All About Sharks
A science worksheet for Grade 5 students to learn about sharks, their anatomy, habitat, and characteristics.
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All About Sharks
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of sharks?
Cartilaginous skeleton
Breathe with gills
Lay hard-shelled eggs on land
Have multiple rows of teeth
2. What is the primary habitat of most sharks?
Freshwater lakes
Deep ocean trenches
Tropical rainforests
Oceans and seas
3. Sharks are known for their powerful sense of which helps them locate prey.
4. Unlike most fish, sharks have a skeleton made of instead of bone.
5. All sharks are dangerous predators to humans.
True
False
6. Sharks have to keep swimming to breathe.
True
False
7. Describe one way sharks are important to the ocean ecosystem.
8. Label the following parts of the shark's anatomy:
