Fun Facts
Food
Types of Sharks
Body Parts
Miscellaneous
100
How many different species of sharks are there?
Over 350 or 400
100
Sharks are _______________________ meaning that they eat meat.
Carnivores
100
Which shark can live in both fresh water and salt water?
Bull Shark
100
Which body part helps sharks swim in the water?
The fin
100
What speed does the fastest shark swim?
40 miles per hour.
200

In North America you are more likely to ________________________________ than getting attacked by a shark?

Getting struck by lightning.

200
Sharks also eat other __________________?
Sharks in the belly.
200
Which type of shark is featured in the movie Jaws?
Great White Shark
200
What is the main technique used to survive a shark attack?
Punching the shark on the nose.
200

What TV special started last Sunday?

Shark Week

300
How many sharks are killed approximately every year?
100 Million
300
Sharks can go a year without eating true or false?
True
300
Which shark is also known as the garbage can of the sea?
The Tiger Shark
300
True or False: Do sharks have a good eyesight?
True
300
The whale shark can be as long as _________________.
Two school buses.
400
How many species approximately are known to attack humans?
30
400
What percentage of their weight do sharks eat per day?
2%
400
Name at least two types of sharks that have been known to attack humans?
Tiger Shark, Great White, Bull Shark, Oceanic Whitetip
400

Sharks breathe air through their ______________________

Gills.

400
What shark has been seen in the St Lawrence River?
Greenland Shark
500

How far can sharks smell blood?

Sharks can smell blood up to 0.4km or a quarter of a mile away.

500
What do sharks eat that is like jello?
Jellyfish
500
What is the biggest shark today?
Whale shark
500

The skeleton of the shark is made of ______________the same material that what part of our body is made of ____________________________.

Cartilage, the nose

500
Sharks have the most powerful ____________________?
Jaws.
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