Fish Anatomy
What are the inner ears of a fish called?
Otoliths
What is the tool used for measuring turbidity?
Secci Disk
What is it called when precipitation hits the earth and some goes into the soil?
Infiltration
What is groundwater?
Precipitation that infiltrates the surface of the soil
What are the 3 different sections of a fish called?
Head, Trunk, and Tail
What tool stuns fish?
Backpack fish shocker
What is the opposite of sublimation?
Deposition
How many major river basins does NC have?
17
How many pectoral fins are there?
2
What is the tool used in catching invertebrates in bottom mud?
Eckman Dredge
What is it called when overland water flows back into bodies of water?
Surface Runoff
How many of the major NC river basins flow into the Atlantic ocean?
12
What are the muscles called that fish use to swim?
Myomeres
What is the tool used for catching plankton?
Birge Plankton Net
What is it called when snow turns right into a vapor?
Sublimation
Water moves through what in the hydrological cycle?
The Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and the Geosphere
What are the 4 main types of scales?
Ctenoid, Cycloid, Placoid, and Ganoid
What tool is used for catching invertebrate in water less than a foot?
Surber Sampler
What is it called when water flows through porous or fractured rock?
Percolation
What is the measuring of how much space is in a material called?
Porosity