3. Do you know the
difference between
a porpoise and a
dolphin?

4. 1. What two animals are
we reading about:
a. Turtles and Ducks
b. Turtles and Porpoises
c. Dolphins and Ducks
d. Dolphins and Porpoises

5. Both can be found in
oceans all over the world,
and both are in the same
family of animals, which
includes 40 other species.
These ocean animals look
similar, but they are very
different types of
creatures.

6. 2. How many different
types of creatures are in the
same family as dolphins and
Porpoises?
a. Twenty
b. Thirty
c. Forty
d. Ten

7. Porpoises have rounded heads
and short noses. They do not grow
longer than 6 feet in length and
weigh less than 300 pounds. The
teeth of porpoises are blunt and do
not have sharp points like the teeth
of dolphins. Porpoises travel in small
groups of 2 to 4.
3. List five traits of Porpoises.

8. 1. Round heads
2. Short noses
3. Less than 6 feet long
4. Less than 300 pounds
5. Blunt teeth
6. Travel in small groups of 2 to 4

9. Dolphins are much larger and
have a more elongated shape than
porpoises. Dolphins grow between 6
feet and 26 feet in length and weigh
between 70 and 1500 pounds. They
have sharp teeth and long noses.
Dolphins travel in sizeable groups,
called pods, with 2 to more than 100
members.
4. List five traits of Dolphins.

10. 1. Long noses
2. Between 6 and 26 feet long
3. Between 70 and 1500 pounds
4. Sharp teeth
5. Travel in large “pods” from 2 to 100

12. Dolphin Porpoise
Both

13. Most commonly seen off the
coast of North Carolina is the
bottlenose dolphin.
North
Carolina
U.A.E.

14. This smaller
dolphin generally
swims close to
the shore in
groups of 2 to 12.
The bottlenose
dolphin is light
colored on the
belly and dark
colored on the
back.

15. These logos show that a
product did not hurt
dolphins.

16. 6. Look at the logos below and
draw your own logo showing
that a product is dolphin safe.

17. 7.What is a pod of
dolphins?
 A group dolphins.
of dolphins.
 Fin of a dolphin.
 A single porpoise.
 Teeth of a porpoise.

18. 8. In this passage, the word
blunt means what?
Jagged.
Pointy.
Rounded.
Shrill.

19. 9. How are dolphins different from
porpoises?
 Dolphins are not as long as porpoises.
 Their teeth are more blunt than those of
porpoises.
 They travel in larger groups than porpoises.
 Dolphins weigh less than porpoises.

20. 10.
On a scale between 1 and 10 with 1 being low
and 10 being how well did you like this
passage?
I liked it. I did not like it.
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10