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The waters of Fram Strait lie between Greenland and Norway’s Svalbard islands. In this dark and icy place, the bowhead whales are singing.
The article tells about Fram Strait. How does the map help readers understand what a strait is?
by showing the number of whales in Fram Strait
by showing the water temperature in Fram Strait
by showing that Fram Strait is near many big rivers
by showing that Fram Strait is a narrow body of water
They used underwater microphones to record the whales for a year. The recordings helped them count the whales and study their songs.
Based on the sentences above, what can microphones record?
tastes
sounds
feelings
thoughts
The bowhead has 11 inches of fat, or blubber, under its skin. This makes it the only baleen whale that can live in the Arctic all year round. During the winters, it stays under the ice. It uses its huge head to break breathing holes through the frozen water when needed. It spends the summers swimming through ice that is broken or melting.
what is one effect of bowhead whales’ thick blubber?
The whales are not easy to hunt.
The whales do not need any teeth.
The whales can live in cold water all year long.
The bowhead whale has no teeth. Instead, its mouth is built partly from a hard material called baleen.
Which meaning of material is used above?
tool
cloth
what something is made of
information in a piece of writing
People once used the whale’s blubber and baleen to make many things, from lamp oil to buggy whips. As early as the 1600s, people hunted bowheads. This brought them close to extinction.Nations began working together to protect whales in 1946. The Inuit and other native peoples are still allowed to hunt bowheads, but only a small number.
Describe the main text structure in paragraphs 7 and 8. How does the author arrange the information in these paragraphs, and why?
Problem and solution
sequence
cause and effect
What is the complete subject of the following sentence:
The car broke down on the street.
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence:
Chase ran all the way to the store.
What type of sentence is this:
My hair is on fire!
Inerragative
exclamatory
declarative
imperative
What type of sentence is this:
Shut the door.
interragative
exlamatory
declarative
imperative
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