Discussion

My hypothesis was that the Beluga Whales tale would push the water more effectively then the Great White Sharks. Because the Beluga Whales fin has a larger and flatter surface area then the Great white Sharks tale. Speed is not related to this conclusion. Even if the Great White Shark swishes its fin faster and more then the Beluga Whale it would not matter because one of the Beluga Whales swish of the fin is probably the equivalence of four of five of the fast swish of the Great White Sharks fin. The way the Beluga Whale swishes its tale horizontally also affects the speed at which it travels at. Because it hits the water up and down this pushes you further. A Great White Sharks tale lies vertically and swishes from side to side. This really doesn’t push you that much. I got to this conclusion by observing people swimming. If they are in a race they sometimes wear swim fins to push themselves faster. Swim fins are a good representative of the Beluga Whales fin. By the way they are flat and are used to move up and down. Benjamin Franklin was the first to toy around with the idea of the swim fins. The first swim fins were to pieces of wood about the shape of a palette. Benjamin Franklin used this to move faster in the water. If I was to do this experiment again I would most definitely start earlier the report. I would also search more information about Beluga Whales and Great White Sharks. I would have also enjoyed this project more if I didn’t have to worry about so many variables hurting my experiments outcome.