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Quiz about Great White Sharks
Quiz about Great White Sharks

Great White Sharks! Trivia Quiz


Here is a quiz pertaining to one of the most fascinating of the world's marine creatures.

A multiple-choice quiz by macabrescribe. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
302,533
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
3883
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 173 (10/10), Johnmcmanners (10/10), sally0malley (1/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The people of the Solomon Islands believed great white sharks were friendly gods who would never hurt them. They even told tales of sharks rescuing lost fisherman and children who had fallen into the sea.


Question 2 of 10
2. The unborn grow inside the mother for roughly one year and several can be born to a litter. What word refers to the babies? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Great whites always swim and hunt for prey in packs.


Question 4 of 10
4. Although great whites look like fish, they are actually mammals.


Question 5 of 10
5. Great whites have a symbiotic attachment to a tropical fish that eats little bits of food missed by their host. In return, the sharks use their fearful image to scare away predators who might normally prey on the fish. What kind of fish is often seen "stuck" to great white sharks? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. To protect their eyes from being damaged while attacking or while getting attacked, great whites... Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. When seeing potential prey swimming on the surface of the water, a great white positions itself beneath the creature before dashing upward in order to burst out of the water with the prey in its mouth. What is this leap called? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following senses does a great white use when hunting prey? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Great white sharks have developed outstanding camouflage over time. It consists of a dark underside and light top.


Question 10 of 10
10. Of the following animals, which are great whites typically not too fond of eating? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The people of the Solomon Islands believed great white sharks were friendly gods who would never hurt them. They even told tales of sharks rescuing lost fisherman and children who had fallen into the sea.

Answer: True

People of the Solomon Islands sacrificed pigs to the ocean-dwelling beasts. Inhabitants of Hawaii have also worshiped sharks, believing they could actually become human.
2. The unborn grow inside the mother for roughly one year and several can be born to a litter. What word refers to the babies?

Answer: Pups

Upon being born, a pup immediately flees its mother and siblings because it may be seen as prey to them. Although a great white will likely be at the top of the oceanic food chain throughout its entire life, a pup avoids predators bigger than itself - including other great whites - if it is comes anywhere close to completing its first year of life, an achievement not very many live up to.
3. Great whites always swim and hunt for prey in packs.

Answer: False

Great whites are solitary creatures who infrequently participate alongside one another in attacks. Sometimes when more than one acknowledges an animal in agony, the sharks rush to get the grub. During the attack, they may bite and maim each another in order to get the food more swiftly, prompting the eating of the injured shark. Great whites have been seen working together to move an injured whale out to deeper waters, but as a general rule, they are solitary hunters.
4. Although great whites look like fish, they are actually mammals.

Answer: False

From time to time, it may be difficult to think of them as fish. While most fish have skeletons made of bone, sharks are cartilaginous, meaning their skeletons are made of cartilage - the same substance human ears and noses are composed of. And fish lay eggs, but shark eggs hatch inside mother, who then gives live birth. Despite the anomalies, they are fish, not mammals.
5. Great whites have a symbiotic attachment to a tropical fish that eats little bits of food missed by their host. In return, the sharks use their fearful image to scare away predators who might normally prey on the fish. What kind of fish is often seen "stuck" to great white sharks?

Answer: Remora

Remoras use sucker-like disks to attach to sharks, which aren't the only creatures remoras fasten themselves to. Whales and turtles have also been known to have such rapports with remora fish.
6. To protect their eyes from being damaged while attacking or while getting attacked, great whites...

Answer: ...roll their eyes back into their eye sockets.

Due to this, great whites don't actually see their prey just before the kill.
7. When seeing potential prey swimming on the surface of the water, a great white positions itself beneath the creature before dashing upward in order to burst out of the water with the prey in its mouth. What is this leap called?

Answer: Breach

Though this occasionally occurs to a human victim, it is extremely rare. Contrary to popular belief, sharks are not bloodthirsty killers that enjoy eating people. There are very few human deaths per year as a result of sharks. People die more often of lightning strikes.
8. Which of the following senses does a great white use when hunting prey?

Answer: All are correct

Great white sharks have a sharp sense of smell, excellent eyesight, and superb hearing. The nostrils of their snout are used solely for smelling, not breathing. Scientists once believed that sharks' eyesight was very poor, but recent studies have disproved that notion because sharks are more sensitive to light than humans, making nighttime hunting much easier. Sharks use their ears for vibration detection, allowing them to locate their prey with little difficulty.
9. Great white sharks have developed outstanding camouflage over time. It consists of a dark underside and light top.

Answer: False

Great whites have dark topsides, and nearly white bottoms. This makes them hard to see from both above and below. From underneath, a shark's pale underside blends in with sky-lit water. From above, the dark upper half blends into the black depths of the sea. Their backs can be dark gray, blue, or olive green.
10. Of the following animals, which are great whites typically not too fond of eating?

Answer: Sea otters

Some scientists hypothesize that great whites don't like feasting upon sea otters because they taste bad. Headless and mangled otters frequently wash up on shore with fragments of shark teeth in their wounds. Scientists believe that oils that keep otters warm taste bad to the sharks, although sharks have been known to feast upon them anyway.
Source: Author macabrescribe

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