Cartilaginous and Boney Fish

The swim bladder of a fish is a sac filled with:

• Oil
• Gas
• Lactic acid
• Seminal fluid

The flap of tissue covering a fish's gills:

• Operculum
• Caudal fin
• Dorsal fin
• Lateral line

Which Phylum do the sharks, skates, rays and bony fish belong to?

• Agnatha
• Echinodiea
• Osteichthyes
• Chordate

What kind of scales does a shark have?

• Placoid
• Ganoid
• Ctenoid
• Cycloid

What is a shark's adaptation to maintain neutral buoyancy?

• Fluid in the ears
•  Gas filled bladder
• Large oily liver
• Nictitating membrane

What species below has a laterally compressed body shape?

• Wrasse
• Tiger Shark
• Flounder
• Moray eel

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What is special about a shark's jaw?

• Their serrated teeth
• They can chew their prey
• They can move both mandibles
• They can sense movement

What are the electroreceptors in the head of sharks, skates, and rays capable of detecting week electrical signals produced by muscular activity in other creatures?

• Operculum
• Chondrichthyes
• Echolocation
• Ampullae of Lorenzini

A scientist that studies fish is called this:

• Ostracodist
• Osteopelagic
• Ichthologist
• Anthropologist

What is one physical adaption of the fish species Tuna?

• Have gill slits for enhanced oxygen absorption
• Have Bucklers to propel body through eddies
• Lack pectoral fins for more streamline body composition
• Developed groves in tongue to channel water to gills

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1