Aquatics

Question 1

keel of a boat fin

Answer 1

pelvic fin

Question 2

fin that keeps a fish upright

Answer 2

dorsal fin

Question 3

fin that helps with balancing and turning

Answer 3

pectoral fin

Question 4

tail fin

Answer 4

caudal fin

Question 5

fin is found between the pelvic fin & caudal fin

Answer 5

anal fin

Question 6

under the gill cover

Answer 6

gills

Question 7

another name for gill cover

Answer 7

Opercula

Question 8

living things in an ecosystem?

Answer 8

biotic

Question 9

woody debris

Answer 9

detritus

Question 10

dead & decaying animals

Answer 10

carrion

Question 11

top level predator

Answer 11

Tertiary consumer

Question 12

animals that eat plant-eating animals

Answer 12

Secondary consumer

Question 13

animals that eat plants

Answer 13

Primary consumer

Question 14

plants that are eaten by animals

Answer 14

producers

Question 15

darter has large XX marks on it

Answer 15

Tessellated

Question 16

darter green waves on its sides

Answer 16

Greenside

Question 17

darter has green & orange stripes with a blue jaw

Answer 17

Rainbow

Question 18

darter has green & brown stripes

Answer 18

Banded

Question 19

darter has smaller XX on its side

Answer 19

Johnny

Question 20

darter has tiger like stripes from the top down on its side

Answer 20

Logperch

Question 21

fish with olive to golden brown with darker, vertical tiger strips, and a white underside

Answer 21

Yellow Perch

Question 22

fish with a dark spot at the rear edge of its spiny section of its dorsal fin and a white marking on the bottom of its tail fin and ventral fin

Answer 22

Walleye

Question 23

Animals that spend part or all of its life living in water, lack a backbone & can be seen are?

Answer 23

Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

Question 24

a temporary stream that flows when precipitation occurs

Answer 24

Ephemeral streams

Question 25

A stream that is small, steep, fast-flowing, cold, & high dissolved oxygen level

Answer 25

Headwater streams

Question 26

streams that flow during certain times of the year

Answer 26

Intermittent streams

Question 27

Microorganisms like bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and algae

Answer 27

Microbes

Question 28

stream flows all year round

Answer 28

perennial stream

Question 29

Water that falls from the cloud in any form

Answer 29

precipitation

Question 30

Vegetated or forested areas along a stream

Answer 30

Riparian Zone

Question 31

study of how aquatic species interact with living and non-living parts of a stream

Answer 31

Stream ecology

Question 32

measure water cloudiness

Answer 32

Turbidity

Question 33

a stream bed ABOVE the groundwater table

Answer 33

Ephemeral streams

Question 34

streams with their streambeds BELOW the water table

Answer 34

Perennial streams

Question 35

streams flow when the underground provide enough water flow

Answer 35

Intermittent streams

Question 36

Variety of rock sizes & woody debris, silt free gravel bottoms, & mix of riffles, runs, & pools

Answer 36

Diverse habitat

Question 37

stream that starts a river continuum

Answer 37

headwater stream

Question 38

3 types of streams

Answer 38

Ephemeral, Intermittent, & Perennial

Question 39

greyish-blue feathers, band of rust color on chest

Answer 39

Kingfisher

Question 40

non-living things in an ecosystem

Answer 40

abiotic

Question 41

scales on the fish’s side is different than the others

Answer 41

Lateral Line