Glencoe Biology

Section 2: Diversity of Today's Fishes

Self-Check Quizzes

1
____ are jawless fishes that lack paired fins or a bony skeleton.
A)Lampreys
B)Sharks
C)Skates
D)Coelacanths
2
What does this cladogram represent?

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A)possible phylogeny of tetrapods
B)possible phylogeny of fishes
C)evolution of invertebrates
D)genetic links between fishes
3
The fins of ____ fishes have muscular lobes and joints similar to land vertebrates.
A)coelacanth
B)ray-finned
C)tetrapod
D)lobe-finned
4
Fish population can be affected by changes in water quality caused by ____.
A)adaptation
B)evolution
C)migration
D)pollution
5
Why is the Devonian Period referred to as the Age of Fishes?
A)Evolutionary adaptations occurred in fishes.
B)Fishes became extinct.
C)Evolutionary adaptations stopped in fishes.
D)No other lifeforms existed besides fishes.
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