Question

blue whales
very long whales
1 how long are most blue whales? scientists dont know for sure. its not easy to measure a whale! but scientists think most adults are between 80 and 100 feet long. one blue whale was reported to be 108 feet long. that is as long as three school buses!
very heavy whales
2 blue whales are very heavy. most adult whales weigh between 200,000 and 300,000 pounds. some weigh more than 400,000 pounds. that is as much as 30 elephants! a blue whales tongue weighs as much as an elephant. a newborn blue whale outweighs most adult animals.
very hungry whales
3 it takes a lot of food to feed a blue whale. they eat mostly krill. krill are small sea creatures while shrimp and lobsters. a blue whale eats about 40 million krill a day. that is around 8,000 pounds of food. luckily, blue whales have stomachs that can hold
where in the text could the reader learn about what blue whales eat?
a. very long whales
b. very noisy whales
c. very hungry whales
d. very heavy whales

Explanation:

To find where the text discusses what blue whales eat, we analyze each section:

• "Very Long Whales" focuses on the length of blue whales.
• "Very Noisy Whales" (not present in the given text sections shown, but the other options: "Very Heavy Whales" is about weight, "Very Long Whales" about length. The "Very Hungry Whales" section talks about their food (krill, shrimp, lobsters) and how much they eat. So the relevant section is "Very Hungry Whales" which corresponds to option C.

Answer:

C. Very Hungry Whales