Fish Review

Most fish have what covering their bodies?

• Scales

• Gills

• Skin

• Feathers

This structure is used to detect vibrations in the water.

• olfactory sacs

• nictitating membrane

• lateral line

• spiracles

Are fish vertebrates or invertebrates?

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

What structure helps bony fish maintain buoyancy?

• squalene
• liver
• swim bladder
• bile

Lungs are to mammals as _____________ are to fish.

• gills

• feet

• antennae

• scales

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

#3 is the ______ fin

• dorsal

• lateral

• anterior

• bottom

Animals that must regulate their body temperature by external means are    animals.

• cold-blooded

• warm-blooded

• green-blooded

The process in which fish reproduce by laying a large quantity of eggs is .

• spawning

• laying

• laboring

Hard, moveable plate that covers the gills.

• myomere

• operculum

• scale

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Nerve endings that allow fish to sense vibrations and pressure changes.

• gills

• horizontal line

• lateral line