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Aquatic Science Exam # 3

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following chemicals are likely to keep trout from surviving in a stream or lake? a. nitrogen  d.  oxygen b. chlorine  e.  carbon dioxide c. mercury  
a)
nitrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
plankton
2.
Fish only live in saltwater
a)
True
b)
False
3.

Most fish have what covering their bodies

a)

Scales

b)

Gills

c)

Skin

d)

Feathers

4.

An animal that lives in water and has scales, fins, and gills.

a)

fish

b)

mammal

c)

insect

d)

amphibian

5.

Fish breathe using

a)

gills

b)

lungs

c)

antennae

6.

How does a fish breathe?

a)

Maple Syrup

b)

Oxygen

c)

Water passes over the gills

d)

Water passes over the gills, oxygen added

7.
What type of respiration requires oxygen?
a)
Aerobic
b)
Anaerobic
8.

What of these animals is NOT a fish?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

What part of the fish is #4?

a)

swim bladder

b)

stomach

c)

intestine

d)

liver

10.

What part of the fish is #2?

a)

stomach

b)

swim bladder

c)

heart

d)

operculum

11.

What part of the fish is #12?

a)

heart

b)

intestine

c)

stomach

d)

reproductive organ

12.

What part of the fish is #12?

a)

heart

b)

intestine

c)

stomach

d)

reproductive organ

13.

What part of the fish is #8?

a)

heart

b)

stomach

c)

liver

d)

intestine

14.

What part of the fish is #7?

a)

operculum

b)

gills

c)

stomach

d)

swim bladder

15.
What kind of fish / sea creature is it?
a)
A RAY
b)
A REY
c)
A RAEY
16.
What kind of fish / sea creature is it?
a)
A DOLPHIN
b)
A DELPHIN
c)
A DOLFIN
d)
A DELFIN
17.

What is the name of the fin at number 3

a)

Pectoral

b)

Dorsal

c)

Caudal

d)

Anal Fin

18.

What is the name of the fin at number 1

a)

Anal

b)

Dorsal

c)

Pelvic

d)

Pectoral

19.

What is the name of the fin at number 5?

a)

Anal

b)

Pectoral

c)

Caudal

d)

Dorsal

20.

Which letter represents the fish heart?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

A

d)

D

21.

What percent of water on Earth is fresh water?

a)

3%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

97%

22.

How does water temperature affect oxygen amount in it?

a)

Cold water floats

b)

Liquid water turns to gas

c)

Cold water holds more oxygen

d)

Oxygen is vital for life

23.
a small narrow river
a)
stream
b)
lake
c)
pond
24.
Which of the following is the best definition for estuary?
a)
Narrow band of coastline that exists between high and low tide.
b)
Areas along the coast where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.
c)
Flowing fresh water containing rapids.
d)
Freshwater aquatic areas that are saturated by water for at least part of the year.
25.
Estuary water should have 
a)
less salt than the ocean
b)
more salt than the ocean
c)
no salt
26.
Aquatic biomes cover roughly how much of the Earth's surface
a)
10%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
27.

What is groundwater?

a)

Water absorbed by plants and released slowly into waterways

b)

Water that flows over the land

c)

Water that soaks into the ground

d)

Water frozen in glaciers, snowpacks, and polar ice caps

28.

Where does water go when it goes down the drain?

a)

To treatment plants for processing and back to environment.

b)

To pick up air pollution, forming acid rain

c)

To water treatment plants, then through pipes to our taps

d)

Into streams, lakes, wetlands, bays and estuaries

29.
What type of water does coral prefer?
a)
Warm
b)
Cold
30.

Coral secrete _______________ that creates the structure of the coral reef.

a)

Sediments

b)

Staghorn

c)

Calcium carbonate

d)

Sodium carbonate

31.

The body form of coral is known as

a)

Medusa

b)

Staghorn

c)

Polyp

d)

Both polyp and medusa

32.

What is one big threat to coral reefs?

a)

sharks

b)

pollution

c)

turtles

33.

... have a larger lagoon, or area of water, between the reef and the shore.

a)

barrier reefs

b)

atolls

c)

fringing reefs

d)

lagoon reefs

34.
What type of symmetry do sponges (Porifera) have?
a)
asymmetrical
b)
radial
c)
bilateral 
d)
medial
35.
Water enters sponges through the ______.
a)
ostia/ostium
b)
oscula/osculum
36.
A large stinging cell that is found in all cnidarians is
a)
cnidoblast
b)
enteron
c)
colloblast 
d)
statocyst
37.
All Cnidarians have _____, but no _____.
a)
stinging cells, tissue cells
b)
organs, tissue
c)
tissues, organs
d)
tissue, stinging cells
38.
Identify the following Cnidarian design 
a)
syphozoa
b)
medusa
c)
polyp
d)
enteron
39.
The venom that is stored in the cnidoblasts is delivered through the
a)
operculum
b)
enteron
c)
mesogea
d)
nematocysts
40.
All cnidarians reproduce....
a)
sexually 
b)
asexually
41.
Polyps are ______, while medusa are ______. 
a)
sessile, motile
b)
motile, sessile
c)
both motile and sessile, just motile
42.
What are the two types of corals?
a)
plant/animal
b)
polyp/medusa
c)
fringing/barrier
d)
hard/soft
43.

Which of these is a true statement about jellyfish?

a)

a. They swim by pumping their powerful tentacles

b)

b. They propel themselves with jet-like streams of water

c)

c. They swim in much the same way that fish do

d)

d. They mainly drift on ocean currents

44.
What do jellyfish eat?
a)
A big Mac from McDonalds
b)
Whatever their mom cooks
c)
Zooplankton
d)
sharks
45.
How do jelly fish trap their food?
a)
with a net
b)
in a box
c)
with their tentacles
d)
with their jaws
46.
How do jelly fish attract their food?
a)
with their hand shakes
b)
with their jokes
c)
with their smile
d)
With their glowing tentacles
47.

What are some characteristics?-Select All correct answers?

a)

Glow In the Dark

b)

No Brains

c)

No heart

d)

Can survive without eating

48.

How many Bones do Jellyfish Have?

a)

Two

b)

Nine

c)

None

d)

One

49.

What would be a good title for this reading passage?

a)

"The Sea Anemone's Diet"

b)

"The Anemone's Habitat"

c)

"Interesting Facts and Details about the Sea Anemone"

d)

"Indigenous Animals of the Sea"

50.

Which paragraph explains the eating habits of the sea anemone?

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

not mentioned in passage

51.

Locate the statement below that is a fact.

a)

The sea anemone is a colorful ocean plant.

b)

The sea anemone is a nocturnal animal.

c)

The sea anemone has short legs.

d)

The sea anemone attaches itself to rocks and other firm surfaces.

52.

In this passage, the word predatory means...

a)

prays often.

b)

using one's nose to locate things.

c)

digging in the ocean floor.

d)

killing for food.

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