Basic Facts
This material makes up a shark’s "skeleton."
What is cartilage?
This shark gets its name from the shape of its head.
What is hammerhead shark?
Most sharks are carnivores, which means they eat mostly this.
What is meat?
True or False, sharks existed before trees did on Planet Earth?
True!
What is Axel's favorite shark species?
What is the Great White Shark?
What mechanism allows shark to breathe?
What is gills?
What is the name of the smallest shark?
What is the dwarf lanternshark?
True or False: Sharks hunt humans.
What is False?
How many mass extinctions have sharks survived?
What is 5 mass extinctions?
Name 3 reasons sharks are endangered
shark finning, pollution, habitat loss, overfishing
This sense is often considered a shark’s strongest when hunting.
What is smell?
This is the largest species of shark and also the largest fish in the sea.
What is the Whale Shark?
Sharks often mistake humans for these marine animals when attacking.
What are seals or sea lions?
What is the name of the largest shark that ever existed?
What is the Megalodon?
What is the number of gill slits most sharks have?
What is 5?
True or False: Sharks keep the same set of teeth throughout their entire lives and do not regrow them.
What is False!
How many species of sharks exist (approximately)?
What is over 500?
Sharks typically hunt during these times of day when visibility is lower.
What is dawn and dusk?
How long ago did sharks first evolve on this planet?
What is 450 to 500 million years ago?
What is as early as the 1600's?
Sharks' ability to detect electric fields in the environment called what?
What is electroreception?
At what age does the Greenland Shark reach full maturity?
What is 150 years old?
What is it called when a baby shark eats the other babies while in the womb before it is born?
What is intrauterine cannibalism?
What was the estimated length of the Megalodon?
What is 65 feet long?
Sharks use this organ to detect electric fields given off by prey.
What is the ampullae of Lorenzini?