BLUE WHALE

The blue whale is not only the biggest whale living today; the blue whale is
the biggest creature ever to have lived on Earth. They are mind-bogglingly
gigantic; much larger than any of the dinosaurs. Blue whales and the other
ocean giants live their whole lives in seawater.
Blue whales commonly reach the colossal length of 29m, that’s roughly as
long as three London red double-decker buses parked end to end. Blue
whales in the Southern Hemisphere are generally larger than those in the
Northern Hemisphere and female blues are larger than males.
The longest blue whale on record is a female measured at a South Georgia
whaling station in the South Atlantic (1909); she was 33.58m. The heaviest
blue whale was also a female hunted in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica, on
20 March 1947. She tipped the scales at 190 tonnes which is equivalent to
about 30 elephants or 2500 people.
The blue whales, along with the other great whales, play a key role in
maintaining a healthy ocean ecosystem. Through their defecation, whales
fertilize the microscopic phytoplankton, upon which all sea life depends.
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MAIN IDEA
Species Blue whale, The blue whale is not only the
biggest whale living today; the blue whale
is the biggest creature ever to have lived
on Earth. They are mind-bogglingly
gigantic; much larger than any of the
dinosaurs

DETAILED FACTS

Habitat Blue whales and the other ocean giants live

their whole lives in seawater.

Habits Not available

Physical Characteristics Blue whales commonly reach the colossal

length of 29m, that’s roughly as long as
three London red double-decker buses
parked end to end.

Emotional Characteristics Not available

Functions The blue whales, along with the other great

whales, play a key role in maintaining a
healthy ocean ecosystem. Through their
defecation, whales fertilize the microscopic
phytoplankton, upon which all sea life
depends.
 AURORA

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky particularly in the high latitude
(Arctic and Antarctic) regions, caused by the collision of energetic charged
particles with atoms in the high altitude atmosphere (thermosphere). The
charged particles originate in the magnetosphere and solar wind are
directed by the Earth`s magnetic field into the atmosphere. Most auroras
occur in a band known as the aurora zone which is typically 3 to 6 in
latitudinal extent and at all local times or longitudes.
Aurora is classified as diffuse or discrete aurora. The diffuse aurora is a
featureless glow in the sky which may not be visible to the naked eye even
in a dark night and defines the extent of the aurora zone. Discrete aurorae
are sharply defined feature within the diffuse aurora which vary in
brightness from just barely visible to the naked eye to bright enough to
read a newspaper at night .Discrete aurorae are usually observed only in
the night sky because they are not as bright as the sunlit sky .
In northern latitudes ,the effect is known as the aurora borealis (or the
northern lights ),named after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora , and
the Greek name for the north wind ,Boreas ,by Pierre Gassendi in 1621.Its
southern counterpart , the aurora australis (or the south lights), has almost
identical features to the aurora borealis and changes simultaneously with
the changes in the northern auroral zone and is visible from high southern
latitudes in Antarctica , South America and Australia.
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MAIN IDEA

Definition An aurora is a natural light display in the

sky particularly in the high latitude (Arctic
and Antarctic) regions, caused by the
collision of energetic charged particles with
atoms in the high altitude atmosphere
(thermosphere).

DETAILED FACTS
Elements The charged particles originate in the
magnetosphere and solar wind are directed
by the Earth`s magnetic field into the
atmosphere.

Characteristics The diffuse aurora is a featureless glow in

the sky which may not be visible to the
naked eye even in a dark night and defines
the extent of the aurora zone. Discrete
aurorae are sharply defined feature within
the diffuse aurora which vary in brightness
from just barely visible to the naked eye to
bright enough to read a newspaper at night
.Discrete aurorae are usually observed only
in the night sky because they are not as
bright as the sunlit sky .

Functions Not available