Aquatic Plant Aquatic Plant Aquatic Plant Phragmites Cattails Duckweed
Aquatic Plant Phytoplankton Phytoplankton Sedge Carteria Euglena
Phytoplankton Phytoplankton Phytoplankton Chlamydomonas Pandorina Stephanodisus
Duckweed Cattails Phragmites
I am duckweed, a type of aquatic I am a cattail, a type of grass that I am phragmites, a type of grass plant that has evolved to float on grows in the shallow water around that grows in the shallow water top of the lake. I use the power of the lake’s edge. I use the power of around the lake’s edge. I use the sun to photosynthesize and I the sun to photosynthesize and I the power of the sun to am at the bottom of the food am at the bottom of the food photosynthesize and I am at the chain. chain. bottom of the food chain.
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Euglena Carteria Sedge
I am a Euglena, a type of green I am a Carteria, a type of green I am sedge, a flowering plant that algae. I have one appendage algae. I have four appendages looks like grass. My leaves have called a flagella, which I use to called flagella, which I use to a triangle cross-section, and I swim around in the water. I use swim around in the water. I use thrive in flooded soils. I use the the power of the sun to the power of the sun to power of the sun to photosynthesize and I am at the photosynthesize and I am at the photosynthesize and I am at the bottom of the food chain. bottom of the food chain. bottom of the food chain.
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Stephanodisus Pandorina Chlamydomonas
I am a Stephanodisus, a I am a Pandorina, a type of I am Clamydonmonas, a type of diatomamus phytoplankton. I am green algae. I produce thick green algae. I have two shaped like an Oreo cookie. I mucus that protects my colony. I appendages called flagella, use the power of the sun to use the power of the sun to which I use to swim around in the photosynthesize and I am at the photosynthesize and am at the water. I use the power of the sun bottom of the food chain. bottom of the food chain. to photosynthesize and I am at the bottom of the food chain.
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Phytoplankton Phytoplankton Zooplankton Cyclotella Melosira Rotifer
Zooplankton Zooplankton Zooplankton Bosmina Daphnia Diaphanosoma
Zooplankton Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate Copepod Midge Larva Mosquito Larva Phytoplankton Rotifer Melosira Cyclotella
I am a rotifer, one of the smallest I am a Melosira, a diatomamus I am a Cyclotella, a diatomamus type of zooplankton. I produce a phytoplankton. I line up end-to- phytoplankton. I am shaped like a jellylike substance to protect end with other Melosira to make flying saucer with a flat, round myself, which helps me attach to strands of algae in the water. I disk. I use the power of the sun to with other rotifers in my colony. I use the power of the sun to photosynthesize and I am at the float around in the lake looking for photosynthesize and I am at the bottom of the food chain. phytoplankton to eat. bottom of the food chain.
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Diaphanosoma Daphnia Bosmina
I am diaphanosoma, a type of I am a Daphnia a type of water I am a Bosmina, a type of water water flea. I am a very good flea. I am a very good swimmer flea. I live in estuaries where swimmer and have two strong which can hunt for phytoplankton rivers flow into lakes. I swim arms, which allow me to grab and rotifers in the open water in around in the water column and floating pieces of plants or the middle of the lake. catch phytoplankton and rotifers phytoplankton to eat. to eat.
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Mosquito Larva Midge Larva Copepod
I am a mosquito larva that lives I am a midge larva burrowed I am a tiny crustacean called a in the shallow water around the into the lake bed. I stick my copepod. Each night I swim up lake’s shore. I catch head out of my hole to catch from the bottom of the lake to phytoplankton to eat while phytoplankton as it drifts by. feed on phytoplankton. When swimming in the water column. the sun rises, I head back to the bottom to avoid predators.
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Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate Caddisfly Larva Aquatic Worm Leech
Macroinvertebrate Macroinvertebrate Fish Pond Snail Water Boatman June Sucker
Fish Fish Fish Utah Sucker Carp Black Bullhead
Leech Aquatic Worm Caddisfly Larva
I am a fast-moving Leech, a I am an aquatic worm that I am a caddisfly. I produce silk predator. I feed on fish and birds, burrows into the muddy bottom of which I use to build a protective but my favorite dinner is a slow- the lake. I feed on pieces of case around my body. I slowly moving snail. aquatic plants that are crawl around the edge of the lake submerged in the muck. looking for aquatic plants and phytoplankton to eat.
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June Sucker Water Boatman Pond Snail
I am the June Sucker. I used to be one I am a Corixid, though, my I am an aquatic snail carrying an of 13 species of fish native to Utah Lake, but because of changes to the nickname is water boatmen. I am armored home on my back. I lake’s habitat, overfishing, and the a very powerful swimmer; this slowly crawl around the edge of introduction of non-native species, only helps me avoid predators while the lake looking for aquatic plants two native fish species left. In fact, I almost went extinct but through a lot of feeding on my diet of aquatic and phytoplankton to eat. hard work and the Endanger Species plants. Act I am coming back. I am unique among suckers because can live over 40 years and I have a mouth that is specialized for eating zooplankton.
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Black Bullhead Carp Utah Sucker
I am a type of catfish and not native I am known as the common carp and I am the Utah Sucker. I used to be to Utah Lake. I was introduced to originally came from Asia. In 1883, one of 13 species of fish native to Utah Lake in 1872 to provide food 200 baby carp were released into Utah Lake, but because of changes to for the settlers. I have bone barbs Utah Lake in the hope they would the lake’s habitat, overfishing, and the around my head to help protect me become a food source for the introduction of non-native species, from predators. As for what I eat? I surrounding community. Instead, we only two native fish species left. Like am an omnivore, which means I took over and became the dominate most Suckers, I have big lips on the happily munch on anything from species of fish in Utah lake. My bottom of my head, which allows me plants and macroinvertebrates all preferred food is zooplankton and to slurp up macroinvertebrates hiding the way up to fish. macroinvertebrates, but I will eat a in the mud. baby fish if they are available.
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Fish Fish Amphibian Flathead Minnow Largemouth Bass Spotted Leopard Frog
Reptile Bird Bird Garter Snake Sandhill Crane Mallard Duck
Bird Bird Bird Pelican Bald Eagle Great Horned Owl
Spotted Leopard Frog Largemouth Bass Flathead Minnow
I am a spotted leopard frog, I am a largemouth bass and one I am a flathead Minnow that was known for the dark spots and of the most powerful predators brought across the Rocky Moun- speckles on my back. I use my in Utah Lake. I am native to the tains in 1969 to provide food for powerful swimming skills to hunt Southeastern United States and larger fish. I am an omnivore, for macroinvertebrates that live was introduced to Utah Lake in which means I eat many types of in and around the lake. 1890. When I’m young, I mainly food. My sharp eyesight helps me eat zooplankton, particularly catch phytoplankton, zooplankton, copepods. As an adult, I eat any and macroinvertebrates. fish that fits into my mouth, including smaller bass.
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Mallard Duck Sandhill Crane Garter Snake
I am a mallard duck, the most I am a Sandhill crane, one of the I am a garter snake, one of the common species of wild duck in oldest bird species on earth. I most common species of North America. I nest around usually feed on seeds and roots reptiles in North America. I am a the lake where I dabble for of plants that grow around the very good swimmer and like to aquatic plants and zooplankton. lake but like to eat fish, frogs, or live by water. I eat insects and snakes if they are available small fish, but frogs are my during the nesting season. favorite food.
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Great Horned Owl Bald Eagle Pelican
I am a great horned owl that I am the mighty bald eagle. I am the American white pelican nests near the lakeshore. I Each winter I flock to Utah Lake and nest in low islands located spend my nights hunting for to hunt for fish. While I can eat in Utah Lake. I specialize in small birds and frogs to eat. any type of fish I sink my claws hunting fish. I catch them with into, carp are my favorite dinner. the help of other pelicans who chase their schools into the shallows.
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