water | | 'clicks' are used by the orca to "see" their surroundings |
blowhole | | the residents that spend their time in the Salish Sea |
humpbacks | | a family of orcas is called this |
matriarch | | only these whales sing |
survive | | humans must clean up the waters so the orcas will |
recycle | | lives in white shell, sits on head and eats with feet |
Chinook | | three types of killer whales: transients, residents and ? |
seagulls | | it's really not a fish but a star |
echolocation | | orcas can easily travel 100 of these in a day |
pod | | largest member of the dolphin family |
miles | | when teenage male orcas begin to grow their dorsal fin |
sprout | | the Southern Residents' favorite food |
southern | | when a whale exhales the air exits through this |
barnacle | | keep trash, garbage and toxins out of this |
orca | | to use again |
offshores | | these birds often hover over the orcas to get scraps |
starfish | | the leader of the orca community is called this |