Shark Basics
Instead of bones like ours, a shark’s skeleton is made of this bendy material found in your ears. Instead of bones like ours, a shark’s skeleton is made of this bendy material found in your ears.
What is cartilage?
Named for its wide, strangely shaped head, this shark has eyes on the far ends of its skull.
What is the Hammerhead Shark?
"Baby Shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo" became a massive viral song created by this company.
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This giant extinct shark had teeth as big as a human hand and grew up to 50 feet long.
What is the Megalodon?
Giant filter-feeding sharks don't eat big fish; they swallow thousands of these tiny, microscopic creatures floating in the water.
What is plankton?
Sharks don't have lungs; they use these slits on the sides of their bodies to breathe underwater.
What are gills?
Despite being the largest fish in the world, this gentle giant only eats tiny plankton.
What is the Whale Shark?
In Finding Nemo, Bruce the Great White Shark famously says "Fish are friends, not..." this
What is food?
True or False: Sharks were on Earth before dinosaurs existed.
What is True?
Sharks have an amazing sense of this, allowing them to track a single drop of blood from far away.
What is smell?
Unlike mammals, baby sharks are called this, just like young dogs.
What are pups?
This famous predator with a white belly is the most well-known shark in the world.
What is the Great White Shark?
This TV channel hosts "Shark Week" every summer.
What is the Discovery Channel?
Because they don't have hands, sharks use this main body part to explore new objects.
What is their mouth?
Great White Sharks love to hunt these noisy ocean animals that like to sit on rocks and beaches.
What are seals (or sea lions)?
Sharks can lose and regrow thousands of these sharp objects throughout their lifetime.
What are teeth?
This shark gets its name from the dark stripes along its body when it is young.
What is the Tiger Shark?
n The Little Mermaid, Ariel gets chased through a shipwreck by this kind of creature.
What is a shark?
Most sharks live in saltwater, but the Bull Shark is famous for swimming into these freshwater bodies.
What are rivers?
Sharks use this main body part to grab their food because they don't have hands or paws.
What is their mouth?
This fin on a shark's back is the one you usually see sticking out of the water in movies.
What is the dorsal fin?
This small shark is named after a domestic pet because of the dark spots on its skin.
What is the Leopard Shark? (or Catshark)
This classic 1975 movie about a huge killer shark made millions of people afraid to go in the water.
What is Jaws?
Living in freezing icy waters, this slow-moving shark can live for over 300 years.
What is the Greenland Shark?
nstead of chewing their food into small bites, sharks usually do this to big chunks of fish whole.
What is swallow it?