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    Fish Coloring

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    1. The document describes the anatomy of a fish, including internal organs like the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and two-chambered heart. The heart pumps blood over the gills to oxygenate it before circulating to the body. 2. Fish scales can indicate the age of a fish based on growth rings, with closer rings showing slower winter growth and wider rings showing faster summer growth. 3. The different fins of a fish have specific functions - dorsal and anal fins help with position, pectoral and pelvic fins aid with steering, and the caudal fin propels the fish forward in a side-to-side motion.

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    1. The document describes the anatomy of a fish, including internal organs like the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and two-chambered heart. The heart pumps blood over the gills to oxygenate it before circulating to the body. 2. Fish scales can indicate the age of a fish based on growth rings, with closer rings showing slower winter growth and wider rings showing faster summer growth. 3. The different fins of a fish have specific functions - dorsal and anal fins help with position, pectoral and pelvic fins aid with steering, and the caudal fin propels the fish forward in a side-to-side motion.

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    1. The document describes the anatomy of a fish, including internal organs like the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and two-chambered heart. The heart pumps blood over the gills to oxygenate it before circulating to the body. 2. Fish scales can indicate the age of a fish based on growth rings, with closer rings showing slower winter growth and wider rings showing faster summer growth. 3. The different fins of a fish have specific functions - dorsal and anal fins help with position, pectoral and pelvic fins aid with steering, and the caudal fin propels the fish forward in a side-to-side motion.

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    Fish Coloring

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    Lýdia Melnová
    1. The document describes the anatomy of a fish, including internal organs like the esophagus, stomach, intestine, and two-chambered heart. The heart pumps blood over the gills to oxygenate it before circulating to the body. 2. Fish scales can indicate the age of a fish based on growth rings, with closer rings showing slower winter growth and wider rings showing faster summer growth. 3. The different fins of a fish have specific functions - dorsal and anal fins help with position, pectoral and pelvic fins aid with steering, and the caudal fin propels the fish forward in a side-to-side motion.

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    Name:_____________________________________________________

    I. Anatomy of a Fish (Coloring)


    Most vertebrates have the same basic body plan when it comes to internal organs. Like other vertebrates, fish
    have an esophagus which leads to the stomach where food is digested and passed to the intestine. Waste
    exits the fish at the anus. Some fish have a swim bladder (4) which can help with flotation. Fish have a two
    chambered heart (8) that is closely associated with the gills (7). The heart pumps blood over the gills where it
    becomes oxygenated and begins its path through the rest of the body, delivering that oxygen before returning
    the heart. This type of circulation is called single-loop circulation. Amphibians, mammals, and birds have
    double-loop circulation, where blood leaves the heart, goes to the lungs, and then returns to the heart before
    being pumped to the body.

    1. Caudal Fin (blue) 7. Gills (red)


    2. Kidney (green) 8. Heart (pink)
    3. Dorsal Fin (yellow) 9. Pelvic Fin (green)
    4. Swim Bladder (blue) 10. Liver (brown)
    5. Esophagus (yellow) 11. Stomach (green)
    6. Operculum (brown) 12. Intestine (dark blue)
    --- Lateral Line System (black) 13. Reproductive Organs (orange)
    << Scales (purple) 14. Anal Fin (pink)
    II. Fish Scales Tell the Age of a Fish
    Look at the image of the fish scale, like a tree, scales show
    rings that indicate periods of growth. Rings that are farther
    apart occur when the fish grows well and there is lots of
    food - in the summer season. Rings that are close together
    occur when the fish does not get much food and grows
    slowly. On the scale you can identify the summer growth
    and the winter growth. (There will be several rings in each).

    The core represents the fish when it was first born, as a fry.
    The rings near the edge are the most recent periods of
    growth.

    Color the summer growth periods green. | Color the


    winter growth periods blue.

    How old is this fish (in years)? ________

    III. Fish Fins Are Used for Swimming


    The fins of the fish are used for swimming but each one has a specific job. The dorsal fin is sometimes split
    into an anterior and posterior dorsal fin. Both are used to help the fish maintain its upright position in the water.
    The anal fin has the same function.

    Pectoral and pelvic fins are used


    for steering and the caudal fin is
    used to propel the fish forward.
    Fish swim in a side-to-side motion.
    Aquatic mammals swim with an up-
    and-down motion, which is
    consistent with their evolutionary
    relationship with land mammals.
    Label each of the fish's fins below
    and color.

    Pelvic Fin (green)


    Pectoral Fin (red)
    Caudal Fin (blue)
    Anal Fin (pink)
    Dorsal Fin (yellow)

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