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What Do You Know About Sharks?

How much do you know about this family of aquatic animals?

Shai K. 10/17/2021

Sharks are usually the scariest word in the English language when you're at sea or on the beach. We always imagine a great white shark with a mouth full of teeth, though there are many many species of sharks, and there is quite a bit more to them than just being a predator. How much do you know about this family of aquatic animals?

Is a shark a fish or mammal?

Some are fish, some are mammals

Fish

Mammal

Neither

What does the whale shark eat?

Plankton and eggs

Small fish

All sizes of fish

Large fish

How do sharks communicate with other sharks?

Body language

Bubbles

High-pitched sounds

Touch

A great white can smell 1 drop of blood in _______ drops of water.

1 million

100,000

10,000

100 million

How long do sharks live for?

20-30 years

2-3 years

5-6 years

10-12 years

The texture of a shark's skin is like...

Sandpaper

Smooth jelly

Smooth with big bumps

Ridged like scar tissue

What part of the ocean do sharks live in?

Some in shallow and some in deep waters

All in shallow waters

All in deep waters

All live in the deepest part of the ocean

True or False: Sharks have no bones in their bodies

True

False

How long can a great white shark survive without food?

3 months

A year

12 days

3 days

How many sharks are killed each year by man?

About 100 million

About 1,000

About 1 billion

About 10,000

Who is the only natural predator of the great white shark?

The Blue Whale

There is no aquatic animal that can take on a great white

The Orca

Hammerhead Shark

Which Shark has 360 vision and a soft head during birth?

Hammerhead shark

Great White shark

Whale shark

Cow shark

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