MacroInvertebrates
Stream Order
"Natural Disasters"
Stream Anatomy
Vocabulary
100
one of the three immature stages of macroinvertebrates that are sensitive to pollution?
What are stonefly, caddisfly, and mayfly
100
have long flexible stems and strong root systems to hold them in place.
What are plants?
100
one effect of flooding
100
shallow fast-flowing water in the stream channel.
What is a riffle?
100
the variety of and number of different organisms and populations and why they live together
What is biodiversity?
200
The portion of the body between the head and the abdomen.
What is the thorax?
200
long legs for wading and hunting or webbed feet for swimming and diving
What are water birds?
200
one effect of human interactions with an aquatic eosystem
200
deeper,slower-moving places in the stream channel
What are pools?
200
animals classified because of having no backbone
What are invertebrates?
300
the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; belly.
What is the abdomen?
300
burrow to avoid the current
What are mussels?
300
one way humans contaminate streams
300
includes the bed, gravel bars, and stream banks and always flows downhill
What is a stream channel?
300
small stream with no tributaries coming into it
What is a first order stream?
400
one of the abdominal ambulatory processes of caterpillars and other larvae, as distinct from the true or thoracic legs.
What are prolegs?
400
use a broad flat foot to stick to rocks
What are snails?
400
one effect of a species becoming extinct
400
the relatively level area on both sides of the stream channel that carries excess water the channel cannot handle during a flood
What is a flood plain?
400
Insects that tear and chew leaves and stems into tiny bits
What are shredders?
500
one of the paired, thin, lateral extensions of the body wall of an insect
What are wings?
500
steamlined bodies, flattened heads, or large pectoral fins tostay on hte bottom of swift currents.
What are bleeding shiners, sculpins and darter,
500
two ways you can prevent water contamination
What are
500
the landbordering a stream channel that begins at the top of the stream banks and goes 100 feet out.
What is the riparian zone?
500
These invertebrates gather the bits of food from other insects
What are collectors?
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