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Question 1
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Question 2
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What do Terminal, under the snout with long upper jaw, Ventral, and jaws with barbells (feelers) have in common?

Question 3
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Match each scale adaptation to its purpose.

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Small or non-existent scales
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Used for protection; speed not needed to catch food
Bony armored scales
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Fish more streamlined and fast-moving to catch prey
Large scales
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Protection
Question 4
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Match each eye adaptation to its purpose.

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Small eyes
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Uses eyes to see food
Large eyes
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Likely feeds off the bottom and relies on barbells/whiskers to detect food
Eyes on top of head
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Question 7
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Match each color adaptation to its purpose.

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Horizontal or Vertical Stripes
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Swims in open water
Uniform, no markings
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Question 8
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Match each reproductive adaptation to its purpose.

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Egg deposited in bottom
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hidden from predators
Eggs attached to vegetation or rocks
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Question 9
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Match each caudal fin adaptation to its purpose.

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Question 10
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Match each mouth adaptation to its purpose.
Angled upward/longer lower jaw
Feeds throughout the water
Very small mouth
"Vacuums" up food off the bottom; eats aquatic insects, vegetation
Sucker - Shaped
Feeds on prey it sees above it or at surface of water ; small fish, aquatic insects
Very Large mouth
Feeds on other (and bigger) fish
No teeth
Grasps its prey
Duckbill Jaw
spears food
Terminal (at the end of the snout)
Eats Plankton
Sword on front upper jaw
Swallow prey whole, shrimp, crabs, small fish
Strong jaws and well-developed teeth
Eats small food like Zooplankton
Lies flat on bottom of water
Eyes on same side of head
sits on bottom and looks up
Match each body adaptation to its purpose.
Slower Metabolism
Protection from predators
Efficient Enzymes
Can look like a plant or a venomous organism to avoid predators
Extra fat in cell membrane
Attracts mates or prey in darker waters
Non- Venomous and Venomous Spines
Navigation, prey location, and communication. Some can produce strong electric fields to stun potential prey.
Electric Organs
Can poison predators, so predators stay away
Bioluminescence
Help speed up chemical reactions in the body in very cold waters
Poison skin
Less energy needed in very cold waters
Mimicry
Insulation to prevent cells from freezing
Match the body shape to the type of swimmer.
Oval, Long body
hump backed
Oval, very Long, eel like, body
Horse shaped
Box Shaped
Round Body
Horizontal disk, flat from top to bottom
Fusiform, torpedo shaped body
Thin side to side, shorter, disk shaped
Rounder back, flat belly
Triangle shaped
Slow swimmer
Rests on the bottom
Open water swimmer
Fast swimmer/stable in fast water/Agile
Hides in weeds for protection or to ambush prey
Light colored belly
Hides in rocks or on the bottom
Dark on top
Less visible to predators above it, predators have difficulty seeing it from above
Mottled (a lot of pattern)
Less visible to predators below it, predators have difficulty seeing it from below
Protected by adults
Live bearers
Dispersed in high numbers
Egg deposited in nests
Stable until hatching
Floating eggs
Few babies, but high survival rate
Rounded lobed caudal fin
Strong, fast continuous swimmer
Truncated/Straight caudal fin
able to swim in and around cracks and crevices.
Double truncated caudal fin
Fastest swimming fish and maintain a rapid speed for long durations
Lunate/Concave caudal fin
Strong, but slow, swimmers and can do quick burst of speed
Continuous caudal fin with dorsal and pelvic fins
Strong, slow swimmers
Large Torked or Tri-lobe caudal fin
Slow swimmer able to make sharp turns and to move in short bursts very fast from a standstill.
Match each other fin adaptation to its purpose.
Dorsal fin acts like a lure
For protection or to stiffen fins for swimming
Spines on fins
Bottom Dwellers
Wing-like pectoral fins
Open water swimmers
High dorsal fin that covers most of back
Able to provide an upward lift, can jump out of water
Small pelvic fins
Gives superior control in the water, moving forward and backward with a minimum of wasted energy.
Anal fin attached 2/3 length of body and fused with caudal fin
To attract prey
Finlets
a cooling and heating system after or before high-speed bursts.
Strong pectoral fins
To improve swimming speed
Large Pelvic fins
To walk along the bottom of the ocean