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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe swim bladder of a fish is a sac filled with:OilGasLactic acidSeminal fluid
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe flap of tissue covering a fish's gills:OperculumCaudal finDorsal finLateral line
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich Phylum do the sharks, skates, rays and bony fish belong to?AgnathaEchinodieaOsteichthyesChordate
- 4. Multiple Choice
What kind of scales does a shark have?PlacoidGanoidCtenoidCycloid - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a shark's adaptation to maintain neutral buoyancy?Fluid in the earsGas filled bladderLarge oily liverNictitating membrane
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat species below has a laterally compressed body shape?WrasseTiger SharkFlounderMoray eel
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is special about a shark's jaw?Their serrated teethThey can chew their preyThey can move both mandiblesThey can sense movement
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the electroreceptors in the head of sharks, skates, and rays capable of detecting week electrical signals produced by muscular activity in other creatures?OperculumChondrichthyesEcholocationAmpullae of Lorenzini
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA scientist that studies fish is called this:OstracodistOsteopelagicIchthologistAnthropologist
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat is one physical adaption of the fish species Tuna?Have gill slits for enhanced oxygen absorptionHave Bucklers to propel body through eddiesLack pectoral fins for more streamline body compositionDeveloped groves in tongue to channel water to gills
- 11. Multiple ChoiceA hard, tooth like projection from the gill arch that prevents large particles of food & other materials from passing into the gill lamellaeGill archDenticleGill rackerIsthmus
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhen animals hatch from eggs, but the eggs hatch and the babies develop inside the female's body. There is no placenta to nourish the pups.Aplacental viviparityOviparityPlacental oviparityBrooding
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA collective name for sharks, rays and skates.IchthyesElasmobranchsCrustaceansTunicates
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow many chambers are in the heart of a bony fish?1243
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhere is the heart of a bony fish locatedIn between the gillsIn between the pelvic finsPosterior to the pectoral finsDorsal to the kidney
- 16. Multiple Choice
1. What does the mucus covering a bony fish’s gills do?
Protects from bacteria and parasties
Helps make them faster
keeps them camouflaged
Keeps them afloat in the water column
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which fish is least related to the others?
Shark
Skate
Ray
Tuna
- 18. Multiple Choice
A Flounder's body is....
Streamlined
Laterally compressed
Round
Laterally Flattened
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