| A | B |
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| grandson of captain, lives on a farm, never seen the ocean before | C.T. Granville |
| leader of the expedition, an oceanographer | Dr. Anne Abrahams |
| high school science teacher, marine biologist | Dr. Ramon Rojas |
| senior research assistant, college student, majoring in marine biology, deaf | Sally Ruth Cochran |
| high school student from the Bronx, into electronics and computers | Arthur Spencer |
| student in Ramon's science class, races sailboats with his/her dad | Rachel Fairbanks |
| captain of the MIMI, grandfather of C.T. | Captain Granville |
| lied about how she got to the boat | Rachel Fairbanks |
| two general types of whales | baleen and toothed whales |
| three reasons that Right Whales were the "right whale to hunt" | 1. give lots of oil 2. floated when killed 3) slow and therefore easy to harpoon |
| jumping up out of the water | breaching |
| slapping their flukes on the water | lobtailing |
| sideways cut of the water with their flukes | tail slashing |
| smooth "surface dive" | rounding out |
| slapping of the water with their flipper | flipper flapping |
| bumps on their head and chin | tubercles |
| curtain like device used by humpbacks to strain out fish | baleen |
| 6 feet | fathom |
| shallow water | shoals |
| RDF | radio direction finder |
| "nose" of a whale on top of head | blowhole |
| used by some whales to "see" what is in front of them without using their eyes | echolocation |
| bumps on the head and chin of a humpback | tubercles |
| 4 characteristics that help identify humpbacks from other types of whales | 1) white flippers, 2) bumpy head and chin, 3) black & white pattern on flukes, 4) shape of dorsal fin, 5) way it humps its back when rounding out |
| where Atlantic Ocean humpbacks spend the winter | Caribbean |
| where Atlantic Ocean humpbacks spend the summer | North Atlantic |
| how do scientists tell different humpbacks apart | by the black & white patters of flukes, each is different, like fingerprint, take pictures and compare them with catalog or look up on computer |
| examples of how the MIMI was equipped to deal with electrical problems | 1) lead line for depth sounder, 2) RDF had own batteries, 3) stopwatch & bread used to find speed in place of knotmeter, 4) lanterns & candles for electric lights |
| distance to the horizon | 5 nautical miles |
| what was recorded on a census | 1) time, 2) bearing, 3) sighting cue, 4) behavior, 5) species |
| purpose of a census | estimate how many whales in a given area & identify them |
| why do humpbacks gather in certain areas of the North Atlantic | because that is where the food is, they haven't eaten for months and they are hungry |
| why are whales mammals and not fish (4 reasons) | 1) give milk, 2) give live birth, 3) warmblooded, 4) breath air, 5) have hair |
| why do scientists believe ancestors of whales walked on land (4 reasons) | 1) some whales have pelvic bones, 2) bone structure of flipper similar to a hand, 3) fossil records shows blowhole moved from front to top of head, 4) whales are mammals and all mammels we know of evolved on land |
| how the Seasat satellite measures the ocean depth | measures distance from satellite to top of ocean since ocean water bunches up over underwater mountains and dips over trenches due to differences in gravity |
| 3 ways dolphins well suited for ocean life | 1) smooth skin, 2) bodies are sleek and streamlined, 3) have thick layer of blubber to keep them warm, 4) blowholes on top of head allow them to breath easily on surface |
| name two ways dolhpins are well suited for aquarium life and marine shows | 1) smart and easily trained, 2) used to living in shallow water |
