Killer Whale

Physical Features

• They have black and white blubber that allows them to blend in and keep war
• They have a body shape that allow them to swim faster
• They are very big which eliminates them from being prey to anything except humans
• Tey have sharp teeth

behavioral adaptations

• They gather speed to jump out of the water and crash back down to get more speed
• Travelling in pods
• They communicate
• they migrate to warmer waters to give birth and then travel to colder water to eat

common and scientific name

• Killer Whale or Orca
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• Orcinus orca

shape

• They have a fusiform body shape that allows them to swim faster
• They're very large compared to most things in the ocean
• They have flukes which are fins that help them swim

movement

• They use fins and their fluke to move very swiftly through the water close to the surface and even deep into the depths
• They move their fluke up and down and their fins side to side
• They are nekton

ocean Zone

• Killer whales live mostly in the sunlightThe sunlight zone is home to the most animal species in the world zone but can go into the twilight zon
• The sunlight zone is the only zone where plant life can exist
• The sunlight zone is home to the most animal species in the world
• They live in all oceans

map of area

abiotic factors

• water
• sunlight
• sand
• rock
• minerals

biotic factors

• Thousands of different species of fish
• Lots of plant life
• Some mammils
• A few sea birds

direct human impact

• Humans hunt killer whale
• Humans take killer whale babies away from their mother
• Humans keep killer whales captive in tanks and force them to do tricks

human enviormental impact

• oil spills
• over-fishing
• pollution
• Adding invasive species

human impact that helped

• Humans take wounded or hurt sea life and nurse them back to health
• Humans hunt the invasive species that they put in the oceans
• Humans pick up trash they put on the beach and in the ocean
• Humans are making an effort to remove the oil out of the ocean that they spilled

tracking/census

• There is not an official number of killer whales alive, however there is about 1000 in Alaskan waters