Fish
Manta Rays, Bull Sharks, and Arctic Skates are all types of fish with this kind of skeleton.
What is cartilage?
Reptiles are covered in dry, scaly skin. This is a great adaptation if you want to avoid losing this
What is water?
These birds have the largest habitat of all seabirds and will eat almost anything. Just don't feed them if you want to be left alone!
What are seagulls?
Sharks don't have a swim bladder, but this largest organ in their body helps them stay afloat.
What is a liver?
What is schooling?
For the most part, cartilaginous fish use this type of fertilization.
What is internal?
What are lungs?
*DAILY DOUBLE* When seabirds gather on rocky shores they produce this, which is often mined and used as fertilizer in some cultures.
What is guano?
This structure is used by fish to avoid obstacles and predators, detect prey, and maintain position in schools.
What is a lateral line?
Sharks and many other pelagic fish are colored darker on the top than on the bottom in this type of camouflage.
What is counter shading?
Even though they don't breath air, virtually all fish have this sense which is highly adapted to detect prey in the water. Better not go into the ocean while you are bleeding!
What is smell?
Aside from walking to the ocean when they hatch, this is the only time a sea turtle will ever return to land.
These structures are used by birds to stay waterproof when they are swimming.
What are oil glands?
*DAILY DOUBLE* Sharks, rays, and Skates, Oh my! This scientific class includes all of the cartilaginous fishes.
What is Chondrichthyes?
These fun little fish are flattened from top to bottom and have wing-like pectoral fins. If you are looking hard, you can spot them at the bottom.
What are rays?
Bony fish have this structure which allows them to make adjustments to their buoyancy. I'll bet the sharks are jealous.
What is a swim bladder?
This is the largest species of sea turtle.
What is a leatherback?
Seabirds are distinct from shorebirds due to this adaptation that allows them to be better swimmers.
What are webbed feet?
This term is given to fish that have the ability to switch biological sexes at some point in their life cycle.
What is hermaphroditic?
*DAILY DOUBLE* This structure is used by sharks to detect weak electromagnetic signatures like the ones produced when your heart beats.
What is the Ampullae of Lorenzini?
This is the bony external structure that protects the gills of bony fish.
What is an operculum?
Marine iguanas appear to sneeze when they come out of the ocean. But they are really removing this.
What is salt?
This is the scientific class that most seabirds belong to.
What is Aves?
This scientific class of fish is considered to be the most primitive due to not having paired fins or scales.
What is Agnatha?
This is the scientific class that contains all of the bony fish.
What is Osteichtyes?