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Fish habitat and biology quiz answers

Here are the correct answers to the Missouri River habitat and biology quiz. If you didn't get them all right, you can study the answers and do better next time.


1. How many miles of free-flowing Missouri River are there between Fort Peck Dam and the headwaters of Lake Sakakawea in North Dakota?

    D. 240


2. Since Fort Peck Dam was built, the Missouri River here has been running:

    A. Clearer and colder


3. An endangered species of fish sometimes found in this stretch of the river is the:

    C. Pallid sturgeon


4. Fish designated as Species of Special Concern on the Missouri River of Montana include:

    D. All of the above


5. The further downriver go you go, the river becomes:

    D. Muddier with more islands


6. Two introduced species doing well right below in the clear waters below Fort Peck Dam right now are:

    A. Rainbow and brown trout


7. One of the things that determines whether a species of fish is in faster water or slower water is:

    A. Body shape


8. A whisker-like thing on a fish's "chin" is called a:

    C. Barbel


9. Most fish species in the Missouri River spawn in the:

    A. Spring


10. Biologists see good numbers of some fish species of the Lower Missouri move upstream into what other river looking for spawning areas?

    B. Milk


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