Fish Diversity
Plankton
Squid
Shark
Rocky Intertidal
100
One way a fish can protect itself
What are scales, spines, venom, poison, hide and/or large size?
100
How plankton move
What is drifting?
100
Structure used for tearing food
What is the beak?
100
How the spiny dogfish got its name
What is spines and traveling in packs?
100
An animal that is a scavenger and will eat just about anything
What is a hermit crab?
200
Coloration that disguises outline of fish
What is disruptive coloration?
200
Type of plankton that eat the phytoplankton
What are zooplankton?
200
The main body part in a squid
What is the mantle?
200
Constantly replaced throughout the shark's life
What are teeth?
200
An organism that can drop its arms in defense and regenerate them
What is a brittle star?
300
The defining characteristics of a fish
What are fins, gills, and living in water?
300
Use photosynthesis for energy
What are phytoplankton?
300
Name of pigment cells that helps them change colors
What are chromatophores?
300
What the shark skeleton is made of
What is cartilage?
300
Animal that makes its own shell
What is a snail?
400
How most fish maintain their buoyancy
What is a swim bladder?
400
2 main reasons why plankton are important
What is produce oxygen and the base of the food chain?
400
Structure that provides support for the squid
What is the pen?
400
Instead of the swim bladder that most fish have, the shark has this
What is the oily liver
400
Organism that spits out its internal organs
What is the sea cucumber?
500
Fish that has both eyes on one side of head
What is a flounder/flat fish?
500
What plankton become after they die
What are fossil fuels?
500
The modified foot
What are the arms and tentacles?
500
The names of the four types of fins most sharks have.
What are the pectoral, pelvic, dorsal, and caudal fins?
500
Name of the "teeth" found in a sea urchin's mouth
What is Aristotle's lantern?
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