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policies. In high school, students must attend class to get assignments and personal help in a
certain area. Furthermore, high school students are less responsible; therefore, they need more
guidance, which they can receive by going to class. In college, students may skip classes if they
choose and refer to the syllabus to acquire missed assignments or tests. It is the student’s
responsibility to make work up. In spite of these differences between high school and college,
they both serve the same purpose -- to prepare an individual for the real world.
Direction :Underline any similarities and contrast you found in the text 1 and text 2 Exercise 6.1 Direction:Read the information below about great white sharks and blue whales. Then for each statement, write to which it applies: Shark, Whale, Both, Neither. The great white shark is larger, faster, and more dangerous than most. It can reach a
length of 20 feet and weigh 70,000 pounds. Though its preferred diet is seals and dolphins,
this fearsome fish regularly attacks almost any type of warm-blooded animal. In its snout
are small holes that lead to receptors. These receptors pick up electrical nerve signals in
the prey. The shark also has other sensors that detect blood in the water. Very rare in
tropical or polar regions, great whites patrol mainly temperate ocean coastlines.
The body is designed for efficiency in the water. It is broad in the middle and
tapered at the ends for streamlined movement. Winglike pectoral fins provide lift and
stability. Oil stored in the liver adds buoyancy. The tail fins are vertical and act as a rudder
for fast turns. Amazingly it never stops swimming.
All sharks are fish and most are carnivores. The great white is the world’s largest
predatory shark. The whale shark is nearly twice as big, but like a baleen whale, eats
mainly plankton. The blue whale is the largest known mammal to ever live. Its size ranges
from 70 to 100 feet in length and up to 125 tons in weight (250,000 pounds). Despite its
enormity, the blue whale lives on krill, a tiny crustacean, and other planktonic organisms.
An adult ingests 3-4 tons of krill per day. This is done by scooping up large quantities of
water containing krill with its huge mouth. In its mouth are not teeth, but rather a series of
sheets, similar in consistency to our fingernails that serve as a filtering system. These
sheets, or baleen, grow from the roof of the mouth, ranging from smooth to brushlike.
The blue whale lives in the open ocean buttends to migrate to the polar waters in
spring and back to subtropical waters in fall. In water, the weight of the body is not as
much a factor as the shape. Like sharks, whales have torpedo-shaped bodies and pectoral
fins for balance. Their tail fins, however, are horizontal which is more suited for forward