“Eugenie Clark” Quiz
#1. How did Eugenie keep water out of her ears when she first
swam in the ocean?
Sticky gum.
#2. How did Eugenie first start to learn about sharks?
She read books about sharks.
#3. Since Eugenie loved fish, what did her mother get her?
a 15-gallon aquarium.
#4. True or False: many of Eugenie’s teachers thought women
were smart and brave enough to be scientists & explorers.
False.
#5. True or False: after she finished school, some people
STILL doubted Eugenie was smart or brave enough to study sharks.
Sadly, true.
#6. How many new fish species did Eugenie discover in the Red
Sea?
Three, the Red Sea sand diver, the Barred xenia piper and the Volcano
triplefin.
#7. What did she find that proved sharks didn’t always need
to keep swimming to breathe?
She swam through caves of still and silent resting sharks.
#8. What did people do to sharks because they thought sharks
were scary?
They were hunting sharks all over the world.
#9. What was Eugenie the first person to do with sharks?
She was the first scientist in the world to train sharks.
#10. True or False: Eugenie showed that sharks are just dumb, ugly, mean
killers.
False.
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