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Chapter 33 Fish Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The flap of tissue covering a fish's gills:

a)

Operculum

b)

Caudal fin

c)

Dorsal fin

d)

Lateral line

2.

Which Phylum do the sharks, skates, rays and bony fish belong to?

a)

Agnatha

b)

Echinodiea

c)

Osteichthyes

d)

Chordata

3.
What is a shark's adaptation to maintain neutral buoyancy?
a)
Fluid in the ears
b)
 Gas filled bladder
c)
Large oily liver
d)
Nictitating membrane
4.
What kind of scales does a shark have?
a)
Placoid
b)
Ganoid
c)
Ctenoid
d)
Cycloid
5.
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?
a)
Operculum
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Echolocation
d)
Ampullae of Lorenzini
6.

How many chambers are in the heart of a bony fish?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

3

7.

Which of the following describes the FIRST fish that appeared in the ocean?

a)

Lack of scales

b)

Lack of jaws & teeth

c)

Lack of gills

d)

Lack of a heart

8.
Which type of fish has a swim bladder?
a)
Bony
b)
Jawless
c)
Cartilagenous
9.
Which of the following means "without jaws"?
a)
Bony
b)
Notochord
c)
Agnatha
d)
Early
10.

What term would be used to describe how a lamprey feeds?

a)

Saprophytic

b)

Parasitic

c)

Autotrophic

d)

Mutualistic

11.

Shark eggs are fertilized internally.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Bony fish include which of the following?

a)

Ray & lobe finned fish

b)

Lobe & lung fish

c)

Placoid & cartilage fish

d)

Acanthodian & Coelocanth fish

13.
What type of fish is Class Chondrichthyes?
a)
Jawless
b)
Cartilaginous
c)
Bony
14.

All organisms with a spinal cord are members of this phylum

a)

Porifera

b)

Chordata

c)

Chondrichtyes

d)

Osteichthyes

15.

In what CLASS does this species belong?

a)

Porifera

b)

Chondrichtyes

c)

Osteichtyes

d)

Lateral Line

16.

Which CLASS does this organism belong to?

a)

Osteichthyes

b)

Chondrichthyes

c)

Chordata

d)

Porifera

17.

Part of an animal's camouflage, with a lighter bottom and darker top.

a)

Osteichthyes

b)

Lateral line

c)

Countershading

d)

Zooxanthellae

18.

Lampreys and hagfish belong to which animal class?

a)

Chondricthyes

b)

Osteichthyes

c)

Agnatha

d)

Reptilia

19.

What are the skeletons of sharks and rays made of?

a)

Chitin

b)

Calcium carbonate

c)

Cartilage

d)

Coldness

20.

What would you look for if you were determining the sex of the shark?

a)

Additional pair of pelvic fins

b)

Claspers, which is an extension of the pelvic fins

c)

Two part caudal fin

21.

The fish class name "Osteichthyes" means:

a)

Jawless

b)

Cartilage fish

c)

Bony fish

d)

Spiny

22.
Which group of fish are the bony fish?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
23.
What structures do both sharks and bony fish use to detect vibrations in the water?
a)
Caudal fins
b)
Lateral line
c)
Ampullae of Lorenzini
d)
Dorsal fins
24.

What is spawning?

a)

Flexible tissue found in sharks

b)

A type of internal fertilization

c)

A way for fish to control how deep they swim

d)

Type of external fertilization

25.
What are the 2 types of bony fish? 
a)
lobe-finned and ray-finned
b)
sharks and lobe-finned
c)
sharks and rays 
d)
lampreys and hagfish 
26.

Describe the circulatory system of a fish.

a)

2 chambered, double loop

b)

2 chambered, single loop

c)

3 chambered, single loop

d)

4 chambered, double loop

27.

Which of the following is not a class of fish?

a)

Aves

b)

Osteichthyes

c)

Agnatha

d)

Chondrichthyes

28.
What is the function (job) of fish gills?
a)
To absorb water from the water
b)
To make the fish faster
c)
To make the fish lighter
d)
To absorb oxygen from the water
29.

Which organ helps sharks to float?

a)

Heart

b)

Spleen

c)

Liver

d)

Stomach

30.

Fertilization that takes place inside the female organism's body is ___________.

a)

internal fertilization

b)

gestation period

c)

external fertilization

d)

asexual reproduction

31.

When fertilization happens outside the bodies of the parents

a)

external fertilization

b)

asexual reproduction

c)

internal fertilization

d)

sexual reproduction

32.

Traits that make sharks and rays successful predators include (select all that apply)

a)

a light cartilage skeleton

b)

backward-pointing denticles

c)

ampullae of Lorenzini

d)

Lateral Lines

33.

Characteristics of ray-finned fish include (select all that apply).

a)

bony skeletons

b)

scales

c)

swim bladder

d)

denticles

34.

Class Chondrichthyes characteristics include ( select all that apply)

a)

cartilaginous skeletons

b)

no jaws

c)

no swim bladder

d)

exoskeleton

35.

Freswater fish tend to take in water through osmosis and therefore excrete which of the following?

a)

small amounts of concentrated urine

b)

large amounts of concentrated urine

c)

small amounts of dilute urine

d)

large amounts of dilute urine