Aquaculture 2010 practice exam

What term refers to the art, science, and business of producing an aquatic plant or animal?

• agriculture

• agriscience

• agritechnology

• aquaculture

• aquatics

Ancient Egyptian irrigation systems helped to develop the production of what fish?

• Tilapia

• Carp

• Snook

• Red Fish

• Hybrid Bass

Crustaceans possess an exoskeleton make of what polysaccharide?

• Scales

• Skin

• Leather

• Chitin

• Bone

Which structure represents the outer protective covering of a fish gill?

• Gonads

• Peduncle

• Gill Guard

• Operculum

• Gill Raker

What is an anatomical structure of fish that is responsible for the exchange of oxygen with blood?

• Nostril

• Operculum

• Heart

• Gill Filament

• Nares

Which is not an economic consideration for raising tilapia?

• Feed Efficiency

• Cost of Hybrid Fry

• Coloration of Adult Fish

• Market Demand

• Farmgate Price

Select the proper scientific classification of green swordtail fish.

• Poeciliidae

• Cyprinidae

• Cyprinodontidae

• Characidae

• Cichlidae

What is Florida's Lepomis macrochirus known as?

• Black Bass

• Bream/Sun Perch

• Channel Catfish

• Crappie (Speck)

• Google-Eye Perch

Provide the missing reactant in the following photosynthesis equation:

6CO2+?+Energy=C6H12O6+6O2

• Carbon Dioxide

• Glucose

• Oxygen

• Sun Energy

• Water

Select two food fish that are commonly produced by Florida aquaculturists.

• Hybrid Bass & Pompano

• Red Drum & Rainbow Trout

• Tilapia & Hybrid Bass

• Tilapia & Small Mouth Bass

• Steelhead & Sunfish