Fish dissection and safety

Distinguishing characteristics of the perch (fish) includes

• Fins

• Has a backbone

• Book lungs

• A and B Only

Are fish vertebrates (animals with backbones)?

• Yes

• No

What body covering do most fish have?

• fur

• feathers

• scales

• skin

Fish breathe

• with lungs

• through spiraclea

• through gills

Gills allow fish to:

• take water from the air

• take oxygen from water

• climb trees

Fish are

• warm-blooded

• cold-blooded

A shark’s skeleton is composed of

• bone

• cartilage

• wood

Fish are oviparous (egg-laying).

• True

• False

Fish fins

• are not useful

• are made from plastic

• help a fish to steer

Sharks, including the dogfish shark from the dissection, are members of what vertebrate taxonomic class?

• Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

• Osteichthyes (bony fish)