Benchmark Review

A. Fish have different kinds of fins so they can swim in the water, walk on land, or even fly through the air. The different types of fins include caudal, dorsal, and pectoral fins.

B. The bodies of fish are specially designed to float and swim in water. Fish use fins to glide or swim quickly. Some fish have bodies that can walk on land and fly through the air.

C. Some fish can swim very fast in the water, like the sailfish who can swim over 50 miles an hour. Other fish can swim easily through a maze of coral like the slender eel.

D. Fish live on the floor of the ocean. They use their fins to move around and gather food because they are too heavy to float in the water like fish with swim bladders.

A. fish living on the ocean floor have large swim bladders

B. sailfish are too fast to catch

C. a fish cannot swim unless it has fins

D. most fish swim at speeds of five to ten miles per hour

F. no fish can travel on land

G. fish only need the tail fin to move through the water

H. not all fish have swim bladders to float and sink in the water

J. sailfish have the largest fins of all sea creatures