Test your shark IQ! How well do you know New Jersey’s sharks? Read all about these creatures and their lives in New Jersey here. Then, take our online quiz on shark facts. Everyone who takes the quiz through the end of Shark Week (July 18) is eligible to receive a plush shark toy (while supplies last). You must be over 18 years old to participate. Limited to one plush shark toy per household.

1. True or False? 75% of shark species are at risk of extinction. Correct! Incorrect, please try again!

   1. True
   2. False

2. What three species of sharks use coastal marshes behind New Jersey’s barrier islands for food, reproduction and protection? Correct!Incorrect, please try again!

   1. Black-tip, reef and nurse
   2. Sand tiger, sandbar and smooth dogfish
   3. Spiny dogfish, thresher and tiger
   4. Mako, bull and lemon

3. What is the primary diet of the sharks of New Jersey’s coastal marshes? Correct! Incorrect, please try again!

   1. Crabs and shellfish
   2. Squid and fish including other sharks
   3. A and B
   4. Seals

4. What is The Nature Conservancy doing to help sharks in New Jersey? Correct!Incorrect, please try again!

   1. Restoring coastal salt marshes
   2. Funding research to understand how sharks use local habitats
   3. Advocating for wildlife-friendly practices and legislation
   4. All of the above

5. In 2016, a nursery was discovered in the New York Bight for which shark species? Correct! Incorrect, please try again!

   1. Shortfin mako sharks
   2. Great white sharks
   3. Atlantic common thresher sharks
   4. Sandbar sharks

6. Which of these are statistically more dangerous than sharks? Correct! Incorrect, please try again!

   1. Flying champagne corks
   2. Falling coconuts
   3. Falls from ladders
   4. All of the above

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