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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows.
Sharks have prowled the seas for about 400 million years.
Their size, power and great toothy jaws fill us with fear
and fascination. A few kinds of sharks such as great white
sharks attack the swimmers but most of them stay away
from people. Most of the sharks eat other sharks. Sharks are
fish but they don’t have bones. Instead, a shark’s skeleton is made up of a rubbery
bone material. The rubbery material is called cartilage and its tiny toothed shaped
scales are called denticles. Sharks use their eyes, ears and sense of smell to hunt
food. All the animals create a small field of electricity around them. Sharks sense
this electricity through special tubes in their heads as they have an unusual sense.
Q1. For how many years sharks have prowled the seas?
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Q2. What does most sharks eat?
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Q3. What is a shark’s skeleton made of?
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Q4. How do sharks hunt food?
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Q5. Complete the sentences with words from the passage.
(a) _________________ sharks attack the swimmers.
(b) The rubbery material that a sharks skeleton is made up of is called ______________
and its scales are called ________________
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Q6. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements.
(a) Sharks are fish with bones. ______________
(b) Most of the sharks stay away from people. ______________
(c) Sharks use their eyes, ears and sense of smell to hunt food. ______________
Q7. Give a suitable title to the passage.
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Q8. What does all animals create around them?
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Q9. Write the meaning of the following words given in the passage:
(i) prowled _____________________
(ii) swimmers _____________________
(iii) skeleton _____________________
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