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Envirothon-Aquatics

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Narrow strips of land that border streams, rivers, or bodies of water.

a)

Riparian

b)

Water Buffer

c)

Aquatic Transition Area ATA

2.

What is this aquatic insect?

a)

Crayfish

b)

Mayfly

c)

Stonefly

d)

Caddisfly

3.

What is this aquatic animal

a)

Mayfly

b)

Stonefly

c)

Caddisfly

d)

Rockfly

4.

What are wetlands?

a)

areas of land that are flooded at least part of the year

b)

the ocean

c)

lakes

d)

estuaries

5.

What is NOT an important feature of a wetland?

a)

Prevents flooding

b)

Provides habitat for organisms

c)

Prevents wildfires

d)

Filters and purifies water

6.

Salinity refers to

a)

how many plants are in the water

b)

how many organisms live in the water

c)

how much salt in is water

7.
An area in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water from the ocean
a)
Mangrove Swamp
b)
Estuary
c)
Marshes
d)
Wetland
8.
The bottom region of oceans and bodies of fresh water is 
a)
Benthos
b)
Benthic Zone
c)
Limnetic Zone
d)
Nekton
9.
Two factors that determine where an organism lives in aquatic ecosystem are 
a)
Temperature and sunlight
b)
Neighbors and housing prices
c)
Fish and wildlife
d)
Darkness and tree height
10.

An increase in the amount of nutrients in an aquatic ecosystem can lead to...

a)

Eutrophication

b)

Zootrophication

c)

Overfishing

d)

Swamping

11.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
12.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
13.
Which is the opposite of condensation?
a)
runoff
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
14.
Why aren't plants able to survive below a depth of 200 meters?
a)
It is too cold down there
b)
There is no sunlight at that depth
c)
The plants cannot anchor themselves in the shifting sands.
d)
The water pressure is too great
15.

Why are lakes and rivers more sensitive to pollution that the oceans?

a)

because more people use the lakes and rivers

b)

because people litter in the rivers and lakes all of the time

c)

because lakes and rivers are smaller

d)

because oceans are smaller than rivers

16.

How much of Earth's water is fresh water?

a)

97%

b)

10%

c)

3%

d)

18%

17.
Eutrophic lakes are characterized by...
a)
low nutrients, low oxygen
b)
low nutrients, high oxygen
c)
high nutrients, low oxygen
d)
high nutrients, high oxygen
18.
Which zone contains the most life in a lake or pond?
a)
Littoral zone around the shoreline
b)
Profundal zone in the deep and dark
c)
Benthic zone in the sediment
d)
Limnetic zone in the open lake as far as light reaches
19.
Which of the following actions is an example of how humans affect wetlands?
a)
draining a wetland to create farmland
b)
clearing a wetland to build a housing development
c)
using a wetland as a landfill
d)
all of the above
20.
What is the difference between swamps and marshes?
a)
marshes attract birds, swamps attract amphibians
b)
marshes are freshwater, swamps are saltwater
c)
marshes contain non-woody plants, swamps contain woody plants
d)
marshes are mostly in the southeast U.S., swamps in the northeast U.S.
21.
This lake zone suffers from a lack of light and has limited photosynthesis:
a)
Littoral
b)
Benthic
c)
Profundal
d)
Limnetic
22.

Measured in milligrams per liter (mg/L) or parts per million (ppm), D.O. stands for

a)

dissolved oligotrophs

b)

distended oxygen

c)

done over

d)

dissolved oxygen

23.
How do benthic macroinvertebrates indicate water quality?
a)
If pollution-intolerant organisms are found, quality is good.
b)
If pollution-intolerant organisms not found, water is poor.
c)
If pollution-tolerant organisms are found, quality is good.
d)
If any of these are found, water is of poor quality.
24.

The presence of only pollution tolerant macroinvertebrates like aquatic worms and black fly larva indicates

a)

good quality water

b)

poor quality water

c)

fair quality water

d)

swimming pool water

25.

The presence of a pollution intolerant macroinvertebrate like a water penny indicates

a)

good quality water

b)

poor quality water

c)

fair quality water

d)

a polluted pond

26.
Discharge entering a stream at a specific, detectable point such as a pipe or outfall.
a)
Point source pollution
b)
Non-point source pollution
c)
Fog
d)
Riparian
27.

If excessive amounts of hot water are discharged into a lake, the immediate result will most likely be...

a)

an increase in sewage content

b)

a decrease in the amount of dissolved oxygen in the lake

c)

an increase of mercury in the lake

d)

a decrease in nitrates

28.
What is turbidity a measure of?
a)
Photosynthesis in water.
b)
Change in biological activity.
c)
Cloudiness of water.
d)
Solubility of atmospheric gases in water.
29.
Wetlands have high species diversity.
a)
false
b)
true
30.

A lake ecosystem is termed “phosphorous limited” if:

a)

adding nitrogen to the lake causes increased phytoplankton growth

b)

adding phosphorus to the lake causes increased phytoplankton growth

c)

adding nitrogen to the lake causes decreased phytoplankton growth

d)

adding phosphorus to the lake causes decreased phytoplankton growth

e)

adding phosphorus to the lake causes no change in phytoplankton growth

31.

Pacific salmon (Onchorhyncus spp.) are an example of the “anadromy” life history because they do which of the following:

a)

fish spend most of their lives in freshwater and then migrate to the sea for breeding

b)

fish spawn in freshwater but juveniles drift back to the ocean where adults spend most of their lives

c)

adult female fish die immediately after spawning

d)

adults can metamorphose from male to female under high density pressures

e)

none of the above

32.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a benthic MACROinvertebrate organism?

a)

Diatom (protist)

b)

Decapod (ex crayfish)

c)

Gastropod (i.e. snail)

d)

Ephemeroptera (may flies)

e)

Bivalvia (clams, mussels)

33.

The water in jar “A” was collected from the surface of a mesotrophic system; the water in jar “B” was collected from the surface of a eutrophic system. What physical parameter should show the greatest difference between these two water samples?

a)

Temperature

b)

Dissolved oxygen concentration

c)

Turbulence

d)

Turbidity

e)

Salinity

34.

If a New York state stream contains a wild trout population then a permit is required to construct a road crossing it. Which of the following agencies would issue the needed permit?

a)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service

b)

Soil and Water Conservation District

c)

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

d)

United States Environmental Protection Agency

e)

New York State Department of Transportation

35.

Because they produce so much plant biomass and invertebrate life, estuaries and their coastal marshes serve as important nursery areas for the young of many game (recreational) and commercial fish and shellfish. Which of the following fish species is dependent upon coastal wetlands?

a)

Brown trout

b)

Atlantic chad

c)

Northern pike

d)

Flounder

36.

One of the main functions of a healthy watershed is the temporarily storage and transportation of water from the land surface to the water body. Over time, streams develop into defined drainage networks. Which of the following is not a recognized drainage pattern?

a)

Parallel

b)

Radial

c)

Spiral

d)

Dendritic

e)

Annular

37.

A watershed is an area of land that catches rain and snow that then drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, river, lake or groundwater

a)

true

b)

false

38.

Stream order is a measure of the relative size of streams.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

The largest tributaries are referred to as first-order streams, while the smallest river in the world is a twelfth-order waterway.

a)

true

b)

false

40.

Most of the time a non point source can be traced to pipes, smokestacks, sewage treatment plants, outfall pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, containers, or any type of conveyance vessel.

a)

true

b)

false

41.

Non point source pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and manmade pollutants,

a)

true

b)

false

42.

Oil, grease, and toxic chemicals from urban runoff and energy production is a type of

a)

point pollution

b)

non point pollution

43.

Discharge pipe from an industrial facility

a)

point pollution

b)

non point pollution

44.

Identify this aquatic macro invertebrate

a)

damsel fly

b)

stone fly

c)

mayfly

d)

dragon fly

45.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers determines whether an area is a wetland and issues permits for use of such an area. The permit applications are reviewed by the EPA under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act

a)

true

b)

false

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