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Daphnia Details

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Introduction:
"Most fish owners are familiar with the little creatures that get eaten within minutes when poured into the tank, but have you ever stopped to think about their lives if left to their own devices?"


1. Firstly, let's see where daphnia fit in the animal kingdom. Which animals are they most closely related to?
    Insects
    Brine shrimp
    Crabs
    Spiders


2. Daphnia are usually seen in large crowds, but how do they reproduce so successfully?
    Cloning
    Sexually
    Sexually and asexually
    Asexually


3. We all now know fish eat daphnia, but what do daphnia eat?
    Plants and animals
    Other daphnia
    Plankton
    Plants only


4. What gives daphnia their common name 'water fleas'?
    They look like fleas
    They are directly related to fleas
    The way they swim
    They bite other animals


5. Which appendages do daphnia primarily use for swimming?
    First antennae
    Rear legs
    Front legs
    Second antennae


6. What is the main function of daphnia's legs?
    They are vestigial with little function
    Swimming
    Feeding
    Walking when out of water


7. Which of these is not a species of daphnia?
    Umbra
    Minnehaha
    Matsuda
    Pulex


8. How do young daphnia grow?
    Shedding their skin periodically
    They go through metamorphosis
    Gradually
    They don't grow


9. How are daphnia most useful to humans?
    Toxicology testing
    No use at all
    Food
    Medicine


10. What function do daphnia perform for their general local environment?
    They help maintain the correct Ph balance of the water
    They maintain the hygiene of the water
    They indicate the health of the ecosystem
    Very little


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