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Fishes Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What influences the mouth shape of a fish?

a)

Their environment

b)

Their parents

c)

Their diet

d)

The water temperature

2.

Which of the following is true about all jawless fish?

a)

They lack jaws, internal ossification, scales, and paired fins.

b)

The share pore-like gill openings.

c)

They have an eel-like body form.

d)

All of the choices are true about jawless fish.

3.

True of False.

Hagfish are blind bottom-dwellers that feed on dead or dying fish.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

One of the most well-known and gross features of a hagfish is their ability to produce enormous quantities of

a)

slime

b)

glands

c)

seawater

d)

smells

5.

Like leeches, lampreys inject an ___________ into the wound to promote blood flow.

a)

antigcoagulant

b)

coagulant

c)

venom

d)

slime

6.
What kind of scales does a shark have?
a)
Placoid
b)
Ganoid
c)
Ctenoid
d)
Cycloid
7.

What time period is called "The Age of Fishes?"

a)

Devonian

b)

Cambrian

c)

Jurassic

8.

Lampreys and hagfish lack

a)

teeth

b)

heads

c)

mouths

d)

jaws

9.

Which type of fish is the most primitive?

a)

Jawless

b)

Cartilaginous

c)

Bony

d)

Fresh water

10.

The lobes of the caudal fin in most sharks are:

a)

Of equal size

b)

The top lobe is bigger than the bottom

c)

The bottom lobe is bigger than the top

11.

Where are shark jaws (& the mouth) located to allow for a very streamlined form?

a)

Dorsally

b)

Ventrally

c)

Anteriorly

d)

Posteriorly

12.

In what CLASS does this species belong?

a)

Porifera

b)

Chondrichtyes

c)

Osteichtyes

d)

Lateral Line

13.
Which group of fish include sharks, rays and skates?
a)
Agnatha
b)
Chondrichthyes
c)
Osteichthyes
14.

Which fish class would a lamprey be classified in?

a)

Chondrichthyes-Cartilaginous

b)

Agnatha - Jawless

c)

Osteichthyes- Bony

d)

Amphibia

15.

How many chambers does a fish heart have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

16.

There are ~ 30,000 species of this fish

a)

bony fish(cartilaginous fish)

b)

cartilaginous fish (chondrichthyes)

17.

Which CLASS does this organism belong to?

a)

Osteichthyes

b)

Chondrichthyes

c)

Chordata

d)

Porifera

18.

The bony plate that covers the gills of bony fish is called the:

a)

Gill raker

b)

Operculum

c)

Ostracoderm

d)

Epiglottis

19.
Which two groups of fish have jaws?
a)
Agnatha and Chondrichthyes
b)
Agnatha and Osteichthyes
c)
Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes
20.

Which group of fish have placoid scales?

a)

Agnatha

b)

Chondricthyes

c)

Osteichthyes

21.

The fish class name "Chondrichthyes" means:

a)

Jawless

b)

Cartilage fish

c)

Bony fish

d)

Large fish

22.

Which of the following fish would NOT belong to Class Chondrichthyes?

a)

Shark

b)

Trout

c)

Skate

d)

Ray

23.

Which of the following fish would belong in Class Osteichthyes?

a)

Ray

b)

Hagfish

c)

Bull shark

d)

Largemouth bass

24.

Which structure is found in Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish), but not in Class Osteichthyes (bony fish)?

a)

Ampullae of Lorenzini

b)

Lateral line

c)

Caudal fin

25.

How many gills can chondrichthyes have?

a)

3-4

b)

5-7

c)

6-8

d)

1-4

26.

A system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement, vibration, and pressure gradients in the surrounding water:

a)

lateral line

b)

paired fins

c)

jawless fish

d)

primitive notochord

27.

Fish are part of Phylum _____, just like humans.

a)

Chordata

b)

Echinodermata

c)

Arthropoda

d)

Holothuridae

28.

Openings on a sharks head that aid in breathing are _________.

a)

blow holes

b)

air holes

c)

breathing slits

d)

gills slits

29.

Bony fish maintain neutral buoyancy in the water with their ______.

a)

liver

b)

swim bladder

c)

pectoral fins

d)

caudal fins

30.

A Sea Horse is a _________.

a)

bony fish

b)

carilaginous fish

c)

jawless fish

d)

not a fish at all

31.

Traits that make sharks and rays successful predators include

a)

a light cartilage skeleton.

b)

backward-pointing denticles and lateral lines.

c)

ampullae of Lorenzini.

d)

jaws and lateral lines

e)

All of the above

32.

Most sharks and rays fertilize their eggs

a)

externally.

b)

internally.

c)

rarely.

d)

asexually.

33.

Pits near the snout that detect electrical current.

a)

Ampullae of Lorenzini

b)

Lateral Line

c)

Countershading

d)

Swim bladder

34.

A line of sensory pores along the length of the body.

a)

Ampullae of Lorenzini

b)

Lateral Line

c)

Countershading

d)

Swim bladder

35.

In most bony fish, eggs are fertilized?

a)

externally.

b)

internally.

c)

on land.

d)

asexually

36.

Sharks have a swim bladder

a)

True

b)

False

37.

To rise in the water, a bony fish fills its swim bladder with gas from

a)

its gills.

b)

its bloodstream.

c)

the surrounding water.

d)

its lungs.

38.

The structure labeled #9 is called the

a)

pectoral fin.

b)

operculum.

c)

pelvic fin.

d)

jaw.

39.

The structure labeled #5 is the

a)

dorsal fin.

b)

gill filament.

c)

operculum.

d)

lateral line.

40.

Which of the following structures are found in both cartilaginous fish and bony fish? (select all that apply)

a)

Fins for propulsion

b)

Gills for respiration

c)

Vertebrate backbones

d)

Spiracles to move water across the gills

41.

About how long ago did fish exist, based on fossil records?

a)

~ 400 - 500 mya

b)

~ 40 - 50 mya

c)

~ 40,000-50,000 years ago

d)

4 mya - 5 mya

e)

4,000 to 5,000 years ago

42.

Most cartilage fish are omnivores, and most bony fish are carnivores.

a)

true

b)

false

43.

A "fish" can be defined as all vertebrates that are not __________.

a)

tetrapods

b)

mammals

c)

chordates

d)

animals

e)

none of these

44.

The spiral valve in the intestine of a shark serves to do what?

a)

release strong acids to aid digestion

b)

function as a liver in producing bile

c)

trap food molecules in a mucus strand

d)

slow passage of food and increase surface area for better absorption of food

e)

push food through the digestive tract a ta faster rate

45.

True or False.... A dolphin is a fish.

a)

False

b)

True

46.

What Phylum are fish a part of?

a)

Animalia

b)

Agnatha

c)

Chordata

d)

Osteichthyes

47.

The __________ fin assists the fish in going up or down through the water, turning sharply, and stopping quickly. (There are 2 answers here.)

a)

caudal

b)

dorsal

c)

pelvic

d)

anal

e)

pectoral

48.

Hagfish are parasitic.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

What type of caudal tail is this called on most bony fish?

a)

heterocercal

b)

homocercal

c)

lobe

d)

placoid

50.

What type of caudal fin is this called on some fish such as sharks?

a)

heterocercal

b)

homocercal

c)

lobe

d)

ray

51.

The rings located on each scale of many bony fish can help determine the ________ of the fish.

a)

diet

b)

age

c)

sex

d)

health

52.

The majority of bony fish are which of the following?

a)

ray-finned

b)

lobe-finned

c)

lungfish

53.

What is the name of the only warm-blooded bony fish?

a)

mola mola

b)

dwarf pygmy goby

c)

opah fish

d)

sea horse

54.

Which of the following is the largest bony fish?​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
mola mola
opah fish
dwarf pygmy goby
great white shark
55.

Term to describe a fish reproducing by live birth​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
viviparous
oviparous
ovoviviparous