Water %
% of water that is the oceans
96.5%
What is the purpose of the operculum?
What fish make up Superclass Osteichthyes?
Bony fish
How many grams per liter are in salt water?
35g
Biggest characteristic of a Riverine habitat?
Wetlands contained in a channel
% of water trapped in glaciers and ice caps
68.7% of freshwater
What 3 regions are fish divided into?
Head, trunk and tail
What is the distinguishing feature of crappies?
What liquid is right in the middle of the pH scale? (not talkin water)
milk
What % of the state is considered wetlands?
17%
% of water that is ground-ice and permafrost
30.1% of freshwater
trout/mackerel
Crappies
What is the average pH of freshwater?
5.6-7
Where do shrub swamps occur?
in lowlands too dry for sedge meadow plants but too wet for trees
% of water that make up living things
.26% of Surface/other freshwater
What fish are an example of ganoid scales?
gar/sturgeon
How big is the largest Blue gill on record?
4lbs 12oz, 15 inch
What is the warmest layer of water?
Epilimnion
What are the 2 ways bogs can form?
Terrestrialization and paludification
% of water that makes up river
.49% of Surface/other freshwater
bass/bream
~30,000
What is the critical pH level for clams and snails
6
What kind of plant is Spartina grass?
A halophytic plant