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Chapter 4 Living in Water

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduce among themselves to produce fertile offspring.

a)

Mutation

b)

Species

c)

Adaptation

d)

Variation

2.

This is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

a)

Evolution

b)

Graduation

c)

Species

d)

Adaptation

3.

How do adaptations help animals?

a)

To escape animals

b)

to hunt for food

c)

to survive in their habitats

d)

All of these are correct

4.
Which of the following is a physical adaptation for the underlined animal?
a)
A snake unhinges its jaw to eat a rabbit it just caught.
b)
A hognose snake rolls over, slows its breathing, and hangs its tongue out to pretend to be dead.
c)
A herd of buffalo encircle their young to protect them from a pack of wolves.
d)
A dung beetle rolls a piece of dung across the desert.
5.
A trait or behavior that helps organisms survive and reproduce 
a)
multiplication 
b)
revolt
c)
adaptation 
d)
populate 
6.
Which of the following is not a vertebrate group?
a)
Fishes
b)
Birds
c)
Mammals
d)
Arthropods
7.
An animal that produces little internal body heat (cold blood) is called
a)
Ectotherm
b)
Endotherm
c)
Coldy
d)
Regulater
8.
The temperature of an ectotherm animal _________
a)
Depends on the enviroment
b)
it's constant
c)
doesn't exist
9.
Vertebrates that live in water, have scales and obtain oxygen through gills. 
a)
Fishes
b)
Mammals
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
10.
Fish are...
a)
Vertebrates
b)
Invertebrates
11.

Fish breathe using

a)

gills

b)

lungs

c)

antennae

12.
The skeletons of sharks is made of...
a)
Bone
b)
Cartilage
13.

What kind of fish / sea creature is it?

a)

Stingray

b)

shark

c)

sailfish

d)

puffer fish

14.

What kind of fish is it?

a)

Shark

b)

Ray

c)

Sailfish

d)

puffer fish

15.
What do you call a big group of fish that move in the same direction?
a)
Shoals
b)
School
c)
Packs
d)
Bank
16.

The swim bladder helps the fish....

a)

breathe

b)

move underwater

c)

hunt

d)

hide

17.
a)

puffer fish

b)

shark

c)

stingray

d)

flounder

18.

How would someone tell how old a fish is?

a)

By the spots on the fish

b)

By the fins on the fish

c)

By the rings on the scales of the fish

d)

By the rings on the lips of the fish

19.

Osmoregulation is

a)

when water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particulates

b)

a behavioral, structural or physiological trait that increases a species chance of survival in a specific environment

c)

when the body temperature of fish changes as the surrounding water temperature changes

d)

where fish regulate their intake of saltwater or freshwater to keep their fluids, such as blood, from becoming too salty or too dilute.

20.

The organisms that can tolerate wide range of Salinity is called

a)

Eurythermal

b)

Stenohaline

c)

Euryhaline

d)

Stenothermal

21.

What are the fish that can live in freshwater and saltwater?

a)

rainbowfish

b)

flexiblefish

c)

euryhaline fish

d)

aligator

22.

Select all that apply. Fish use their swim bladder

a)

to keep from sinking.

b)

to float or rise in the water.

c)

like a hot air balloon.

d)

to stay suspended in water.

23.
High turbidity means.....
a)
very clear water
b)
neutral pH
c)
very murky or cloudy water
d)
high nitrates
24.
how does increasing nitrates impact stream health
a)
excess algae
b)
increased oxygen
c)
increased water clarity
25.
What is the end result of eutrophication?
a)
More algae
b)
decreased oxygen and fish kills
c)
less turbidity
d)
a new pond
26.
If water temperature goes UP, what happens to the level of Dissolved oxygen?
a)
It goes up
b)
It goes down
27.
Which most likely has the highest number of contaminants in the water?
a)
a water system with moderate turbidity
b)
a water system with high turbidity
c)
a water system with low turbidity
d)
a water system with no turbidity
28.
Why is it important to monitor turbidity levels of a water system?
a)
frogs will destroy fish eggs in murky water
b)
fish are better able to find food in cloudy water
c)
water can only be used for recreation when it is clear
d)
suspended particles diffuse sunlight and absorb too much heat
29.
An example of a non-point solution is 
a)
waste water from leaking pipe
b)
fertilizer runoff from lawns
30.
An example of point source pollution is
a)
trash floating in the ocean
b)
oil spilling from a supertanker
31.
A body of water that has high turbidity is ...
a)
cloudy
b)
clear
32.

You can tell a fish's age by counting the lines on its ________________.

a)

tail

b)

fins

c)

scales

d)

gills

33.

Fish breathe ______________ underwater.

a)

oxygen

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

hydrogen

d)

helium

34.

Fish get oxygen from ______________ in the water and from air mixed with water.

a)

other animals that live

b)

minerals

c)

chemicals

d)

plants that live

35.

________________ a fish that lives part of its life in freshwater and part in saltwater.

a)

Sharks are

b)

Tuna are

c)

Salmon are

d)

Rays are

36.

Fish can swim in schools because of their ___________________________.

a)

lateral lines and sensor lines

b)

sensory system and lacavus lines

c)

lateral lines and sensor system

d)

sensor systematic and lateral lines

37.

This is a special row of sense organs that give fish the ability to hear low-frequency sounds

a)

swim bladder

b)

ears

c)

lateral lines

d)

gills

38.

Special hair-like cells along the lateral line, either free standing or located inside very small fluid canals, are very sensitive to ______________ in the water.

a)

vibrations

b)

light

c)

oxygen

d)

pressure changes

39.

Which of the following is an invertebrate?

a)

Cat

b)

Snail

c)

Goldfish

d)

Humans

40.

What does invertebrate mean?

a)

Animals without a backbone

b)

Animals that change their form

c)

Animals with a backbone

d)

Animals that lay eggs

41.
Is the picture a vertebrate or invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
42.
Arthropods have an outer covering called a(n)_________
a)
endoskeleton
b)
bones
c)
exoskeleton
d)
armor
43.

A series of major changes in an animals body during it's life time is called...

a)

Nymph

b)

Metamorphosis

c)

Larva

d)

Heredity

e)

Pupa

44.

the stage in which the young animal looks just like the adult.

a)

Nymph

b)

Metamorphosis

c)

Larva

d)

Heredity

e)

Pupa

45.
List the correct order of the three stages in an incomplete life cycle. 
a)
egg, nymph, adult
b)
adult, nymph, egg
c)
egg, adult, nymph
d)
nymph, egg, adult
46.
What is Phytoplankton
a)
A microscopic thing that lives in watery places.
b)
a dumb plant
c)
A food source for all animals
d)
something that you eat
47.
T1 - The plankton that are microscopic and plant like are called 
a)
zooplankton 
b)
phytoplankton 
c)
minnows
48.
T1 - The plankton that are animal-like are called
a)
bacteria 
b)
phytoplankton 
c)
zooplankton 
49.
Drifting or weakly swimming organisms suspended in water. Their horizontal position is to a large extent dependent on the mass flow of water rather than on their own swimming efforts.
a)
Phytoplankton
b)
Zooplankton
c)
Plankton
d)
Autotroph
50.
Dinoflagellates can cause __________ which is toxic to fish, shellfish and humans.
a)
Green TIde
b)
Red Tide
c)
Malaria
d)
Algal Bloom
51.

How is a food web different from a food chain?

a)

Food webs contain only producers, not consumers.

b)

Food webs do not include decomposers.

c)

Food webs contain many different, linked food chains.

d)

Food webs exist in aquatic environments; food chains exist in terrestrial environments.

52.
What is the pigment in chloroplasts that performs photosynthesis?
a)
Chlorosynthesis
b)
Chlorophyll
c)
ADP
d)
Electron Transport
53.
The sunlight zone is also known as the __________________________ zone.
a)
hot
b)
bright
c)
happy
d)
euphotic
54.

What is a benefit of being an ectotherm?

a)

Ectotherms are less active in cooler temperatures and have to warm up before they are more active.

b)

Ectotherms are not capable of activity during the winter as they can't warm up enough.

c)

Ectotherms are unable to increase respiration rates to generate internal heat.

d)

They use less of their energy in respiration.

55.

What is a disadvantage of being an ectotherm?

a)

They need to find less food.

b)

They may be able to survive for long periods of time without eating.

c)

They have to have sufficient stores of energy to survive over winter without eating

d)

A greater proportion of the energy obtained from food can be used for growth.

56.

Which is an example of a jawless fish?

a)

lamprey

b)

shark

c)

rays

d)

puffer fish

57.

Which is an example of a cartilaginous fish?

a)

lampreys

b)

hagfish

c)

shark

d)

puffer fish

58.

Which is an example of a bony fish?

a)

shark

b)

ray

c)

lamprey

d)

puffer fish

59.

Select the adaptations aquatic invertebrates use to acquire oxygen.

a)

Small gills along the body or tail.

b)

Little holes along their body to absorb dissolved oxygen from the water.

c)

Breathing tubes they raise from the water into the air.

d)

They carry a small bubble of air underwater with them from the surface.

60.

Select the adaptations plants have for living submerged in water.

a)

Large air spaces or channels running through the leaves, stems and roots.

b)

Floating leaves.

c)

Leaves divided into many deep, narrow segments.

d)

Small holes along the stem.