Saving the Great White Shark Action

Why are sharks the most feared creatures in the ocean?

• It can swim more than 10,000 miles in a year.

• Its jaw is one of nature's most powerful weapons.

• It's an important animal.

• It eats millions of pounds.

What type of figurative language is "You strike from below, speeding toward your prey like a torpedo."

• giving human abilities (personification)

• exaggeration (hyperbole)

• comparing two unlike things using like or as. (simile)

• a sound (onomatopoeia)

What is shark fin soup?

• It's a delicacy soup and is watery and filled with stringy strands of shark fin.

• A pasta soup served in famous restaurants.

• Food that sharks eat.

• A type of shark that roams the oceans.

What would happen if sharks were to disappear?

• The ocean would be a safer place.

• Fish would also decrease in numbers.

• The fisherman would lose their jobs.

• It would be a disaster for the ocean's ecosystem.

What have wildlife groups done to help save sharks?

• Helped sell more fin soup.

• WildAid created ads with Chinese celebrities to explain that the world's sharks were in danger.

• Have talked to the Chinese government about sharks.

• Are helping raise more sharks.

A great white shark is so strong it can knock out its_________ just by crashing into it.

• fish

• prey

• boat

• swimmer

Because of over fishing, some species of sharks are facing ______________.

• having to leave the waters

• rapid growth

• starvation

• extinction

Sharks are hunted for their fins because shark fin soup is a ___________ in China.

• delicacy

• dessert

• an entertainment

• beverage

Sharks are important because they're at the top of the ocean's __________________________.

• waves

• most feared animal

• food chain

• prey

The ____________ that sharks live in would greatly change if they disappeared.

• habitat

• Atlantic ocean

• ecosystem

• caves