Quiz 1 Over Bony Fish
_____ 1. In a bony fish, blood from the ventricle is pumped directly into the:
a. gill capillaries
b. dorsal aorta
c. atrium
d. ventral aorta
_____ 2. The olfactory sacs in a perch are involved in:
a. reproduction
b. digestion
c. balance
d. smell
____ 3. Oxygen and nutrients diffuse out of the blood and into the fish's body cells through the:
a. capillaries
b. veins
c. arteries
d. ventricles
____ 4. The Coelocanth is a "living fossil" of the:
a. ostracoderms
b. placoderms
c. lungfish
d. lobe-finned fish
5. The skeleton of Class Osteichthyes is made primarily of ______________________.
6. Two functions of bright coloration in fish are __________________ and _______________________.
7. The three classes of fish are ________________, _______________________, and _________________________.
8. The major difference between Class Chondrichthyes and Class Osteichthyes is ________ _______________________________________________.
9. The tube that leads from the fish's mouth to the stomach is called the _______________.
10. Fish belong to Phylum _____________ and Sub-Phylum _______________________.
11. The organs in the female fish that produces eggs are the _________________.
12. The protective coverings of the gills of fish are called _______________________.
13. Two gases involved in gas exchange in fish are _____________ and ____________________.
14. Two examples of "jawless fish" are the ________________ and the _________________.
15. Three kinds fish that belong to Class Chondrichthyes are the ________________, _________________, and _______________.
16. Vessels that carry blood to the heart are called _______________.
17. One example of a fish that has an adaptation for breathing air after the water in which it lives dries up is the _______________________.
18. Fertilization in most bony fish takes place ______________________.
19. One example of a characteristic in the lamprey that is considered primitive is _____________________.
20. The largest class of fish is ________________.
21. Identify the labeled structures in the drawing below of the ray-finned bony fish: Choose from among the following terms: pelvic fin, gills, stomach, brain, lateral line, swim bladder, heart, anus, dorsal fin, ovary or testis, nerve cord, liver, intestine.
22. The two chambers of a fish's heart are called the ___________ and ______________.
23. Fish moving in schools depend upon a sense organ called the _______________ to avoid collisions.
24. Salt water fish lose water from their body cells by the process of _________________.
25. The first fish to appear in the fossil record was the ________________.
26. The two organs in fish that are involved in maintaining a salt balance are the __________ and the ____________.
27. You are fishing and hang into a really large fish. You notice that it has gray hair and you wonder just how old the fish is. How, since the fish can't talk, could you scientifically determine the true age of the fish? _________________ __________________________________________.
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