Types of Sharks
What is the name of the largest shark to ever exist?
Megalodon
Can basting sharks close their mouth
Ye
420 million years
What covers a shark's skin and makes the texture rough?
Dermal denticles
All sharks have teeth.
FALSE
What type of shark can detect blood in the water up to 3 miles away?
Great White sharks
Are black tip reef sharks, the smallest shark
No
What class of fish do sharks belong to?
Cartilagenous fish
What is a shark's skeleton made out of?
Cartilage
Humans are the largest threat to sharks today.
TRUE.
What type of shark feeds by swimming with its mouth open through swarms of plankton?
Which of these sharks are flat?
A.black-tip shark E.nurse sharks
B.basking sharks F.hammerhead sharks
C.whale sharks G.angel sharks
D.sand tiger sharks. H.blue sharks
G.angle sharks
What is the name of the scientist who studied shark behavior and became known as the "Shark Lady"?
Eugenie Clark
What do you call an animal that does not have any natural predators (in other words, it is at the top of the food chain)?
Apex preditor
Sharks can't swim while they sleep.
FALSE
What is the biggest type of shark alive today?
Whale sharks
How many feet wide is the mouth of the whale shark
4-5
There are more than _____ species of sharks alive today.
400
How many teeth does a Great White shark have in its mouth at all times?
3,000
Sharks existed long before dinosaurs.
TRUE
Which sharks can be found in the chilly waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic oceans?
Greenland Sharks
Are you ready
Yes
During their lifetime, sharks can lose up to _____ teeth.
30,000
What part of a shark's body helps them to breath?
Gills
Some sharks can survive in fresh water for long periods of time.
TRUE