Aquatics Quiz

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Aquatics Quiz
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The region below the soil surface where all the
spore spaces in the rock or soil are filled with
water is known as a/an_________________.

• Aquifer

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oxbow

• A part of a stream or river that has been cut off
  from the rest of the flowing water is called
  a/an____________________.

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D. Riparian

• The life-supporting area adjacent to rivers is
  known as
• A. Slope
• B. Aquifer
• C. Recharge area
• D. Riparian habitat

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B. Recharge area

• When water flows through unconfined zones or
  leaks slowly through a confining layer of rock or
  soil, this area is known as
• a/an
• A. Unconfined aquifer
• B. Recharge area
• C. Confined Aquifer
• D. habitat

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A. Unconfined Aquifer

• _________________aquifers are ones in which the
  water is free to percolate through an unsaturated
  zone of soil or rock into the water table.
• Unconfined Aquifer
• Confined Aquifer
• Artesian well
• None of the above

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Artesian well

• An aquifer that has an impermeable layer or
  layers of clay or rock over the aquifer which
  causes pressure to build up and water to squirt
  to the surface is known as a/an___________________
  ___

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False - confined

• True or False
• An artesian well is an unconfined aquifer

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Water table, tributaries

• The top of an aquifer is called the_______.
• Streams, creeks or rivers that flow into a larger
  water system are known as___________.

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Watershed, True

• The land that is drained by the creeks, streams
  and rivers that flow into a single major river is
  called a/an_____________.
• True or False
• Rivers and streams conform to straight lines only
  when humans make them that way.

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True, False

• True or False
• The movement of moving water causes outside-curve
  cutting in a river or stream.
• True or False
• The meandering of a stream causes deposits of
  materials to occur on the slower outside of the
  curve.

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Meander, Braid

• An S-shaped curve in a river is called a/an
• ________________________.
• A ____________is a river that splits and then
  rejoins within its channel.

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Riffles

• Stony areas with fast-flowing water within a
  river are known as ________________
• A. Scours
• B. Meanders
• C. Riffles
• D. braids

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True, True

• True or False. If the river bottom is made of
  silt there will be more burrowing types of
  invertebrate animals.
• True of False. Soil carried by runoff will be
  deposited in the slower parts of a river.

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True, Estuary

• True or False. Steep slopes are easier to
  undercut and more susceptible to erosion from
  runoff.
• An area where a fresh water river or stream meets
  a larger body of salt water is called
  a/an__________________.

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Divide, First, Second

• The point at which two watersheds come together
  is called a/an_______________.
• A stream that has no tributaries is called a
  __________order stream.
• Two first order streams for a_________order
  stream.

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Perennial, Intermittent, Ephermeral

• A stream that has nearly year-round flow is
  called a_________________flow stream.
• A stream that flows mainly during the wet season
  is called a/an_____________ flow stream.
• A stream that flows only during extreme times of
  precipitation is called a/an______flow stream

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Residual, Transported

• Name the two main types of soils and explain
  them.

Residual soil comes from underlying rock layers
Transported comes from process which move the
soil from one place to another
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Hydric, clay or sand, False

• The soils in a wetland area are called______
  soils.
• Wetland soils are either_________ or ________.
• True or False. Clay soils speed up water
  percolation.

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Halophyte, reeds, sedges, rushes, willows,
cypress, ash, red maple, smartweeds, lilies,
pondweeds and cattails.

• A water loving plant is called a__________.
• Name 5 water loving plants.

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Halophyte, detritus, herbaceous

• A___________is a salt tolerant plant
• _____________is tiny particles of plant and
  animal matter.
• A____________plant is a non-woody plant.

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Marsh, Swamp

• A__________is a wetland dominated by nonwoody
  plants which emerge above the water, float on the
  surface or remain submerged.
• A____________is a wetland dominated by woody
  trees or shrubs

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Denitrification, Organic

• The process of fertilizers being broken down in
  wetlands is called____________.
• _____________pollution comes from the
  decomposition of living materials and their
  byproducts or fertilizers.

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False more turbidity.

• True or False. If water has a great deal of
  organic material, there will be less oxygen and
  less turbidity.

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Phosphates and nitrates, eutrophication

• Name two nutrients which are necessary for plant
  growth.
• The process where lakes and other water bodies
  accumulate decaying plant materials and begin to
  shrink in size is called_________________.

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Reduce oxygen levels, inorganic

• When plants and animals die within a body of
  water their breakdown process by decomposers
  restore or reduce oxygen levels.
• _______________pollution consists of suspended
  and dissolved solids.

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True, clog fish gills, bury or smother eggs,
increases water temperatures.

• True or False. Inorganic pollution usually
  causes severe sedimentation and increased
  turbidity
• Name three things that inorganic pollution could
  cause.

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False, Toxic, Thermal

• True or False. Warm water holds more oxygen.
• ________pollution is due to heavy metals such as
  lead or mercury.
• ___________pollution is due to a discharge of
  heat into a waterway.

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True, Best Management Practices

• True or False. Thermal pollution is seen only as
  a problem if it affects the living things in the
  water.
• BMP stands for___________________.

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21, True, True

• _____ of the atmosphere is made up of oxygen.
• True or False. The movement of water can put
  oxygen back into the water.
• True or False. Generally, standing water has
  less dissolved oxygen within it.

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B. Afternoon , The dead plants are decaying
using up DO and little photosynthesis is going on
so less DO is being released into the water.

• The greatest amount of dissolved oxygen will be
  found during the
• a. Morning B. Afternoon C. Night
• Why would there be less dissolved oxygen in a
  Northern Lake which is frozen over during the
  winter?

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True, False, Biological Oxygen Demand

• True or False. Cold water has more dissolved
  oxygen than warm water.
• True or False. Water that has a high organic
  content has more dissolved oxygen.
• BOD is _______________________.

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BOD, mayfly and stonefly nymphs, caddisfly and
beetle larva.

• _______measures the amount of oxygen needed to
  decompose organic matter in a sample of water.
• Name several invertebrate larva that need high DO
  levels to survive.

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False, D. algae and anaerobic organisms.

• True or False. Worms and fly larvae need high
  levels of DO in order to survive.
• Which of the following become more abundant in
  water with low DO levels?
• A. Caddisfly
• B. Stonefly nymph
• C. Mayfly nymph
• D. Algae and anaerobic organisms

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B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A

• Match the following
• 1. high temperatures A. High DO
• 2. high organic matter B. Low DO
• 3. Cold water
• 4. Moving water
• 5. High salinity
• b. High flow

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pH, 7.0 , ten-fold, 14

• ______is the measure of hydrogen concentration in
  liquids.
• A pH of _____ is neutral.
• For every unit change of, the actual hydrogen ion
  change is___________.
• The most basic pH is___________.

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a. Lemon juice b. bleach

• Which of the following is more acidic?
• a. Lemon juice b. Ammonia c. Sea water
  d. Bleach
• Which is the most basic?
• a. Lemon juice b. Ammonia c. Sea water
  d. bleach

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c. 6.5-8.2

• The best pH range for most organisms is between
• a. 5.5-9.5
• b. 3.8-7.0
• c. 6.5-8.2
• d. 7-9.5

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b. Bottom dwellers

• Highly acidic water will affect which of the
  following first?
• a. Plants b. Bottom dwellers c. Fish
  only d. Insects

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d.

• In highly acidic water, organisms will be
  affected. Which of the following indicates best
  in which order the organisms will be affected?
• a. Fish?bottom dwellers?insects? frogs
• b. Bottom Dwllers?insects? frogs?fish
• c. Insects?frogs?bottom dwellers?fish
• d. Bottom dwellers?insects?fish--frogs

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False, True, True

• True or False. As water temperatures rise, the
  photosynthetic rates of plants decreases.
• True or False. A pH of 11-11.5 is lethal to all
  fish.
• True or False. As plants die, most oxygen is
  used by microorganisms to break them down.

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True, False sewage

• True or False. Too much phosphorus in the water
  can cause eutrophication.
• True or False. The main source of nitrogen in
  water is due to fertilizer runoff

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Epilimnion,hypolimnion, metalimnion

• The warm upper layer of a body of water is called
  the________________
• The cooler bottom layer is called the____
• The middle layer is called the _________

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Turnover, Spring and Fall

• ________is the complete mixing of water often
  triggered by temperature changes and wind action.
• Turnover usually occurs in the _______and
  ________.

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Turbidity, Benthic, stonefly larva

• ___________is the decreased ability of water to
  transmit light.
• ___________means bottom dwelling.
• Which of the following are found in good water
  supply?
• a. Sowbug b. Cranefly c. Dragonfly
  larva d. Stonefly larva

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Midge fly larva

• Which of the following organisms indicates poor
  water quality?
• a. Mayflies b. Caddisflies c. Midge
  fly larva d. Dobsonfly larva