Fish Characteristics
Adaptations
Adaptations for non-fish species
Senses
Survival Skills
100
This keeps the fish afloat
What is a swim bladder?
100
This structure gives the fish the ability to make turns in the water.
What are fins?
100
Repels water, light, and keeps birds warm
What are feathers?
100
Almost all fish can see all the way around their bodies because of this
What is placement of their eyes?
100
Dark back and light belly
What is coloration adaptation?
200
the internal temperature of a fish is the same as it surroundings.
What is cold blooded?
200
Fish can breath underwater
What are gills?
200
Gives the duck the ability to swim above and below water quickly and efficiently.
What are webbed feet?
200
Catfish, and other types of fish, have these all over their body including their tail.
What are taste buds?
200
This structure gives a small fish the ability to make sharp fast turns.
What is a thin disk shaped body?
300
A fish wiggles from side-to-side as its front moves to its back
What is swimming forward?
300
Protective barrier on fish
What are fins?
300
Birds specialized strucuture for catching fish.
What are large talons?
300
Catfish are one of the only species that have these structures for smelling
What are whiskers?
300
This gives the largemouth bass the ability to move in any direction.
What are broad fins and strong, heavy bodies?
400
The grouping of animals that have common characteristics or qualities whose offspring have the same charasteristics and qualities.
What are species?
400
This structure lets fish sense vibrations in the water.
What is a lateral line?
400
A snakes sense of hearing comes from this specialized structure.
What is their tongue?
400
Fish can detect low frequecies using this sense.
What is hearing?
400
Gives the largemouth bass the ability to get a quick powerful start.
What is a wide sweeping tail?
500
The behavior or trait that increases a species' chance of survival in a specific environment.
What is adaptation?
500
Gives the fish the ability to swim through the water with less friction.
What is slime?
500
The ability for any animal to survive in their enviroment because of a certain physical trait.
What are Body Adaptations?
500
Fish can see very well but they have to rely on this sense at night time or in murky water.
What is taste?
500
Gives the fish the ability to quickly and effectively eat small insects.
What is a small mouth?
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