bio quiz (chapter 19)

Question 1

cold-blooded, water-dwelling vertebrates with gills and scales

Answer 1

fish

Question 2

fish that have skeletons made either partially or wholly of bone

Answer 2

bony fish

Question 3

helps protect the delicate gill structures beneath from being damaged

Answer 3

opercula

Question 4

largest part of a fish’s body

Answer 4

trunk

Question 5

most prominent features of the fish’s trunk and tail

Answer 5

fins

Question 6

fins that project from the center line of the fish’s body. anal and dorsal fin.

Answer 6

median fins

Question 7

fin that serves as a fish’s propeller and rudder

Answer 7

caudal fin

Question 8

special pigment cells, that give richly varied colors

Answer 8

chromatophores

Question 9

protective covering of small, bony plates, located just beneath the epidermis, in the dermis of the skin

Answer 9

scales

Question 10

consists of many separate vertebrae of bone or cartilage, provides the central framework and chief means of support for the trunk and tail

Answer 10

backbone

Question 11

W-shaped bands of muscle

Answer 11

myomeres

Question 12

special organs that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to pass between the water and the fish’s blood

Answer 12

gills

Question 13

opens into the fish’s pharynx

Answer 13

gill chamber

Question 14

vane-like projections from the front of each gill arch that strain food particles and other debris out of the water, preventing the gills from becoming fouled by these sediments

Answer 14

gill rakers

Question 15

closed system of arteries, veins, and capillaries, broadly similar to the circulatory systems of mammals, birds, and reptiles

Answer 15

cardiovascular system

Question 16

fish have a __ chambered heart

Answer 16

two

Question 17

system of special nerve endings that extends over its head and down the sides of its body

Answer 17

lateral lines

Question 18

means ‘to lay their eggs’

Answer 18

spawn

Question 19

hollow, gas-filled chamber located high in the fish’s body cavity

Answer 19

swim-bladder

Question 20

fish eggs

Answer 20

roe

Question 21

fish with no swim bladder

Answer 21

flounder

Question 22

fish that can breath in water and land

Answer 22

lungfish

Question 23

fish that uses the swim bladder to make
noises

Answer 23

catfish

Question 24

fish that goes back to birthplace to spawn its own eggs

Answer 24

pacific salmon

Question 25

fish with skeletons made of cartilage rather than bone

Answer 25

cartilaginous fish

Question 26

resemble tiny, closely spaced teeth

Answer 26

denticles

Question 27

unusual fish have broad, flat bodies and generally a long, whip-like tail

Answer 27

rays

Question 28

unusual cartilaginous fish that live near the ocean bottom

Answer 28

chimaeras

Question 29

make up less than 1% of all species of fish

Answer 29

lamprey and hagfish

Question 30

responsible for more injuries to people than all other types of fish combined. most dangerous/venomous ray.

Answer 30

stingray

Question 31

creature that is genuinely most feared by man

Answer 31

sharks