Fish & Mammals

Fish are...

• Vertebrates
• Invertebrates

Most fish have what covering their bodies

• Scales

• Gills

• Skin

• Feathers

The skeletons of sharks is made of...

• Bone
• Cartilage

True or False.... A dolphin is a fish.

• False

• True

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Cartilaginous fishes that have long, eel-like bodies, no scales, no appendages, and no jaws

• Superclass Agnatha

• Class Osteichthyes

• Class Chondrichthyes

• Superclass Gnathostomata

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Cartilaginous fishes that include sharks, skates, and rays

• Superclass Agnatha

• Class Osteichthyes

• Class Chondrichthyes

• Superclass Gnathostomata

Bony fishes that include perch, trout, catfish, salmon, seahorses

• Superclass Agnatha

• Class Osteichthyes

• Class Chondrichthyes

• Superclass Gnathostomata

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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

• Oil
• Gas
• Lactic acid
• Seminal fluid

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

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

Mammals are animals that

• Don't have a backbone
• Have live young
• Lay eggs
• Live in the jungle