All About Fish
Fishy Vocabulary
Fish- a cold-blooded animal that lives in water and has scales, fins, and gills.
water-the colorless liquid that falls as rain and fills oceans, rivers, and lakes.
swim-to move through the water using the arms and legs or the fins, flippers, or tail.
air-the invisible mixture of gases around you that you need to breathe.
most- greatest in number
animals-any living creature that can breathe and move about.
groups-a number of things that go together or are alike in some way.
scales-one of the small pieces of hard skin that cover the body of fish, snake, or other reptile.
oxygen-a colorless gas found in the air.
ocean-The entire body of salt water that covers about 71% of the earth's surface.
cage-coloring or covering that makes animals, people, and objects look like their surroundings.
habitats-the place and natural conditions in which a plant or animal lives.
rivers-a large natural stream of fresh water that flows into a lake or ocean.
vertebrate-any animal that has a backbone.
gills-the organ of a fish's side through which it breathes.
fins-a part on the body of a fish shaped like a flap that is used for moving and steering throught he water.
cold-blooded-animals have body temperatures that change according to the temperature of their surroundings. (fish and snakes are cold-blooded)
warm-blooded-animals have a body temperature that remains approximately the same, whatever their surroundings. (birds and mammals, including humans are warm-blooded).