Non-Boney Fish

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

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

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

What is the largest shark species?

• Basking shark

• Dogfish shark

• Whale shark

• Greenland shark

What is the name of the ancestor of the shark?

• Megalodon

• Leviathan

• Crocodile

• Mastodon

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A flexible connective tissue of cells and protein

• Protochordates

• Tunicates

• Cartilage

• Dendrite

A fish whose body is composed entirely of cartilage is

• Cartilagenous

• Tunicate

• Protochordate

• Dendrite

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Breathing holes located on the dorsal side behind each set of eyes are called

• Gills

• Ventricles

• Spiracles

• None of these

Which of the following is not a major group of fish?

• cartilaginous
• jawless
• bony
• dolphin

What are vertebrates?

• Animals with a backbone
• Animals without a backbone
• Fish
• All types of animals

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Sharks belong to a group of fish called Chondrichthyes.

• True
• False