Invasive Fish

Which invasive species is this?

• Eel
• Northern snakehead
• Sea Lamprey 
• Giant snakehead

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How did this invasive species end up in the Great Lakes

• St. Lawrence Seaway
• Mississippi river
• Were intentionally released
• It's not in the Great Lakes

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The spiny water flea is an invasive species in the Great Lakes, why are they a problem?

• They are eating up food and resources for native  species
• They have no natural predators
• Native fish cannot swallow them because of their spines
• All of these

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How did the zebra mussels end up in the Great Lakes?

• In ballast tanks of ships
• They were intentionally released
• They have always been in the Great Lakes
• That's not a zebra mussel

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How did the round gobi get into the Great Lakes?

• Through the Mississippi river

• They were intentionally released

• In the ballast tanks of ships

• They came on their own

These invasive species are actually a large minnow and are being kept out of Lake Michigan by underwater electric barriers

• Rusty Crayfish
• Round Gobi
• Lion fish 
• Asian Carp

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A species that is not native to an area is called: 

• Native Species
• Natural Species
• Invasive Species
• Symbiotic Species

This invasive species came over in boats from Europe in the 1980's.  They harm native fish, clog pipes and ruin beaches.  

• Sea Lamprey
• Zebra Mussel
• Asian Carp
• Feral Swine

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The Asian Carp is causing what type of damage/risks to native animals?

• A.  It is eating the food of the native fish.
• B.  It is jumping out of the water, injuring boaters.
• C.  It destroys crops and clogs pipes.
• D.  Both answers A and B are correct.

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The sea lamprey is a risk to native fish because:

• It attaches to the body and sucks the blood from the fish. 
• It eats the alage the fish need.
• It is ruining beaches.
• The lamprey causes no risk to native fish. 

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