SHARK QUIZ

Q) All sharks are dangerous to people	True False
Q) There are over 600 species of sharks	True False
Q) Sharks have more bones than a most other fish	True False
Q) The ratfish, a small Pacific shark, is safe to handle	True False
Q) Sharks are great at maintaining neutral buoyancy	True False
Q) There are probably sharks close by when swimming in the ocean	True False
Q) There are probably dangerous sharks close by when swimming in the ocean	True False
Q) Divers face a greater risk of shark attack than swimmers	True False
Q) Rays are considered part of the shark family	True False
Q) Sharks often lose teeth while eating	True False

Maximum Size (hard)

A diver's mask things look bigger than they actually A small Caribbean reef shark looks like something out of a Jaws movie. In the following test guess the maximum size of these common sharks.

Common Name

Whale Shark	Under 50 feet Over 50 feet
Basking Shark	Under 50 feet Over 50 feet
Great White Shark	Under 25 feet Over 25 feet
Shortfin Mako	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Longfin Mako	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Porbeagle	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Thresher Shark	Under 20 feet Over 20 feet
Bigeye Thresher	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Tiger	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Blue Shark	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Dusky Shark	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Bull Shark	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Blacktip Shark	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Soupfin Shark	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Sevengill Shark	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Leopard Shark	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Sandbar Shark	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Swell Shark	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Spinner Shark	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Pacific Angel Shark	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Horn Shark	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Smooth Dogfish	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Spiny Dogfish	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Nurse Shark	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Great Hammerhead	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Scalloped Hammerhead	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet
Smooth Hammerhead	Under 10 feet Over 10 feet
Bonnethead	Under 5 feet Over 5 feet
Sawfish	Under 15 feet Over 15 feet

Shapes (harder)

The members of the different shark families all have unique shapes. Some have more fins than others; some have pointed heads while others have blunt heads. Some have very distinctive shapes like the hammerhead and thresher shark. Others are not so easy to categorize; most people are surprised to learn the Great White's family.

	Requiem Shark Thresher Shark
	Cow Shark Carpet Shark
	Bullhead Shark Hammerhead
	Tiger Shark Mackerel Shark
	Whale Shark Requiem Shark
	Whale Shark Bullhead Shark
	Thresher Shark Mackerel Shark
	Cow Shark Dogfish Shark
	Bullhead Shark Carpet Shark
	Dogfish Shark Tiger Shark

Final Question

Did you enjoy taking the Shark Quiz? True False

Thanks for taking the shark quiz. The more you know about sharks the safer you'll feel diving and the better you'll understand our delicate underwater ecosystem. Click the Score Quiz button to get the very subjective Skin Diver assessment of how well you did.