Fish Facts
This body part of a fish allows them to filter oxygen out of the water
What are the gills?
Plants need these four (4) things to live and survive.
What are sun/light, water, nutrients, and air?
This piece of equipment uses very little electricity, and allows water to flow up from the fish tank and into the plant grow bed.
What is the PUMP?
"IFIZ" is an acronym for...
What is the Indoor Farming Innovation Zone?
This capital city of Japan is hosting the Summer Olympics this week
What is Tokyo?
The species of fresh water aquarium fish in the minitank
What is GUPPY? (science name=Poecilia reticulata)
In aquaponic and hydroponic systems, this material is a substitute for soil, and allows water to flow through
What is expanded clay media or pellets?
This is the name of the plant floating in the mini tank provides some oxygen to the water, and places for fish and snails to hide and rest.
What is pondweed or Elodea or guppy grass?
The words 'Aquaculture (growing fish) + Hydroponics (growing plants in water) combine to form the name of our mission' food production system.
What is AQUAPONICS?
The San Luis Valley is known for growing this starchy root vegetable that cooks can roast, mash, bake and FRY
What are POTATOES?
(Also grown: alfalfa, native hay, barley, wheat, and vegetables like lettuce, spinach and carrots. The barley grown in the San Luis Valley is the primary source of barley for Coors Beer.)
This fin on the back end of the male guppy is larger and more colorful than the females'.
What is the caudal fin (or tail fin)?
The process of a seed sprouting into a seedling
What is germination?
Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter are these microscopic creatures that live in water and convert the fish waste into useable nutrients for the plants.
What are BACTERIA?
The Aquaponics MiniTank has these 2 parts that trap/capture waste and debris---and is the home of good bacteria.
What is (clay media bed) or (activated charcoal bag) or (sponge)?
The process of removing water from a fresh food to dry it out and stop spoiling (think raisins), also reduces the weight for space travel
What is DEHYDRATION?
Female guppies reproduce NOT by laying eggs, but by this other method.
What is live-bearing or live birth?
The IFIZ MiniTank aquaponics system is growing leafy greens just like "VEGGIE" on this science lab in low earth orbit (LEO).
What is the International Space Station?
This part on the MiniTank has a nice 'ring' to it-- its' job is to drain the water from the grow bed back to the tank and add air to the water
What is a BELL SIPHON?
The IFIZ MiniTank can grow pea sprouts, but the larger system at Campbells Greenhouse in Pueblo is growing these leafy greens, plants and herbs.
What are lettuce, lime, peppers, aloe vera, basil, kale, oregano, dill ..(variety of names acceptable)
This phrase means to 'keep on going despite the challenges', and is a favorite saying of Dory, from the movie Finding Nemo.
What is "Just Keep Swimming"!?
FISH need these three (3) things to live and survive.
What is water, (air) oxygen and food? (shelter too)
This is the process in plants that allows them to change sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into its own food/sugar.
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
This scale/chart measures how ACID or BASIC the tank water (or other liquids) can be, and is scored from 0 to 14 by color indicators
What is the pH scale?
Two (2) benefits of using an aquaponic system to grow food are...
What is (uses less water) or (no chemical fertilizers) or (year-round growing) or (no weeds) or (less energy use) or (less maintenance than soil gardens) or (fast growth) or (less land space needed) or ...(other ideas?).
NASA is an acronym for...
What is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?