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100

Your teacher's favorite shark

Teacher response

100

The type of shark that swims up the Amazon River

What is the bull shark

100

A Halloween themed shark that lives in the deep sea

What is the goblin shark

100

What sharks skeletons are made of

What is cartilage

100

The shark at the top of the food web

What is the Great White Shark

200

The number of sharks hunted every year

What is 100 million

200

The small fish that hitch rides on large sharks so they can eat scraps left behind by the shark

What is a remora

200

The largest fish in the ocean is approximately 30 feet long

What is the whale shark

200

The name for sharks scales

What are dermal Denticles

200

The largest fish in the ocean is approximately 30 feet long

What is the whale shark

300

This was the type of shark Mrs. Alegria swam with in San Diego.

What are leopard sharks

300

The type of shark that takes little bite out of marine mammals, such as dolphins

What is the cookie cutter shark

300

A shark who gulps water or air to increase its size

What is a swell shark

300

The number of Gill slits sharks and rays have

What is 5-7 gill slits

300

A shark that gets its name from a tool

What is the hammerhead shark

400

After a big meal great white sharks can go for this long without eating

What is 1 month

400

The part of the body that sharks use fo their “Sixth Sense” - feeling the electrical impulses in other animals muscles

What is Ampullae of Lorenzini

400

A species of shark named for a color

What is the blue shark

400

Sharks have multiple rows of teeth so that when they lose a tooth it is immediately replaced. How many teeth can a shark have in its’ lifetime?

What is thousands

400

A large plankton-eating ray

What is the Manta Ray

500

What baby sharks are known as

What is pups

500

Sharks that strain small animals out of the water

What are whale or basking sharks

500

These gentle sharks can reach up to 7 feet in length and their markings are the reason they’re named after a large feline (cat)

What is the leopard shark

500

This is the oily organ that allows  sharks to regulate their buoyancy

What is the liver

500

The number of species of sharks are rays are there?

What is more than 400