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?