| 1. We all know that fish travel in schools, | | | | up answer if we hadn't researched it |
| but do you know some other plural fishey | | | | ourselves!6. Just how much hot water can fish |
| names? | | | | take? |
| | | | |
| A. Clutch | | | | A. Pot boilers in Ecuador survive in hot |
| | | | springs approaching 200 degrees Fahrenheit |
| B. Shoal | | | | |
| | | | B. Desert pupfish found in hot springs of |
| C. Draft | | | | western North America live in temperatures |
| | | | higher than 100 degrees Fahrenheit |
| D. Wave | | | | |
| | | | C. Some fresh-water fish can take |
| E. All of the above | | | | temperatures up to 80 degrees Fahrenheit |
| | | | without difficulty |
| F. None of the above | | | | |
| | | | D. Anything over 60 degrees Fahrenheit |
| G. B and C | | | | causes distressB. Desert pupfish found in hot |
| | | | springs of western North America live in |
| | | | temperatures higher than 100 degrees |
| | | | Fahrenheit |
| G. B and C | | | | |
| | | | TBD: We know we couldn't live in those |
| TBD: It should have been wave though, don't | | | | springs without cooking!7. How high can a |
| you think?2. Can you name the phobia that | | | | flying fish fly? |
| means a fear of fish? | | | | |
| | | | A. 6 feet |
| A. Ichthyophobia | | | | |
| | | | B. 36 feet |
| B. Limnophobia | | | | |
| | | | C. 60 feet |
| C. Entomophobia | | | | |
| | | | D. 360 feetB. 36 feet |
| D. PantophobiaA. Ichthyophobia | | | | |
| | | | TBD: Their flight may consist of several |
| TBD: If you have a fear of lakes you suffer | | | | glides, in which they repeatedly return to |
| from limnophobia, of insects you have | | | | the surface of the water long enough to renew |
| entomophobia, and of everything its | | | | their propelling power. They rise to a |
| pantophobia.3. How do fish hear? | | | | maximum of about 36 feet into the air and |
| | | | glide as far as 200 yards.8. Just how fast |
| A. They don't | | | | can a fish swim? |
| | | | |
| B. Through sound vibrations reverberating | | | | A. Never over 40 mph |
| through the bones of their skull | | | | |
| | | | B. Barely 50 mph |
| C. Through their gills | | | | |
| | | | C. About 60 mph |
| D. Through their finsB. Through sound | | | | |
| vibrations reverberating through the bones of | | | | D. Over 70 mphD. Over 70 mph |
| their skull | | | | |
| | | | TBD: The fastest-swimming fish are the |
| TBD: Fish hear without the aid of external | | | | billfish and the tunas. One billfish, the |
| ears. Sound vibrations reverberate through | | | | sailfish, can swim in bursts of speed over 70 |
| the bones of the skull to an internal ear. | | | | mph.9. Known as one of the fastest fish, |
| Fish also possess unique sensory organs | | | | tunas are also built for long-distance |
| called lateral lines. These canals along the | | | | endurance. How far do tuna migrate? |
| sides of the fish can sense vibrations and, | | | | |
| in some species, weak electrical fields.4. | | | | A. 7700 miles |
| What do you call a baby fish? | | | | |
| | | | B. 770 miles |
| A. A guppy | | | | |
| | | | C. 77 miles |
| B. A fry | | | | |
| | | | D. 7 milesA. 7700 miles |
| C. A minnow | | | | |
| | | | TBD: Swimming as fast as 30 mph, they |
| D. A baby fishB. A fry | | | | migrate as far as 7700 miles in only four |
| | | | months.10. What are the biggest fish? |
| TBD: We guess that's where the expression | | | | |
| "small fry" came from!5. How do Anarctic | | | | A. Whales |
| icefish survive in freezing water? | | | | |
| | | | B. Whale sharks |
| A. Special antifreeze chemicals in their | | | | |
| blood | | | | C. Great white sharks |
| | | | |
| B. Extra layers of fat which earned them the | | | | D. LeviathansB. Whale sharks |
| nickname "Puffy Fish" | | | | |
| | | | TBD: Whale sharks can reach 40 feet in |
| C. Constant high level of motion to keep | | | | length. Yes, whales are bigger, but they are |
| blood circulating | | | | not fish. Fish are cold-blooded and breathe |
| | | | underwater using gills; whales, on the other |
| D. There is no such fishA. Special | | | | hand, maintain a warm and constant body |
| antifreeze chemicals in their blood | | | | temperature.You can enjoy more trivia created |
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