Science Chapter 10

Question 1

Cartilage

Answer 1

A connective tissue that is firm but flexible.

Question 2

Ovoviviparous

Answer 2

Producing young by means of eggs that are hatched inside one of the parents.

Question 3

Viviparous

Answer 3

producing live young that receive nutrients and oxygen directly from the mother.

Question 4

Anadromous

Answer 4

A life cycle in which fish are born in freshwater, migrate to saltwater to live, and then return to freshwater to spawn.

Question 5

Cleaning station

Answer 5

A location on a coral reef where larger fish come to be cleaned of parasites and dead skin by cleaner organisms like wrasse and shrimp.

Question 6

Extant

Answer 6

Living examples of the organism are known to exist.

Question 7

Living fossil

Answer 7

An Organism that is a living example of an otherwise extinct group that has remained virtually unchanged in structure and function.

Question 8

Mimicry

Answer 8

A superficial resemblance between 2 animals that are not closely related.

Question 9

Vertebrates

Answer 9

Have a backbone

Question 10

Fish

Answer 10

Have fins

Question 11

Agnathan

Answer 11

Do not have a jaw. Cartilaginous skeleton.

Question 12

Chondrichthyes

Answer 12

endoskeleton made of cartilage, but have a jaw.

Question 13

Osteichthyes

Answer 13

Endoskeleton made of bone.

Question 14

Caudata

Answer 14

4-legged animals with a tail.

Question 15

Anura

Answer 15

Adults have four legs and no tail.

Question 16

Apoda

Answer 16

Have no legs

Question 17

Tiktaalik

Answer 17

Fish that have a fist similar to those of land animals.