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Outreach and Education

1. What does UMESC stand for?

Ugly Mayflies Escape South Corridor
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Upper Mississippi Environmental Studies Center
Under Managed Environments Slowly Corrode
Upper Midwest Educational Sciences City

2. The sea lamprey invaded what large body of water?

Caspian Sea
Lake Tahoe
Lower Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Land of Lakes

3. What were freshwater mussels used for until the 1930's - 1940's?

hunting knive handles
food for pets
making buttons
jewelry
weapons

4. What method do researchers use to track animals from a distance?

echo sounding
stealth
imprinting
radio telemetry
aerial photography

5. Fat muckets,pimplebacks,deer toes,washboards are names of what kinds of animals?

snails
plankton
aquatic plants
mammals
freshwater mussels

6. How many fish species are there in the U.S.?

80000
400
100
800
290

7. Name two birds that make their nest on the ground?

indigo bursting and flycather
ovenbird and blue-winged warbler
vireo and ovenbird
cowbird and gnatcather
robin and bluejay

8. What 2 kinds of fish found in the Mississippi River are also in the foyer aquarium?

yellow perch and black bullhead
sauger and yellow perch
bowfin and catfish
Northern Pike and bluegill
walleye and rainbow trout

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