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Bio II Honors
Fish Test Study Guide
Written Exam—Multiple Choice and True/False
1. Know the major categories of fish.
2. Know the various classes of fish and their representative species.
3. What does the notochord become in fish?
4. Define fish.
5. What is the scientific term for jawless fish?
6. How many species of sharks and rays are there?
7. What subclass does the dogfish shark belong to?
8. What is the structure that aids in the copulation of dogfish?
9. How many gill slits in the dogfish shark?
10. What is the function of the lateral line system?
11. Know the types of development of sharks.
12. What is an operculum?
13. What tail type do sharks have? Perch?
14. Know the scale types and what they look like.
15. What is the difference between a myomere and a myosepta?
16. What are the vertical and horizontal septa of a fish?
17. Why is red muscle red?
18. What is the best tail shape for swimming fast?
19. What is the function of the swim bladder?
20. Know gill structure.
21. What is larger gill size often correlated with?
22. Know the meaning of Osteichthyes and Chondricthyes.
23. What are some characteristics shared by all cartilaginous fish?
24. What senses are used by sharks to locate prey?
25. What are the various fish fins and what is their function in propulsion?
26. The two major bony fish groups are?
27. Understand the function counter current blood flow through the gills.
28. What is the physics idea that helps to make sense of the operculum as it relates to
fish respiration?
29. What organs make up the excretory system of the fish?
30. How is an endoskeleton an advantageous trait?
31. What traits can be found in all vertebrates?
32. What type of fishes were the ancestors of amphibians?
33. Why do land animals have stronger bones than aquatic animals?
34. How are swim bladders attached in modern fish? Primitive fish?
35. What type of fishes were the first vertebrates to evolve?
36. Do marine fish have any issues maintaining their internal homeostasis?
37. How do fish fill their swim bladders?
Written Exam—Short Answer/Essay
38. What are the four chordate characteristics?
39. How can the hagfish tear flesh if it has no jaws?
40. What are the types of development of sharks?
41. What is white muscle in fish used for?
42. What are some examples of fish without swim bladders?
43. What are two differences between the first fishes and modern bony fishes?
44. If there is prey buried in the gravel of a shark’s tank list two senses that it may use
to find the prey.
45. Why is laying large numbers of eggs an adaptation in some fish?
There will be 40 multiple choice worth one point each.
There will be 10 true/false worth one point each.
There will be 8 short answer/essay worth a total of 21 points.
TEST TOTAL IS 71 POINTS.
Lab Practical
1. Know the scientific name of the shark.
2. How many pups do dogfish usually have?
3. When do female dogfish shark reach maturity?
4. Know the external shark structures.
5. Know the scale types.
6. Know gill structure.
7. Know the major internal organs of the dogfish shark.
8. Know the functions of the organs mentioned in the dogfish lab questions.
9. How can male and female dogfish be differentiated?
10. Know the muscle figure in the dogfish shark lab packet. Pay particular attention to
the ones mentioned in the list of organs and structures to know.
There are 10 stations with 27 questions, each worth 1 point.
THE TOTAL OF THE TWO TESTS WILL BE 98 POINTS.