Body Features
Is the fishhook flea larger or smaller than 6 inches?
Smaller, The fishhook flea is only about 1cm long.
Does the fishhook flea live in water or land?
Water
Do they just stay at the bottom of the lake all day long?
It comes up some times.
What is their main food source?
Zooplankton.
What color is their eye/eyes?
Black
Deep in the water!
Do they prefer to be crowded with a lot of other organisms or free with few organisms near them?
Free with few organisms near them
What do they use to grab their food
Their legs!
How many eyes does it have?
1!
Is their habitat Fresh Water or Salt Water environment?
Fresh water, they do not want to live in salty waters
Fishhook fleas perform vertical migration to avoid fish. What is Vertical Migration?
They stay deeper in the water during the day to hide from fish and swim up toward the surface at night to feed.
Fishhook waterfleas are predators because they do what to other tiny animals?
Hunt and eat them!
How Many legs does it have?
8 Legs
Does the Fishhook Flea like Hot, Warm, Cool, or Cold waters?
Cool waters
Are their babys in eggs or do they come out whole?
They are eggs, this helps them develop more before being released into the lakes
When there isn’t enough animal plankton, fishhook waterfleas may also eat this tiny plant-like food. What is that organism?
The organism is Phytoplankton.
What color is the Fishhook Flea?
No Color, It is transparent!
The fishhook waterflea is planktonic, this means that you live in a specific type of water. What is that type?
Water Columns!!!
Fishhook waterfleas disrupt lake ecosystems by eating large amounts of native zooplankton?
Fishhook waterfleas eat so many of an organism that it can cause a drop in the amount of this food for small fish. What is the organisms?
Zooplankton!