Some whale species practice lunge feeding, in which they lunge toward
prey with their mouths open at wide angles, collect the prey and the
surrounding water, and then filter out the water through baleen plates in
their mouths. Although the volume of water engulfed increases with
whales' body length, the surface area of whales' baleen plates, which
influences the rate at which water can be filtered, does not increase with
body length to the same degree, which helps explain why
Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the
statement?
Choose 1 answer:
minke whales and humpback whales show similar average filter
times.
blue whales show the longest average filter time and the highest
