Humphrey the Lost Whale Quiz

How do humpback whales communicate?

• nudging each other

• song

• they don’t

• with bubbles

How is the water in the San Francisco Bay different than the wide open ocean in a way that impacts large whales?

• it’s more shallow

• it’s a different color

• it’s choppier

• it’s colder

What description best details the type of whale a humpback is?

• a. a toothed-whale

• b. a baleen whale

• c. a dolphin

• d. a small whale

What kinds of sounds were intended to scare Humphrey?

• motors

• whales eating

• banging pipes

• sharks attacking

Why would Humphrey die if he didn’t make it back out to the ocean?

• he needs salt water

• he needs more room to move around

• he needs the food supply of the ocean

• All of the above

What was the last obstacle that Humphrey faced leaving the river?

• sharks

• a small bridge

• poachers

• None of the above.

Humphrey is the only whale that has ever swam up into the a river.

• True

• False

What vocabulary word matches the following definition:

A small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales

• pod

• school

• herd

• flotilla

What vocabulary word matches the following definition:

Against the current; toward or near the origin of the stream

• upstream

• downstream

• lateral

• forward

What vocabulary word matches the following definition:

To spread over a large area is to

• broadcast

• collect

• compress

• gather