Watersheds
River systems and Riparian zones
Fish
Mussels and More
Importance
100

Where did the word "riparian" come from?

What is the Latin word "ripa" meaning "bank of a river"?

100

What is the largest river in North Dakota and the longest in the United States?

What is the Missouri river?

100

How many different species are found in North Dakota?

What are 100 different species?

100

What do mussels eat?

What is plankton?

100

What is one of the greatest threats to the rivers?

What is pollution?

200

What two oceans does the Great Divide divide?

What is the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?

200

What do decomposers put back into the soil?

What are nutrients?

200

Which fish existed before the time of the dinosaurs?

What Is a Paddlefish?

200

What turtle is the most common and has brightly colored body and shell?

What is the western painted turtle?

200

Which two dams destroyed thousands of acres of riparian habitat?

 What are the Garrison and Oahe Dams?

300

What drains river basins?

What is a river system?

300

What is an accumulation of sand that was formed by the current, or flowing action of the water in the river?

What is a sandbar?

300

Which North Dakota fish is on the endangered species list?

What is a pallid sturgeon?

300

What are two predatory aquatic insects that you will find in North Dakota?

What are dragonfly and the damselfly?

300

Which two fish have their eggs sought after because they can be sold as a food product caviar?

What are Sturgeon and Paddlefish?

400

What do you call an area of land that drains downward to the lowest point?

What is a watershed?

400

What is the second-largest river system in North Dakota?

What is the Red River?

400

What is the largest family of fish in North Dakota?

What is the minnow family?

400

What is the most common frog in North Dakota?

What is the northern leopard frog?

400

what state program is set up for the purpose of conserving fish and wildlife species and their habitats?

What is the North Dakota Wildlife Action Plan?

500

How is the earth always being supplied with fresh water?

What is a water cycle?

500

Which river flows north into Manitoba?

What is the Red River?

500

What fish is part of the minnow species and considered an aquatic nuisance?

What is carp?

500

Which salamander spends its entire life underwater?

What is a mudpuppy?

500

Which aquatic nuisance species has crowded out native mussels, plugged pipelines, attached to boats, and caused injury to people?

What are zebra mussels?

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