Thinkabara🦈 Great White Shark Facts for Kids
🐟 Fish Grades K–5
The great white shark is a meat-eating fish that lives in the ocean. Great whites are the largest predatory fish in the world.
🦈 Great White Shark fact file
- Scientific name
- Carcharodon carcharias
- Animal group
- Fish
- Where it lives
- The ocean
- Habitat
- Cool coastal waters around the world, including California and the Northeast US
- Diet
- Carnivore (meat-eater) — Fish, seals and sea lions
- Size
- Usually about 15 feet long, sometimes 20 feet
- Weight
- About 1,500–5,000 lb
- Life span
- 70 years or more
- Status
- Vulnerable
📏 A big great white is longer than a minivan.
⭐ 5 fun facts about great white sharks
- Great whites are the largest predatory fish in the world.
- They have about 300 teeth in rows — when one falls out, another moves forward.
- Sharks can sense the tiny electric signals made by other animals’ muscles.
- Great whites sometimes leap fully out of the water when hunting seals.
- Sharks are fish, so they breathe with gills.
Where do great white sharks live?
Wild great white sharks are found in the ocean. Cool coastal waters around the world, including California and the Northeast US. Many aquariums and marine sanctuaries help scientists study and protect them.
What do great white sharks eat?
Great white sharks are carnivores, which means they eat other animals. Their menu: fish, seals and sea lions.
Is the great white shark endangered?
Status: Vulnerable. That means its numbers are dropping or at risk, so scientists keep a close eye on it. You can help wild animals by learning about them, saving energy, cutting down on plastic and supporting zoos, aquariums and parks that protect wildlife.
Great White Shark quiz
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✏️ Write about the great white shark
1. The most surprising fact I learned is…
2. If I could ask a great white shark one question, I would ask…
3. Draw the great white shark in its habitat:
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Where do great white sharks live?
Great white sharks live in the ocean. Their habitat: Cool coastal waters around the world, including California and the Northeast US.
What do great white sharks eat?
Great white sharks are carnivores (meat-eater). They eat: Fish, seals and sea lions.
How big is a great white shark?
Usually about 15 feet long, sometimes 20 feet. Weight: About 1,500–5,000 lb. A big great white is longer than a minivan.
How long do great white sharks live?
70 years or more.
Is the great white shark endangered?
Its conservation status is: Vulnerable. That means its numbers are dropping or at risk, so scientists keep a close eye on it.
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