Great White Shark. Exercise.

Underline the correct answer.

1) Which of the following is least likely?

? Finding a 15 foot long Great White Shark.
? Finding a Great White Shark in 85 degree (Fahrenheit) water.
? Find a Great White Shark that weighs 2,000 pounds
? Find a Great White Shark hunting a porpoise

2) The maximum weight of MOST Great White Sharks is ____________ pounds.
? 2,400
? 5,000
? 4,200
? 24,000

3) Select all of the following that are normal parts of the Great White Shark's diet.
Humans
Seals
Fish
DolphinsCheck

4) The ___________________________ are specialized pores that allow a shark to detect magnetic fields of moving organisms.

? Ampullae of Lorenzini
? Echolocation
? Electomagnets
? Serrations

5) What does ovoviviparous mean?
? It refers to animals whose young develop outside the mother's body.
? It refers to animals that do not lay eggs
? It refers to animals whose young develop in eggs within the mother's body.
? It refers to animals that lay eggs

6) You would have something in common with the Great White Shark if you.....
? located your food by sound
? spend most of your time near the shore
? lived to be 80 years old
? have four brothers and four sisters

7) In which of the following places would you have the best chance to see a Great White Shark?
? coastal South Africa
? Mediterranean Sea
? Mississippi River
? Antarctica

8) Sharks often mistake humans for _________________.

9) Which of the following is NOT true?

? Great White Sharks swallow their own teeth during attacks.
? Great White Sharks employ different hunting techniques depending on the prey they are stalking.
? Great White Sharks often target humans as prey.
? Great White Sharks can detect prey by smell or by magnetic field.

10) Which of the following may or may not be true?

? Newborn Great White Sharks are about five feet in length.
? The Great White Shark is actually only white on its underparts.
? Great White Sharks have a life span of 40 years.
? Great White Sharks have serrated teeth that act like saws.