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WorksheetsFishes, Sharks & Rays
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which group of fish include sharks, rays and skates?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
2.
Which group of fish are the bony fish?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
3.
Which group of fish was the first in the fossil record?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondricthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
4.
Which group of fish are cartilaginous and have jaws?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
5.
Which group of fish includes hagfish and lampreys?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
6.
Which group of fish includes trout, catfish and marlin?
a)
Agntatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
7.
Fish perform as male or female at the same time.
a)
Normal
b)
Sequential Hermaphrodite
c)
Simultaneous Hermaphrodite
8.
ANOTHER NAME FOR THE TAIL OF A FISH
a)
pectoral fin
b)
anal fin
c)
caudal fin
9.
NAME THIS TYPE OF FISH TAIL
a)
HOMOCERCAL
b)
HETEROCERCAL
c)
AFULLCERCAL
10.
Vertebrates are in the phylum
a)
Animalia
b)
Chordata
c)
Mammalia
d)
Reptilia
11.
Which two groups of fish have jaws?
a)
Agnatha and Chondrichthyes
b)
Agnatha and Osteichthyes
c)
Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes
12.
Which group of fish have placoid scales or dermal denticles (teeth-like scales)?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
13.
Which group of fish are the jawless fish?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
14.
Which group of fish have smooth, rounded overlapping scales?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
15.
Which group of fish do not have scales?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondricthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
16.
This type of mouth is most common in bony fish (osteicthyes).
a)
Terminal
b)
Inferior
c)
Superior
17.
This moon-shaped tail is common in fish such as tuna who swim long distances.
a)
Lunate
b)
Rounded
c)
Truncated
d)
Eel-like
18.
Reproductive method of most sharks--mixture of both – typically eggs held inside and hatched live
a)
Oviparous
b)
Ovoviparous
c)
Viviparous
19.
Reproductive method of mammals--live birth – embryo nurtured by mother in uterus via placenta, which also takes away waste from embryo/fetus
a)
Oviparous
b)
Ovoviviparous
c)
Viviparous
20.
What type of oviparous reproduction is shown here?
a)
Broadcast
b)
Substrate
c)
Nesting
d)
Mouth brooding
21.
Jawfish are oviparous fish that use this strategy where males incubate the eggs
a)
Broadcasting
b)
Substrating
c)
Nesting
d)
Mouth brooding
22.
The flap that protects the gills in bony fish is called the
a)
peduncle
b)
rostrum
c)
operculum
d)
caudal
23.
Unlike sharks, rays such as this manta
a)
have ventral gills on their underside and spiracles to take in extra oxygen
b)
have unpaired fins
c)
have a skeleton composed of bone
d)
use broadcast spawning to reproduce oviparously
24.
Freckle-like organs on the rostrum of a shark contain
a)
electroreceptors that detect electrical fields (heart beat, muscle contractions)
b)
mechanoreceptors that detect movement of prey and other species
c)
chemoreceptors that detect smells and other chemical odors
d)
symbiotic bacteria that bioluminesce
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