| afterbirth |
any birth membrane that is discarded
into the sea |
| bait |
a trap that is used to lure fish
and sharks |
| benthic |
the bottom of the sea |
| bioluminescence |
the production of light by living
things |
| bony fish |
is used when you mean that the skeleton
of the fish is rather very bony |
| camouflage |
the way in which an animal blends
in where they are |
| cannibalism |
animals eating others that is their
own kind |
| cartilage |
a strong, but flexible material in
sharks that makes up their skeleton |
| catshark |
the common name given to a group
of sharks that are known for their whiskers |
| clasper |
the male sexual organs in sharks |
| dorsal fin |
the tall triangular fin on the shark's
back
When there are two dorsal fins the front, one is bigger than
the back one. |
| egg case |
the leathery covering around a unborn
shark |
| embryo |
an unborn animal |
| extinct |
when a species is no longer living |
| feeding frenzy |
when sharks go crazy, biting anything
around them;
when they smell blood or there is lots of food in the water |
| filter-feeder |
animals that filter water through
their gill rakers to get small particles of food |
| fins |
when sharks and others swim they
balance on a part of their bodies which is called the fins |
| fish |
an animal that lives in the water
and has gills |
| fish ball |
a ball a school of fish makes when
they are attacked |
| fossil |
any print of an ancient animal that
is formed into a rock |
| gestation |
a period of time between life and
birth |
| gill arch |
a part of the skeleton that is holding
up or supporting the gills |
| gill rakers |
the part of the sharks mouth that filters out
plankton |
| gills |
a part of their body that takes the
oxygen from the water allowing fish to breathe |
| gill slit |
slits on the side of their head -
When a shark opens its mouth, water goes in through their mouth
and out through the gill slits |
| gut |
a long tube in the sharks body that
food goes through to get to the stomach; the intestine |
| jawless fish |
fish with sucker like mouths instead
of jaws and teeth |
| krill |
very small shrimp-like creatures
that swim in schools |
| ligament |
a band of tissue that connects the
joints together |
| luminous |
giving out a shine of light |
| parasite |
a small organism that lives on another
animal |
| pectoral fins |
large fins on the bottom front side
of the shark |
| plankton |
tiny water organisms that drift in
the water |
| pup |
a baby shark |
| remora |
a animal that sucks on a shark and
rides along with the shark |
| scavenger |
an animal that feeds on other dead
animals |
| school |
a group of the same kind of fish
that are swimming together |
| serrated |
very sharp teeth having sawlike notches
along the edges |
| skeleton |
all the bones that support the tissues
and protect the organs of an animal |
| species |
a group of animals that mate together
successfully; a naming classification |
| streamlined |
having a body that can move easily
through the water |
| yolk sac |
where the embryo develops |
| zoo plankton |
the mass of a tiny animal and plant
that live in the ocean |
