elephants.
4. A blue whale eats...
1.   big fish
2.   small creatures called krill
3.   sharks

A Blue Whale can grow as long as ________ feet.

1. What happens to the salt water that the blue whale gulps?
   1.   It turns it to fresh water
   2.   It swallows the water
   3.   It filters the water out

1. The Blue Whale is ______________.
   1.   large, but smaller than a school bus
   2.   larger than any animal that has ever lived on Earth.
   3.   large, but smaller than some dinosaurs.