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Science worksheet on dolphin adaptations including blowhole, tail, and flippers, with a diagram labeling exercise.
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Dolphin Adaptations

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This science worksheet examines dolphin adaptations to aquatic life, including the blowhole for breathing, the tail for swimming, and flippers for steering. Students explain how each adaptation helps dolphins survive in water and label a dolphin diagram. Suitable for elementary science classes studying animal biology and marine animals.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Animals
Grade Level:
Not Grade Specific
Updated July 2026

Word Bank

  • blowhole: an opening on top of the head through which a dolphin breathes

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