| A | B |
| cow | female whale |
| bull | male whale |
| breach | to leap out of the water head first |
| calf | young whale |
| baleen | strainer like substance for filtering food from water |
| pectoral fin | side fin |
| flukes | both halves of the tail |
| blowhole | way for whale to get air to lungs |
| migrate | travel to breed or find food |
| throat pleats | gooves that let the throat expand to take in more water and food |
| logging | resting on the surface of the water |
| baleen | used to filter food from water |
| krill | food captured by baleen |