Fish

Mia is studying marine biology and she learned that the bones of sharks are made of _________.

• Bone

• Cartilage

• Epithelium

• Tendons

During a school trip to the aquarium, Henry asked the guide about the

flap of tissue that covers the gill of a fish. The guide explained that it is called a(n) ________.

• Gill cover

• Fleshy membrane

• Operculum

• Gill

  filaments

During a marine biology class, Aria asked, "What are the openings on a shark's head that aid in breathing called?"

• blow holes

• air holes

• breathing slits

• gills slits

The _________ runs down the length of the body of a fish and is a sensory organ.

• lateral line

• longitudinal line

• sensory nerve

• sensory line

During a school trip to the aquarium, Ava learned that bony fish maintain neutral buoyancy in the water with their ______.

• liver

• swim bladder

• pectoral fins

• caudal fins

Anika and Maya are studying marine biology. They learned that fast moving fish that live in the open ocean are referred to as ______.

• spawing

• bony

• cartilaginous

• pelagic

During a visit to the aquarium, Elijah was curious to know which of the following is a cartilaginous fish?

• salmom

• whale

• eel

• ray

During a visit to the aquarium, Michael asked the guide, "A Sea Horse is a _________."

• bony fish

• carilaginous fish

• jawless fish

• not a fish at all

During a biology class, Mia asked her teacher about the scientific name for fish that have a bony skeleton. The teacher replied that it is ________.

• Chondrichthyes

• Agnathas

• Osteichthyes

• Cetaceans

During a marine biology class, Avery was asked: Which of the following is a jawless fish?

• eel

• sting ray

• limpet

• hagfish