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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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Large scales
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Used for protection; speed not needed to catch food
Small or non-existent scales
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Fish more streamlined and fast-moving to catch prey
Bony armored scales
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Protection
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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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Uniform, no markings
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Swims in open water
Mottled (a lot of pattern)
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Question 8
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Match each reproductive adaptation to its purpose.

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Floating eggs
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hidden from predators
Egg deposited in nests
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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.
Very small mouth
Feeds throughout the water
Sucker - Shaped
"Vacuums" up food off the bottom; eats aquatic insects, vegetation
Duckbill Jaw
Feeds on prey it sees above it or at surface of water ; small fish, aquatic insects
Angled upward/longer lower jaw
Feeds on other (and bigger) fish
Terminal (at the end of the snout)
Grasps its prey
No teeth
spears food
Very Large mouth
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.
Extra fat in cell membrane
Protection from predators
Non- Venomous and Venomous Spines
Can look like a plant or a venomous organism to avoid predators
Mimicry
Attracts mates or prey in darker waters
Slower Metabolism
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
Efficient Enzymes
Insulation to prevent cells from freezing
Match the body shape to the type of swimmer.
Oval, Long body
Round Body
hump backed
Horse shaped
Triangle shaped
Oval, very Long, eel like, body
Thin side to side, shorter, disk shaped
Horizontal disk, flat from top to bottom
Rounder back, flat belly
Box Shaped
Fusiform, torpedo shaped body
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
Dark on top
Hides in rocks or on the bottom
Horizontal or Vertical Stripes
Less visible to predators above it, predators have difficulty seeing it from above
Light colored belly
Less visible to predators below it, predators have difficulty seeing it from below
Protected by adults
Eggs attached to vegetation or rocks
Dispersed in high numbers
Egg deposited in bottom
Stable until hatching
Live bearers
Few babies, but high survival rate
Continuous caudal fin with dorsal and pelvic fins
Strong, fast continuous swimmer
Large Torked or Tri-lobe caudal fin
able to swim in and around cracks and crevices.
Lunate/Concave caudal fin
Fastest swimming fish and maintain a rapid speed for long durations
Double truncated caudal fin
Strong, but slow, swimmers and can do quick burst of speed
Truncated/Straight caudal fin
Strong, slow swimmers
Rounded lobed 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.
Large Pelvic fins
For protection or to stiffen fins for swimming
Finlets
Bottom Dwellers
Small pelvic fins
Open water swimmers
Strong pectoral fins
Able to provide an upward lift, can jump out of water
Dorsal fin acts like a lure
Gives superior control in the water, moving forward and backward with a minimum of wasted energy.
High dorsal fin that covers most of back
To attract prey
Wing-like pectoral fins
a cooling and heating system after or before high-speed bursts.
Spines on fins
To improve swimming speed
Anal fin attached 2/3 length of body and fused with caudal fin
To walk along the bottom of the ocean