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Activity Sheet Lesson 1: Compare and Contrast This activity will help you to understand how whales and fish are different.
Although both whales and fish live in the sea, there are many differences between them. Whales are
different than fish, but they do have some similar characteristics. Complete the chart below, known as a
Venn Diagram, to compare how whales are similar to fish and how they are different (you can either write
in the diagram below or carefully cut the words out and stick them into the diagram). An example is
written in to start you off.
A fish Warm blooded Lives in the sea
Tail moves up and down Can swim A mammal
Lays eggs Tail moves side-to-side Has to come to the water’s
surface to breathe air Gives birth to live young Cold blooded Has lungs
Has hair Has gills and breathes
underwater Has backbone
Has scales Can be found alone Can be found in groups
Fish Whale
Both fish
and
whales
Lesson 1: Whale Words
Carefully cut out the green words and blue sentences. Then, match the green words below with the
descriptions (the blue sentences). Ensure you have an adult to help you cut these out.
Students will learn a wide range of whale-themed words. Students can do this alone or in small groups.
Baleen Pectoral fin Blubber Dorsal fin Lunge feeding Tail fluke Rorqual pleats
Blowhole Logging
Breaching Rostrum Calf Carnivore Spyhopping Pod
The fins on the animal’s side,
which it uses to steer
The whale’s nostrils, which are on top of its
head
A thick layer of fat all around the
body which helps to keep the
whale warm
The whale moves this up and down to help it move
quickly through the water
This hangs from the whale’s top jaw, and uses it
to filter feed small animals from the water
The name for a baby whale
A group of whales is called
a…
The fin on a whale’s back
Whales only eat other animals.
What is the name for this?
A behaviour where the whale
rests on the surface of the
water
When a whale is feeding on the water surface and it takes a huge gulp of
food filled water
Baleen whales have these
groves that run from the chin to the bellybutton. They allow the
whale’s throat to expand during filter feeding
When the whale jumps out of the
water and creates a huge
splash!
A behaviour where the whale sticks its head out of the water and has a look
around
The upper jaw of a whale
Bull Shark
Bottlenose Dolphin
Spot The Difference
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Blowhole & GillsLive Young & Eggs
Tail DifferenceWarm & Cold Blooded
Sharks are able to filter oxygen straight out of the water using gills, whilst dolphins must return to the surface to breathe using the blow hole to breathe in & out. The blow hole acts in the
same way as our nostrils.
Sharks usually give birth to eggs which the embryo hatches out of, whilst dolphins always give
birth to live young. Dolphin babies are born tail first!
Sharks have a tail that moves from side to side after having evolved from animals with the
same movement, whilst dolphins evolved from land
mammals which relied on up & down movement of the spine
to help when running.
Sharks are cold blooded and so rely on their environment
to regulate their body temperature, whilst dolphins
are warm blooded & are able to maintain their own
body temperatures.
Spot The Difference - Answers
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Common Dolphin
Bottlenose Dolphin
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Whale Word Search
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Lesson 1: Whale Words: Answers Carefully cut out the green words and blue sentences. Then, match the green words below with the
descriptions (the blue sentences).
Students will learn a wide range of whale-themed words. Students can do this alone or in small groups.
Baleen
This hangs from the whale’s top jaw, and uses it to filter feed
small animals from the water
Pectoral fin The fins on the animal’s
side, which it uses to steer
Blubber A thick layer of fat all
around the body which helps to keep the whale
warm
Dorsal fin
The fin on a whale’s back
Lunge feeding
When a whale is feeding on the water surface
and it takes a huge gulp of food filled water
Tail fluke
The whale moves this up and down to help it move quickly through
the water Rorqual pleats
Baleen whales have these groves that run from the chin to the
bellybutton. They allow the whale’s throat to expand during filter
feeding
Blowhole The whale’s nostrils,
which are on top of its head
Logging
A behaviour where the whale rests on the
surface of the water
Breaching
When the whale jumps out of the water and
creates a huge splash!
Rostrum
The upper jaw of a whale
Calf
The name for a baby whale
Carnivore
Whales only eat other animals. What is the
name for this?
Spyhopping
A behaviour where the whale sticks its head
out of the water and has a look around
Pod
A group of whales is called a…
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Lesson 1: Compare and Contrast - Answers This activity will help you to understand how whales and fish are different.
Although both whales and fish live in the sea, there are many differences between them. Whales are
different than fish, but they do have some similar characteristics. Complete the chart below, known as a
Venn Diagram, to compare how whales are similar to fish and how they are different (you can either write
in the diagram below or carefully cut the words out and stick them into the diagram). An example is
written in to start you off. All of the answers are filled in below.
A fish Warm blooded Lives in the sea
Tail moves up and down Can swim A mammal
Lays eggs Tail moves side-to-side Has to come to the water’s
surface to breathe air
Gives birth to live young Cold blooded Has lungs
Has hair Has gills and breathes
underwater Has backbone
Has scales Can be found alone Can be found in groups
Fish Whale
Both fish
and
whales
Lives in the sea
Has gills and breathes
underwater
Can be found alone
Can be found in groups