Activity 8A Science: Order and Design Sections 8.1-8.2
Across
- 4. regulating body temperature by external means
- 7. The largest carnivorous fish
- 9. kills the prey with an electric charge generated by special organs located behind each eye
- 10. bony overlapping plates protruding from a fish's skin
- 11. largest known fish
- 12. gill cover
- 13. a system of nerve endings that extend over a fish's head and sides
- 14. shark scales
- 17. w-shaped bands of muscles
Down
- 1. laying large quantities of eggs in the water
- 2. a sawfish's nose
- 3. protective case in which some sharks and skates lay their eggs
- 5. long-nosed oviparous rays
- 6. general term for cartilaginous fish with flattened bodies
- 8. paired holes through which sharks and rays inhale
- 15. large gas-filled organ that allows bony fish to stay suspended in any depth of water
- 16. group containing ratfish, spookfish, and elephant fish