Name ______Date ______Per ____
“Finding Nemo” Classification
1. Name the phylum and class that Marlin and Coral (the clownfish) are classified under.
a. Phylum: ______
b. Class: ______
2. What type of organism do Marlin and Coral live within? ______
a. This animal belongs to this phylum: ______
b. The phylum name means: ______
c. Another example of an organism from this phylum would be: ______
3. When Nemo is getting ready to go to school, what type of animal does he get stuck in? ______
a. Name two characteristics of this animal
1.
2.
4. The school teacher is what type of fish? ______
a. Phylum: ______
b. Class: ______
c. Does he have a swim bladder? Yes No
5. The pink animal that ‘inks’ itself is what kind of animal? ______
a. Phylum: ______
6. What special organ helps boney fish float? ______
7. Bruce, Anchor, and Chum are what type of animals? ______
a. Class: ______
b. Bones are made of: ______
c. Do they have a swim bladder? Yes No
d. What does Bruce detect with his special chemoreceptors at the end of his head? ______
8. What kind of animals is Marlin’s joke about? ______and ______
a. Phylum of #1: ______
b. Phylum of #2: ______
9. During the fish tank scene, what kind of animal is:
a. Peach: ______Belongs to phylum: ______
b. Jacques: ______Belongs to phylum: ______
c. Nigel: ______Belongs to class: ______
d. Darla: ______Belongs to class: ______
10. What organ does the school of fish use to move as one group? ______
11. What type of animal is swimming over the trench? ______
a. Phylum: ______
b. Where are the stinging cells located? ______
c. If Dory were human, what could she have done to stop the stinging of her wound? ______
12. What type of animal is Crush? ______
a. Phylum: ______
b. Class: ______
c. How was his son, Squirt, born? ______
13. What kind of animal gives Marlin and Dory an unusual ride to Sydney? ______
a. Class: ______
b. Is example of: Monotreme Marsupial Placental Boney Fish Cartilaginous Fish
c. How does this kind of animal breathe?
d. What does this particular animal eat? ______Belongs to phylum:______
e. What are the 3 categories within this phylum? Circle the answer that the whale’s food belongs in.
i. ______
ii. ______
iii. ______
14. The seagulls and pelicans have what type of egg production? ______
a. Eggs are also similar to what other animal in the movie: ______
b. The reason why the birds can fly is because they have: ______and______
c. Feathers are actually modified ______
d. The reason why the seagulls can keep saying “MINE” over and over again is because birds are the only animals that can: ______
17. Could Nemo really survive in tap water? Yes No
a. Why?
18. If you look closely at Marlin and Nemo, the animators did not include what major organ on these fish?
22. Give 3 examples of animals from the film that are ectothermic:
23. Give 3 examples of animals from the film that are endothermic:
23. Give an example of an animal from the film that display each type of body symmetry:
None: ______Radial: ______Bilateral: ______