BIOLOGY Quiz - Perch

Question 1

Spleen

Answer 1

Filters and stores blood

Question 2

Ventrical

Answer 2

Muscular structure that pumbs blood to the gills for oxygen echange

Question 3

Intestines

Answer 3

Digestine of food and absorbtion of nutreints, movement of undigested wate to the anus

Question 4

Swim Bladder

Answer 4

Functions as a orang enabling the fish to maintain its depth without floated upward or sinking (Not found in sharks)

Question 5

Liver

Answer 5

Detoxifies blood and produces bile for fat digestion

Question 6

Atrium

Answer 6

Receives dioxygenated blood from the body and pumps it into the ventrical

Question 7

Ovary

Answer 7

The femal gametes, which are the eggs

Question 8

Pancreas

Answer 8

Enzymes producing stucture of digestion; insulin production

Question 9

Testis

Answer 9

The male gametes of a fish

Question 10

Stomach

Answer 10

Muscular structure that mixes and stores food; food broken down by digestive juices

Question 11

Heart

Answer 11

Pumps blood for animals with gills and single circulation

Question 12

Mouth

Answer 12

Specially adapted mouth that extends to form a large gape; the mouth is then quickly retracted resulting in a suction drawing prey into the mouth

Question 13

Eye

Answer 13

Paired; does not have eyelids

Question 14

Nostrils

Answer 14

Paired; used to sense chemicals in the water; not connected to the throat

Question 15

Gills

Answer 15

Feather-like structures; used to remove oygen from water for repiration

Question 16

Dorsal Fin

Answer 16

Help stabilize the fish

Question 17

1. Cuadal fins
2. Rectoral Fins
3. Anal Fins
4. Pelvic Fins

Answer 17

1. Movent foward
2. Maneuverability
3. Stabilize
4. Maneuverability

Question 18

Perch (Fish) Characteristics

Answer 18

• Fins - Provide movement foward, maneuverability, and stabilization
• Vertibrate - Has backbone
• Uses gills for repiration
• Lives entire life in water

Question 19

What are Perch

Answer 19

Perch are vertibrates in a group called the “rayfinned fishes” because they have rays/spines in there fins. They are the largest group of vertebrates; there is more the 20,000 species of these, which is nearly three times the largest group of vertebrates

Question 20

How are eggs fertilized

Answer 20

Females lay eggs exernally; male spreads gametes (sperm) over them

Question 21

Things to look for in a Male and Female

Answer 21

• Single gonad in female (ovary)
  Paired gonad in male (Testies)
• The testies have a smooth glandular apperearance. The ovary has a granluar apperance (many developing eggs)

Question 22

Operculum

Answer 22

The bony flap that protect the gillls from harm

Question 23

Laterial Line

Answer 23

Specialezed sensory structure for detecting pressure, changes or movement

Question 24

Pylaric Caeca

Answer 24

Food storage and digestion