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FISH

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHICH of the following is NOT correct with regard to CLASSIFICATION of fish?

a)

Domain Archaea

b)

Kingdom Animalia

c)

Phylum Chordata

d)

Subphylum Vertebrata

2.

WHICH fish structure enables it to MANEUVER through the water with ease?

a)

mucus

b)

tail fin

c)

paired fins

d)

operculum

3.

WHICH sense "organs" can be found in most all fish?

a)

tastebuds

b)

eye

c)

lateral line system

d)

all of the above

4.

What is the class name of the fish that LACK jaws, produce slime as a defense and live on the bottom of the ocean?

a)

myxini

b)

agnatha (cephaloaspidomorphii)

c)

chondrichthyes

d)

osteoichthyes

5.

Which class of fish are 50% parasitic? (scrape a hole into their prey to absorb blood/food)

a)

myxini

b)

agnatha (cephalaspidomorphii)

c)

chondrichthyes

d)

osteoichthyes

6.

Class chondrichthyes

a)

include sharks, skates and perch.

b)

are bony fish that store urea in their blood for osmostic balance.

c)

are fish with jaws but no paired fins.

d)

contains carnivorous fish with cartilage skeletons.

7.

A skate or ray?

a)

skate

b)

ray

c)

can't determine from image

8.

Sharks utilize this structure to maintain sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) ions within its body

a)

claspers

b)

rectal gland

c)

operculum

d)

kidney

9.

Identify the gender of this shark.

a)

male

b)

female

c)

cannot determine from image

10.

Select ALL the traits/terms that are indicative of BONY fish.

a)

class chondrichthyes

b)

class osteoichthyes

c)

swim bladder

d)

operculum

e)

scales

11.

There are some bony fish that obtain oxygen using both gills and lungs.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Identify this lobe-finned fish that "walks" on the bottom of the ocean floor. ( you can see a perserved one at the Peabody Museum in New Haven!)

a)

great white shark

b)

lungfish

c)

manta ray

d)

coelacanth

13.

What class does this fish belong to?

a)

chondrichthyes

b)

osteoichthyes

c)

myxini

d)

agnatha

14.

What class does this fish belong to?

a)

myxini

b)

agnatha

c)

chondrichthyes

d)

osteoichthyes

15.

What class does this fish belong to?

a)

myxini

b)

chondrichthyes

c)

osteoichthyes

d)

agnatha