Fish

Question 1

Vertebral Column

Answer 1

The major function of the vertebral column is protection of the spinal cord

Question 2

fin

Answer 2

normally holds against its body, and expands when threatened to scare predators

Question 3

Neural crest

Answer 3

cells originating from different positions along the anterior-posterior axis develop into various tissue

Question 4

Scale

Answer 4

the covering of a fish

Question 5

Operculum

Answer 5

bony flap covering the gills of a teleost fis

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

heart chamber that receives blood into the heart and drives it into a ventricle, or chamber, for pumping blood away from the hear

Question 7

Ventricle

Answer 7

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it into the arteries.

Question 8

Nephron

Answer 8

functional unit of the kidney

Question 9

Lateral line

Answer 9

is a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates

Question 10

Spawning

Answer 10

is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals

Question 11

Swim bladder

Answer 11

is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish to control their buoyancy

Question 12

Jawless Fish

Answer 12

have a long, cylindrical body and a cartilaginous skeleton

Question 13

Cartilaginous fish

Answer 13

including the sharks, skates, and rays, having a skeleton composed entirely of cartilage

Question 14

Bony fish

Answer 14

having a skeleton that is completely made of bone

Question 15

Bowfin/Dogfish

Answer 15

greenish, big black dot on back fin

Question 16

Brown Bullhead

Answer 16

whiskers, brown

Question 17

Brown Trout

Answer 17

yellowish, tiny dots all over top half

Question 18

Burbot/Eelpout

Answer 18

large, yellow, white belly, pattern in yellow thats black

Question 19

Channel Catfish

Answer 19

whiskers, gray, a few tiny black dots on bottom half

Question 20

Common Carp

Answer 20

white belly, goldish yellow color

Question 21

Crappie

Answer 21

looks like a sunny, green with spots of black

Question 22

Flathead Catfish

Answer 22

flat face, brownish yellow, whiskers

Question 23

Lake Sturgeon

Answer 23

brownish, big

Question 24

Lake Trout

Answer 24

white belly, gray, light spots

Question 25

Largemouth Bass

Answer 25

jaw past eye, green body, dark line

Question 26

Long-nose Gar

Answer 26

super long mouth

Question 27

Muskellunge

Answer 27

duck billed mouth, dark colored spots, light body

Question 28

Northern Pike

Answer 28

duck billed mouth dark colored spots, light body

Question 29

Rainbow Trout

Answer 29

pink strip down side

Question 30

Sauger

Answer 30

spots on dorsal fin

Question 31

Sheepshead

Answer 31

mouth points down, gray

Question 32

Smallmouth Bass

Answer 32

jaw not passed eye, brownish body

Question 33

Smelt

Answer 33

super tiny, grey, large fins

Question 34

Sunfish

Answer 34

grey body with spots

Question 35

Walleye

Answer 35

large eye, tip of tail has a white dot

Question 36

White Sucker

Answer 36

white, light green top

Question 37

Yellow Bullhead

Answer 37

no under bite, yellow barbels

Question 38

Yellow Perch

Answer 38

dark vertical bars