Sharks from Eyewitness Video    Name ________________  Period ____

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1. Which animal developed first, the shark or dinosaurs? ____________________

2. Sharks can smell blood _____ miles away.
          1/2              1                 2

3. Sharks were the first creatures to ____________________________________.
          lay eggs           give birth to live young           swim

4. In Japanese mythology sharks are symbols of __________________.
          peace           death           terror

5. Most bottom dwelling sharks ________________________.
         lay eggs           give birth to live young              never come to the surface

6. Sharks seldom get the disease _________________.
         cancer           heart disease           arthritis

7. Sharks first appeared __________ million years ago.
        200           400           600

8. A shark's skeleton is made of ____________________.
         bone           cartilage           salt water

9. Unlike fish, sharks do not have a ________________________.
         liver           stomach           swim bladder

10. The _________________ is not a flat shark.
         Sawfish           Angel Shark           Blue Shark

11. Sharks cruise through the water like ______________.
         birds           snakes           worms

12. Sharks are __________________________.
         carnivores           herbivores           omnivores

13. To a shark, a surfer looks like a ____________________.
         Penguin           Seal           Pelican

 

14. Sharks see in _________________________.
        Black and White            Color          

15. The only shark to be able to live in fresh water is the ______________________.
        Bull Shark          Great White           Tiger Shark

16. On the average, ______ people are killed every year by sharks.
        7           17          27

17. People kill _______ million sharks each year.
       100           200           300

True or False

18. True     False     Sharks can swim backwards.

19. True     False     Sharks can detect electricity in other animals.

20. True     False      Sharks lived before the dinosaurs.

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