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Shark skeletons are made of this material.
What is cartilage?
This fin helps sharks cut through the water quickly.
What is the dorsal fin?
What is the lateral line?
This species has 6 gills.
What is the six-gill shark?
This organ is responsible for digestion.
What is the stomach?
Sharks have these instead of scales.
What are dermal denticles?
Sharks don't have a swim bladder, instead they have this organ.
What is the liver?
This is the largest species of shark.
What is the whale shark?
This organ takes the place of the swim bladder.
What is the liver?
This fin propels a shark.
What is the caudal fin/ tail?
This organ allows sharks to detect electricity nearby.
What is the ampullae of lorenzini?
This species uses it's whip-like tail to stun prey.
What is the thresher shark?
What are kidneys?
These fins help sharks steer and change direction.
What are the pectoral fins?
Some bottom-dwelling sharks have these additional sensory features.
What are whiskers/ barbels?
This extinct species is hypothesized to be the largest shark of all time.
What is the megolodon?
Sharks have this protective coating over their eyes.
What is the nictating membrane?
This camouflage allows animals to blend into the open water column.
What is countershading?
This shark sense has the furthest range.
What is the sense of hearing?
Kelp Forest: leopard, horn, swell.
Tropical: blacktip, zebra, grey reef, sandbar.