Figuring Out Sharks                          Page 2

4. How many of your body lengths would it take to equal the length of a basking shark?

____________ feet × 12  = ___________ inches.
       shark length                                       shark length

_______________ inches × ___________ inches = __________ of me equals the length of a
       shark length                             your height                                                                        basking shark.

5. How many of your body lengths would it take to equal the length of a white shark?

____________ feet × 12 = ___________ inches.
       shark length                                      shark length

_______________ inches × ___________ inches = __________ of me equals the length of a
       shark length                              your height                                                                          white shark.

6. A basking shark can filter 500,000 gallons of water an hour while filter feeding, extracting 4.5 pounds of copepods each hour. If a basking shark feeds for 16 hours a day, how many pounds of copepods does it consume in one day?

____________ pounds × ____________ hours = ______________ pounds per day
 copepods per hour                        hours feeding per day                     daily copepod weight

If the average weight of a copepod is 0.004 ounces, how many copepods might a basking shark eat in a day?

____________ pounds × 16 = ______________ ounces
total copepod per day                                  total copepod weight

_____________ ounces × ______________ ounces = __________ copepods        
 total copepod weight                         weight of one copepod