Great White Shark Quiz!

Sharks do not have internal bones like true fishes. Instead, they have a cartilaginous skeleton. Cartilage is a flexible and lightweight tissue that provides support and structure to the shark's body. This adaptation allows sharks to be more agile and swim more efficiently than fishes with internal bones.

Jaws is the correct answer because it is a summer blockbuster movie that brought the great white shark to the public's attention. Released in 1975, Jaws directed by Steven Spielberg, portrayed a killer great white shark terrorizing a small beach town. The film's success and iconic theme music made it a cultural phenomenon and sparked widespread fear and fascination with sharks. Jaws is often credited with popularizing the concept of the summer blockbuster and remains one of the most influential and beloved films in cinema history.

Large white sharks will scavenge on the carcasses of whale sharks, and on the fat-rich blubber layer of dead whales. They will occasionally feed on sea turtles and sea otters, and are known to attack, but not eat, humans. (http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates)

The explanation for the correct answer "yes" is that great whites are attracted to areas with a high concentration of seals, as seals are one of their main food sources. The seal colony on Monomoy provides a consistent and abundant food source for the great whites, making it likely that they would be attracted to this area.

When a great white shark is born, along with up to a dozen siblings, it immediately swims away from its mother. Baby sharks are on their own right from the start. In fact, their own mothers may see them as prey. (Source: kidsnationalgeographic.com)

Great white sharks feed on a variety of marine animals, including small harbor seals, sea lions, elephant seals, and small toothed whales. Therefore, the correct answer is "All of the Above" as all of these options are additional sources of food for great white sharks.

The great white shark is commonly known by all of the above names: white pointer, white shark, and white death. These names are used interchangeably to refer to this species of shark.

Great white sharks, akin to other shark species, possess 300 teeth with additional reserve teeth in their jaws. Initially, like all shark species, a great white shark's mouth contains approximately five rows of 300 teeth. Subsequently, these teeth are shed and substituted with new ones.

Only one shark attack has ever occurred in Massachusetts, a fatality in 1936. It occurred off Mattapoisett.

In 1916, there were a large number of great white shark attacks in New Jersey.

In 2008, there were more than 20 sightings. The arrival of the great whites has created a new opportunity for biologists to put pop-up satellite transmitting tags on the sharks.

Fishermen caught a 6-foot, 125-pound juvenile off Stellwagen Bank on June 26, 2010.