Adaptations Practice
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Last updated over 2 years ago
10 questions
Required
9
Match each mouth adaptation to its purpose.
Match each mouth adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Strong jaws and well-developed teeth | arrow_right_alt | Feeds throughout the water |
Terminal (at the end of the snout) | arrow_right_alt | "Vacuums" up food off the bottom; eats aquatic insects, vegetation |
Angled upward/longer lower jaw | arrow_right_alt | Feeds on prey it sees above it or at surface of water ; small fish, aquatic insects |
Sucker - Shaped | arrow_right_alt | Feeds on other (and bigger) fish |
Sword on front upper jaw | arrow_right_alt | Grasps its prey |
No teeth | arrow_right_alt | spears food |
Very Large mouth | arrow_right_alt | Eats Plankton |
Very small mouth | arrow_right_alt | Swallow prey whole, shrimp, crabs, small fish |
Duckbill Jaw | arrow_right_alt | Eats small food like Zooplankton |
1
What do Terminal, under the snout with long upper jaw, Ventral, and jaws with barbells (feelers) have in common?
What do Terminal, under the snout with long upper jaw, Ventral, and jaws with barbells (feelers) have in common?
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3
Match each scale adaptation to its purpose.
Match each scale adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Small or non-existent scales | arrow_right_alt | Used for protection; speed not needed to catch food |
Bony armored scales | arrow_right_alt | Fish more streamlined and fast-moving to catch prey |
Large scales | arrow_right_alt | Protection |
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4
Match each eye adaptation to its purpose.
Match each eye adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Eyes on top of head | arrow_right_alt | Uses eyes to see food |
Small eyes | arrow_right_alt | Likely feeds off the bottom and relies on barbells/whiskers to detect food |
Large eyes | arrow_right_alt | Lies flat on bottom of water |
Eyes on same side of head | arrow_right_alt | sits on bottom and looks up |
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8
Match each body adaptation to its purpose.
Match each body adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Bioluminescence | arrow_right_alt | Protection from predators |
Mimicry | arrow_right_alt | Can look like a plant or a venomous organism to avoid predators |
Slower Metabolism | arrow_right_alt | Attracts mates or prey in darker waters |
Efficient Enzymes | arrow_right_alt | Navigation, prey location, and communication. Some can produce strong electric fields to stun potential prey. |
Non- Venomous and Venomous Spines | arrow_right_alt | Can poison predators, so predators stay away |
Electric Organs | arrow_right_alt | Help speed up chemical reactions in the body in very cold waters |
Poison skin | arrow_right_alt | Less energy needed in very cold waters |
Extra fat in cell membrane | arrow_right_alt | Insulation to prevent cells from freezing |
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5
Match the body shape to the type of swimmer.
Match the body shape to the type of swimmer.
- hump backed
- Thin side to side, shorter, disk shaped
- Oval, Long body
- Fusiform, torpedo shaped body
- Horse shaped
- Horizontal disk, flat from top to bottom
- Round Body
- Rounder back, flat belly
- Triangle shaped
- Box Shaped
- Oval, very Long, eel like, body
- Slow swimmer
- Rests on the bottom
- Open water swimmer
- Fast swimmer/stable in fast water/Agile
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5
Match each color adaptation to its purpose.
Match each color adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Dark on top | arrow_right_alt | Swims in open water |
Horizontal or Vertical Stripes | arrow_right_alt | Hides in weeds for protection or to ambush prey |
Light colored belly | arrow_right_alt | Hides in rocks or on the bottom |
Uniform, no markings | arrow_right_alt | Less visible to predators above it, predators have difficulty seeing it from above |
Mottled (a lot of pattern) | arrow_right_alt | Less visible to predators below it, predators have difficulty seeing it from below |
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5
Match each reproductive adaptation to its purpose.
Match each reproductive adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Live bearers | arrow_right_alt | hidden from predators |
Eggs attached to vegetation or rocks | arrow_right_alt | Protected by adults |
Egg deposited in nests | arrow_right_alt | Dispersed in high numbers |
Egg deposited in bottom | arrow_right_alt | Stable until hatching |
Floating eggs | arrow_right_alt | Few babies, but high survival rate |
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6
Match each caudal fin adaptation to its purpose.
Match each caudal fin adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Continuous caudal fin with dorsal and pelvic fins | arrow_right_alt | Strong, fast continuous swimmer |
Lunate/Concave caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | able to swim in and around cracks and crevices. |
Double truncated caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Fastest swimming fish and maintain a rapid speed for long durations |
Large Torked or Tri-lobe caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Strong, but slow, swimmers and can do quick burst of speed |
Truncated/Straight caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Strong, slow swimmers |
Rounded lobed caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Slow swimmer able to make sharp turns and to move in short bursts very fast from a standstill. |
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9
Match each other fin adaptation to its purpose.
Match each other fin adaptation to its purpose.
| Draggable item | arrow_right_alt | Corresponding Item |
|---|---|---|
Large Pelvic fins | arrow_right_alt | For protection or to stiffen fins for swimming |
Anal fin attached 2/3 length of body and fused with caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Bottom Dwellers |
Spines on fins | arrow_right_alt | Open water swimmers |
Wing-like pectoral fins | arrow_right_alt | Able to provide an upward lift, can jump out of water |
Finlets | arrow_right_alt | Gives superior control in the water, moving forward and backward with a minimum of wasted energy. |
Small pelvic fins | arrow_right_alt | To attract prey |
High dorsal fin that covers most of back | arrow_right_alt | a cooling and heating system after or before high-speed bursts. |
Strong pectoral fins | arrow_right_alt | To improve swimming speed |
Dorsal fin acts like a lure | arrow_right_alt | To walk along the bottom of the ocean |