Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• Write an example of a mollusk.
• Define the term cold-blooded.
• You measure the pH of a stream and it is a 3. Is
  it acidic, basic or neutral?
• Which is a stronger pH a 2 or 4?
• Define the term heterotroph.

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Know Your Pennsylvania Fish?
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Brook Trout

• Are sometimes called speckled trout
• Is the PA state fish
• Can live in slightly acidic water but does not
  survive well in warm temps.

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Rainbow Trout

• Native to California and Alaska
• Most in PA are stocked, hatchery raised fish
• Identified by the pink strip running down the side

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Brown Trout

• Feed mainly at night
• Difficult to catch can live up to 12 yrs
• Big ones eat fish, small mammals, salamanders,
  frogs and turtles

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Golden Rainbow Trout

• This fish was selectively breed from one fish
  that had a genetic mutation
• In PA this fish has been breed with rainbow trout
  to form palominos
• This trout does not survive well in the wild

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Blue Gill

• Found in lakes, ponds and slower moving water
• Habitat is in aquatic weeds
• Commonly known as sunnies

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Blacknose Dace

• Males dance around females at mating time
• Found in small streams throughout PA including
  Schell Run
• Its nickname is redfin

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Creek Chub

• Popular bait fish
• They have a spot on their dorsal fin
• This minnow can get up to ten in. long

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Common Carp

• Has two pair of soft, fleshy barbels around its
  mouth
• The PA record for this fish is 50 pounds!!

PAs biggest minnow Can live in polluted water
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Northern Pike

• Have rows of sharp canine-like teeth
• Like shallow vegetated lakes and ponds
• Can be caught by ice fishing
• Can grow up to 12 in. their first year

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Muskellunge

• Its scientific name actually means ugly fish
• Can grow to over four feet long
• They are aggressive territorial fish

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Black Crappie

• Sometimes called calico bass or papermouth
• Lives in clear, cold water
• Has a crappie name

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Smallmouth bass

• Its nickname is bronze back
• They like rocky locations and deeper water
• They can reach up to 20 inches in length.

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Largemouth Bass

• Belongs to the sunfish family
• Its upper jaw extends past the eye making it a
  big mouth
• They like weedy habitats

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Yellow Perch

• This fish likes cool, clear lakes.
• They travel in schools
• It is a dissection favorite

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Walleye

• This fishs milky eye looks luminous
• It can grow up to 36 inches
• Nicknames are yellow pike and pickerel

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White Sucker

• The scientific name means inferior mouth
• It is the most common of its family
• Can live in polluted low oxygenated water

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Now you know your PA fish