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WorksheetsStream Explorers: Macroinvertebrate ID (Quiz 1)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 14mins
How are you using this quiz?
Its primary purpose is to test the knowledge of Maine Stream Explorers and help train them to be best prepared for their community science macroinvertebrate sampling coordinated by Maine Audubon (and in partnership with the organizations above).
To learn more and see the training guide, check out Maine Audubon's Stream Explorers webpage under their Conservation Projects at https://maineaudubon.org/projects/stream-explorers/
(Author: Amy Cazier, AmeriCorps Environmental Steward with Maine Department of Environmental Protection)
Stream Explorer
Teacher
Student
Aquatic Biologist
Bug Enthusiast
Which outlined part of the macroinvertebrate is the thorax?
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Select the macroinvertebrates that have segmented legs.
Select the macroinvertebrates that have wing pads.
Which outlined part of the macroinvertebrate is the head?
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Select the macroinvertebrates that have three pairs of segmented legs.
Which outlined part of the macroinvertebrate is the abdomen?
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Which outlined part(s) of the macroinvertebrate are prolegs?
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Select the macroinvertebrates with prolegs.
Select the shells
What is the name for the "trap-door" that some snails have at the shell opening?
spire
gill
operculum
case
Select the naiads.
Select all that apply.
Select the outlined structures on this macroinvertebrate that are gills.
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Select the macroinvertebrates that have visible gills.
*In progress*
Select the macroinvertebrates with gill covers.
Select the macroinvertebrates that have gills.
Select the macroinvertebrates with gills.
Select the macroinvertebrates with 5 or more pairs of segmented legs.
Look at these macroinvertebrates for clues as to how they obtain oxygen. Select the organisms that have adaptations that enable them to live in streams that are silty or have low oxygen concentrations.
