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FISHES
Jawless fish
Cartilaginous fish
Bony Fish
WiLd CaRd
100
What are the characteristics of fishes?
What is live in water, have fins, have scales, are ectotherm, and have gills to obtain oxygen from the water.
100
What are two examples of jawless fish?
What is Lampreys, and Hagfish.
100
What are the characteristics of cartilaginous fish?
What is jaws, scales and a skeleton made of cartilage.
100
What are some examples of bony fish?
What is clown fish, balloon fish, sockeye salmon, sea dragon, trout, herring,.....etc.
100
What is a swim bladder?
What is an internal, gas-filled sac that helps the fish stay stable at different depths in the water.
200
What type of circulatory system do fishes have?
What is closed circulatory system.
200
What are the defining characteristics of jawless fish?
What is no scales and no jaws.
200
How do rays and skates obtain food?
What is by hunting on the ocean floor and crushing mollusks and small fish in their teeth.
200
What are the major characteristics of bony fish.
What is jaws, scales, a pocket on each side of the head that holds the gills and a skeleton made of hard bones.
200
What is cartilage?
What is a tissue that is more flexible than bone.
300
How many chambers does a fish's heart have.
What is two chambered heart.
300
Are their skeletons made of cartilage?
What is yes.
300
How do cartilaginous fish obtain oxygen?
What is sharks have to swim to push water over their gills and rays\skates take in water through holes located behind the eyes.
300
What organ do bony fish have that other fish do not have?
What is swim bladder?
300
Are cartilaginous fishes herbivores or carnivores?
What is carnivores.
400
What are the major group of fish?
What is cartilaginous fish, bony fish, and jawless fish.
400
Are they parasites?
What is a Lamprey is but a Hagfish is not.
400
What gives cartilaginous fish their rough texture?
What is pointed toothlike scales.
400
Where can bony fish live?
What is saltwater, freshwater, deep, and shallow water
400
What is the definition of a fish?
What is an ectothermic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins.
500
How do most fish produce, internally or externally?
What is internally
500
What do jawless fish use to obtain food?
What is Lampreys use suction cup mouths lined with sharp teeth and Hagfishes use their tongues to scrape up decaying tissues of fishes.
500
Sharks have a strong sense of smell but a weak sense of _________.
What is sight.
500
What is the purpose of fins?
What is keeping the fish upright and letting it move.