Fish Quiz
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- 1.
What Characteristics do all Chordates share?
- A.
They have a stable body that a line runs down its back
- B.
They have claws and fins that help them survive and uses their eyes to hunt their food at night
- C.
Have a notochord a nerve cord that runs down their back and pouches in their throat area
- D.
They have bones that are very similar to eachother
Correct Answer
C. Have a notochord a nerve cord that runs down their back and pouches in their throat area -
- 2.
A flexible rod that supports an animal's back is called....
Correct Answer
notochord - 3.
In vertebrates, part or all of the notochord is replaced by a backbone.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 4.
Gill slits disappear before birth in all Chordates.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 5.
The backbone is formed by many similar bones called....
Correct Answer
Vertebrate - 6.
A vertebrates backbone is part of a(n)________________, or internal skeleton.
Correct Answer
endoskeleton - 7.
Endoskeleton works to
- A.
Help it move
- B.
Help it keep warm
- C.
Help it get food
- D.
Help it protect the internal organs
- E.
Help it protect its brain
Correct Answer(s)
A. Help it move
D. Help it protect the internal organs
E. Help it protect its brain -
- 8.
Circle the one of each animal that has a body temperature close to the temperature of its environment.
- A.
Mammal
- B.
Fish
- C.
Bird
- D.
Reptile
Correct Answer
A. Mammal -
- 9.
An animal whose body does not produce much internal heat
Correct Answer
ectotherm - 10.
A turtle has the same body temperature when its lying in the sun and when its swimming in a cool river.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 11.
Circle the best choice of adaptations that help endotherms maintain their body temperature.
- A.
Spines
- B.
Sweat glands
- C.
Cartilage
- D.
Fur
Correct Answer
B. Sweat glands -
- 12.
Ectotherms can live in a greater variety of environments than ectotherms can.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 13.
Vertebrate that lives in water and uses its fins to move
Correct Answer
fish - 14.
Circle the best choice of each characteristic of fishes.
- A.
Fins help fishes swim by providing a large surface area to push against water.
- B.
Fishes have an open circulatory system .
- C.
Fishes can not see well in water.
- D.
Fishes have Keen senses of touch , smell, and taste to help them catch food.
Correct Answer
D. Fishes have Keen senses of touch , smell, and taste to help them catch food. -
- 15.
Fishes get oxygen from__________
Correct Answer
water - 16.
Most fishes have ___________ fertilization; the eggs are fertilized outside of the females body.
Correct Answer
external - 17.
No fishes give birth to live young.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 18.
List three groups of fishes
Correct Answer
Jawless Cartilaginous Bony - 19.
Check the best choice off of each sentence that is true about jawless fishes.
- A.
Jawless fishes do not have scales.
- B.
Jawless fishes have skeletons made of bones.
- C.
Sharks are jawless fishes.
- D.
Some jawless fishes are parasites.
Correct Answer(s)
A. Jawless fishes do not have scales.
C. Sharks are jawless fishes. -
- 20.
The skeletons of cartilaginous fishes are made of _________
Correct Answer(s)
cartilaginous - 21.
Check off each characteristic of cartilaginous fishes.
- A.
Jaws
- B.
Skeletons made of cartilage
- C.
Scales
- D.
Bones
Correct Answer(s)
A. Jaws
B. Skeletons made of cartilage
C. Scales -
- 22.
Cartilaginous fishes are all herbivores
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 23.
How do rays obtain food?
- A.
Hunt on the ocean floor, crushing mollusks, crustaceans, and small fishes with their teeth
- B.
Use their tube feed
- C.
Through their stomach in the water on the bottom of the ocean floor
- D.
They use their hearing
Correct Answer
A. Hunt on the ocean floor, crushing mollusks, crustaceans, and small fishes with their teeth -
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