What are Fish?Read each slide

Look at each picture.

Answer each question.

Fish are slim animals that live in the water.

Most fish are covered with tiny protective plates called

scales.

A scale from a fish can tell you how old the fish is.

Can you count the rings?

Most fish have a bony skeleton

and a backbone.

Fish are cold-blooded.

Cold-blooded

animals can

not control

their body

temperature.

Fish breathe through gills.

Gills are rows of feathery brushes on each side of the

head.

Fish have fins for swimming.

Fish have a swim bladder that holds air and helps them

float.

Some fish make sounds with their swim bladder so they can communicate or talk

with other fish,

like the drum fish

and the catfish.

There are more than 21,000 types of fish.

Fish travel with other fish in schools.

The pygmy goby is the smallest fish.

The whale shark is the largest.

Sharks are the most feared fish in the world.

A shark’s most dangerous weapons are its teeth.

FISH

QUIZ

1. What protects a fish? _____________

2. What does it mean to be cold-blooded?

______________________________

3. How do fish get air? ______________

4. How can you tell how old a fish is?

______________________________

5. Which fish is the smallest? _________