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  • 1. Multiple Choice
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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

  • 2. Multiple Choice
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    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

  • 3. Multiple Choice
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    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.

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