NAME________________________ DATE_____________ HOUR_____________
FISHES
THE PHYLUM CHORDATA, SUBPHYLUM VERTEBRATA
CLASSES AGNATHA, OSTEICHTHYSE AND CHONDRICHTYSE
READING ASSIGNMENTS |
PAGES |
GENERAL INFORMATION |
469-471 HISTORY OF THE VERTEBRATES |
SPECIFIC TO GROUP |
688-694 AND 699-701 |
QUESTIONS
1. Where do they live? What are examples of their habitat and food source?
2. How are these animals important to humans and the environment?
3. How are these animals unique?
4. How do they support their shape? Do they have a skeleton?
5. How do they get oxygen and get rid of Carbon Dioxide?
6. How do these animals reproduce? What is the life cycle like?
7. What is their nervous system like? Do they have specific sensory structures?
8. What type of circulatory system do these animals have?
9. What is their excretory system like? How do they eliminate the wastes we get rid of as urine?
10. How do these animals digest their food? Do they have a complete digestive system?
11. What are some examples of this group of animals?
12.
What does it mean to be a chordate?
13.
What does it mean to be a vertebrate
14.
How do a fishes gills work?
15.
What is external fertilization?
16.
Describe these Classes of Fishes:
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Agnatha
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Chondrichthyes
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Osteichthyes