Adaptations Practice
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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 |
|---|---|---|
Sucker - Shaped | arrow_right_alt | Feeds throughout the water |
No teeth | arrow_right_alt | "Vacuums" up food off the bottom; eats aquatic insects, vegetation |
Very Large mouth | arrow_right_alt | Feeds on prey it sees above it or at surface of water ; small fish, aquatic insects |
Terminal (at the end of the snout) | arrow_right_alt | Feeds on other (and bigger) fish |
Sword on front upper jaw | arrow_right_alt | Grasps its prey |
Duckbill Jaw | arrow_right_alt | spears food |
Strong jaws and well-developed teeth | arrow_right_alt | Eats Plankton |
Very small mouth | arrow_right_alt | Swallow prey whole, shrimp, crabs, small fish |
Angled upward/longer lower 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 |
|---|---|---|
Large scales | arrow_right_alt | Used for protection; speed not needed to catch food |
Small or non-existent scales | arrow_right_alt | Fish more streamlined and fast-moving to catch prey |
Bony armored 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 |
|---|---|---|
Small eyes | arrow_right_alt | Uses eyes to see food |
Eyes on same side of head | 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 top 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 |
Non- Venomous and Venomous Spines | 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. |
Extra fat in cell membrane | 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 |
Mimicry | 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.
- Thin side to side, shorter, disk shaped
- Box Shaped
- Oval, very Long, eel like, body
- Rounder back, flat belly
- Fusiform, torpedo shaped body
- Horse shaped
- Oval, Long body
- Triangle shaped
- hump backed
- Horizontal disk, flat from top to bottom
- Round 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 |
|---|---|---|
Mottled (a lot of pattern) | arrow_right_alt | Swims in open water |
Uniform, no markings | arrow_right_alt | Hides in weeds for protection or to ambush prey |
Horizontal or Vertical Stripes | arrow_right_alt | Hides in rocks or on the bottom |
Dark on top | arrow_right_alt | Less visible to predators above it, predators have difficulty seeing it from above |
Light colored belly | 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 |
|---|---|---|
Floating eggs | 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 |
Live bearers | arrow_right_alt | Stable until hatching |
Egg deposited in bottom | 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 |
|---|---|---|
Truncated/Straight caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Strong, fast continuous swimmer |
Double truncated caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | able to swim in and around cracks and crevices. |
Continuous caudal fin with dorsal and pelvic fins | arrow_right_alt | Fastest swimming fish and maintain a rapid speed for long durations |
Rounded lobed caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Strong, but slow, swimmers and can do quick burst of speed |
Lunate/Concave caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Strong, slow swimmers |
Large Torked or Tri-lobe 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 |
|---|---|---|
Strong pectoral fins | arrow_right_alt | For protection or to stiffen fins for swimming |
Small pelvic fins | arrow_right_alt | Bottom Dwellers |
Anal fin attached 2/3 length of body and fused with caudal fin | arrow_right_alt | Open water swimmers |
Wing-like pectoral fins | arrow_right_alt | Able to provide an upward lift, can jump out of water |
High dorsal fin that covers most of back | arrow_right_alt | Gives superior control in the water, moving forward and backward with a minimum of wasted energy. |
Dorsal fin acts like a lure | arrow_right_alt | To attract prey |
Large Pelvic fins | arrow_right_alt | a cooling and heating system after or before high-speed bursts. |
Finlets | arrow_right_alt | To improve swimming speed |
Spines on fins | arrow_right_alt | To walk along the bottom of the ocean |