Water %
Fish Anatomy
Fish Species
Temp. pH and Salinity
Environments
100

% of water that is the oceans

96.5%

100

What is the purpose of the operculum?

To protect the gills
100

What fish make up Superclass Osteichthyes?

Bony fish

100

How many grams per liter are in salt water?

35g 

100

Biggest characteristic of a Riverine habitat?

Wetlands contained in a channel

200

% of water trapped in glaciers and ice caps

68.7% of freshwater

200

What 3 regions are fish divided into?

Head, trunk and tail

200

What is the distinguishing feature of crappies?

The # of dorsal spines
200

What liquid is right in the middle of the pH scale? (not talkin water)

milk

200

What % of the state is considered wetlands?

17%

300

% of water that is ground-ice and permafrost

30.1% of freshwater

300
What fish are an example of cycloid scales?

trout/mackerel

300
What fish is called papermouth?

Crappies

300

What is the average pH of freshwater?

5.6-7

300

Where do shrub swamps occur?

in lowlands too dry for sedge meadow plants but too wet for trees

400

% of water that make up living things

.26% of Surface/other freshwater

400

What fish are an example of ganoid scales?

gar/sturgeon

400

How big is the largest Blue gill on record?

4lbs 12oz, 15 inch

400

What is the warmest layer of water?

Epilimnion

400

What are the 2 ways bogs can form?

Terrestrialization and paludification

500

% of water that makes up river

.49% of Surface/other freshwater

500
What fish is an example of Ctnoid scales?

bass/bream

500
How many species does Class Actinopterygii have?

~30,000

500

What is the critical pH level for clams and snails

6

500

What kind of plant is Spartina grass?

A halophytic plant