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Fish Test Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does not describe fish?

a)

gills

b)

fins

c)

usually covered in scales

d)

four chambered heart

2.

Fish were the first....

a)

vertebrates

b)

aquatic organism

c)

land animal

d)

predators

3.

jawed vertebrates

a)

agnatha

b)

gnathostomota

c)

fusiform

d)

lorenzini

4.

Which fins are considered paried?

a)

pelvic

b)

caudal

c)

pectoral

d)

dorsal

5.

Countershading

a)

darker dorsal, lighter ventral body

b)

lighter dorsal body, darker ventral

c)

streamlined body

d)

allows for fish to be more easily seen by predators

6.

These adaptations make a fish more buoyant

a)

swim bladder

b)

fatty liver

c)

gill rakers

d)

streamlined body

7.

Fish have ____ -chambered hearts

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

8.

Fish have _____-loop blood circulation

a)

single

b)

double

c)

round

d)

empty

9.

Marine bony fishes are __________ regulators

a)

hypoosmotic

b)

hyperosmotic

c)

poor

d)

good

10.

Freshwater fish are ___________ regulators

a)

hypoosmotic

b)

hyperosmotic

c)

poor

d)

good

11.

marine fish consume large amounts of water and have dilute urine

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Freshwater fish consume little water and have large amounts of dilute urine

a)

true

b)

false

13.

fish smell and taste with the use of ___________ on their taste buds and nostrils.

a)

barbles

b)

skin

c)

fins

d)

chemoreceptors

14.

system of canals that allow fish to sense vibrations

a)

lateral line

b)

ampullae of Lorenzini

c)

temperature control

d)

cephalapidomorphi

15.

receptor organs that are highly sensitive to vibration and water currents

a)

barbels

b)

nares

c)

neuromasts

d)

ectotherms

16.

Which does not describe fish

a)

poikilotherm

b)

endotherm

c)

ectotherm

d)

chordate

17.

What fish are in the superclass Agnatha?

a)

Bony fish

b)

Hagfish

c)

Lampreys

d)

Cartilaginous fish

18.

96% of all fish belong in this category

a)

agnatha

b)

chondrichthyes

c)

osteichthyes

19.

these organs detect bioelectric fields generated by surrounding living animals

a)

Ampullae of Lorenzini

b)

Lateral Lines

c)

Poikilothermic

d)

hyperosmotic regulators

20.

Which of the following does not describe hagfish?

a)

bottom-dweller scavengers

b)

blind

c)

produce slime

d)

7 pairs of gill openings

21.

Which of the following does not describe lampreys?

a)

may be parasitic

b)

may inject anticoagulants

c)

secrete slime

d)

7 gill openings

22.

leave the sea and spend their adult life in freshwater

a)

anadromous

b)

oviparous

c)

heterocercal

d)

benthic

23.

This fish has three accessory hearts in addition to their main heart.

a)

lamprey

b)

hagfish

c)

stingray

d)

bony fish

24.

Class that includes sharks, skates, rays and chimeras

a)

Chondrichthyes

b)

Osteichthyes

c)

Agnatha

d)

Ptromyzontida

25.

Skeletons of animals from the class Chondrichthyes are made of ....

a)

bone

b)

calcium carbonate

c)

cartilage

d)

scales

26.

These shark scales are called

a)

pacoid

b)

gnopid

c)

ctenoid

d)

cycloid

27.

Cartilaginous fish use what type of fertilization?

a)

external

b)

internal

c)

spontaneous

d)

mermaid

28.

What is that?

a)

A vanilla bean pod that has been partially eaten by a turtle.

b)

The sperm "packet" of a shark that is transferred by the sharks claspers.

c)

The egg of some sharks and skates, called a mermaid purse.

d)

The unique tooth of the vampire shark.

29.

What three terms describe a shark's body plan?

a)

fusiform

b)

countershaded

c)

heterocercal caudal fin

d)

homocercal caudal fin

30.

What is the main benefit of the shark's fatty liver?

a)

aids in buoyancy

b)

elevated cholesterol levels extend life expectancy

c)

allows them to go longer between meals

31.

These red dots and lines show the presence of elector receptors that help sharks identify other organisms bioelectric field and are called....

a)

ampullae of lorenzini

b)

olfactory sensors

c)

lateral line

d)

fusiform nodules

32.

Gill ______ are used to filter the water for microorganisms.

a)

rakers

b)

glands

c)

orifice

d)

disc

33.

Rays : __________ :: Skates : _________

a)

viviparous, oviparous

b)

viviparous, ovoviviparous

c)

oviparous, viviparous

d)

ovoviviparous, viviparous

34.

Skate or ray?

a)

Skate

b)

Ray

35.

Skate or Ray?

a)

Skate

b)

Ray

36.

While lying on the bottom of the ocean, skates and rays draw water into their gills through _______ located on the top of their head.

a)

spiracles

b)

gill rakers

c)

benthic

d)

ostia

37.

Benthic : _______ :: Pelagic : _______

a)

Bottom-dwelling, swimming

b)

Swimming, Bottom-dwelling

c)

free-living, parasitic

d)

parasitic, free-living

38.

______ have venomous spines along or near the base of the tail.

a)

Skates

b)

Rays

c)

Sharks

d)

Snakes

39.

Class of bony fish

a)

Osteichthyes

b)

Chondrichthyes

c)

Myxini

d)

Petromyzontidae

40.

Bony fish secrete a mucus that covers their body and acts as an....

a)

anticoagulant

b)

antiseptic

c)

poision

d)

buoyant layer

41.

Chimaeras are also called which of the following (select three)

a)

ghost shark

b)

rat fish

c)

rabbitfishes

d)

bottom shark

42.

shark relative that has a poisonous spine in front of the first dorsal fin on top of their body

a)

chimaeras

b)

skates

c)

rays

d)

turtle

43.

The ________ is evidence of the first lung as demonstrated by the lungfish.

a)

Swimbladder

b)

Operculum

c)

Ganoid

d)

homocercal tail

44.

type of scale?

a)

Cycloid

b)

Ctenoid

c)

Ganoid

d)

Placoid

45.

type of scale?

a)

Cycloid

b)

Ctenoid

c)

Ganoid

d)

Placoid

46.

Most bony fish have a tail that appears superficially symmetric, also called...

a)

homocercal

b)

heterocercal

c)

benthic

d)

Pelagic

47.

Fish growth is temperature dependent, growing more in _______ temperatures

a)

warmer

b)

cooler

48.

Most fish are _______ meaning male and female reproductive organs on on separate individuals.

a)

dioecious

b)

monecious

49.

Most bony fish have __________ fertilization.

a)

Internal

b)

External

c)

Spontaneous

50.

The egg laying behavior of fish

a)

spawning

b)

dioecious

c)

anadromous

d)

catadromous

51.

fish that spend most of their lives in freshwater but spawn in the sea

a)

catadromous

b)

anadromous

c)

benthic

d)

monecious

52.

fish that spend most of their lives in the ocean but move to freshwater to spawn

a)

catadromous

b)

anadromous

c)

benthic

d)

monecious

53.

What are the two smaller classes of bony fish?

a)

Lobe-finned

b)

ray-finned

c)

Myxini

d)

Petromyzontida

54.

largest bony fish in the ocean

a)

sunfish

b)

whale shark

c)

giant manta ray

d)

sailfish

55.

Mode of reproduction where the young are born alive from their mother.

a)

Viviparous

b)

Ovoviviparous

c)

Oviparous

56.

Mode of reproduction where the young develop from an egg inside of their mother then are born alive.

a)

Viviparous

b)

Ovoviviparous

c)

Oviparous

57.

Mode of reproduction where the mother will lay an egg and the pup is born from that egg.

a)

Viviparous

b)

Ovoviviparous

c)

Oviparous