Aquatic and Mosquito 5.0 Control
Course Exam || 60 Questions & Answers
(Rated A+)
Roles plants play in ecosystem - ANSWER - Produce oxygen
Prevent shoreline erosion
Lessening excess nutrients during the growing season.
Stabilizing lake bottom
Providing food and habitat
Emergent aquatic plants - ANSWER - Rooted plants with most of their growth extending
above the water line.
Ex. Cattails, rushes.
Submergent aquatic plants - ANSWER - Rooted plants with all or most of their growth
occurring below the water line.
Ex. Pondweeds
Floating leaved aquatic plants - ANSWER - Plants whose leaves float on the water
surface.
Ex. Water lilies
Algae - ANSWER - Primitive, simple plants that lack stems, leaves, and a vascular
conductive system
Macrophytes - ANSWER - Aquatic plants big enough to be seen by the naked eye.
Purple loosestrife - ANSWER - Emergent aquatic plant
3 primary growth patterns of algae - ANSWER - Free floating, filamentous, rooted.
Algae blooms - ANSWER - Free floating or Planktonic algae are responsible for causing
this.
Herbicides or algicides - ANSWER - Chemicals used in aquatic plant control.
Piscicide - ANSWER - Chemicals used in fish control.
Diptera - ANSWER - Mosquito family name.
4 life stages of mosquito - ANSWER - Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Complete metamorphosis - ANSWER - Mosquito life cycle
, Aedes triseriatus - ANSWER - "Tree-hole mosquito" main vector of La Crosse
encephalitis.
Aedes vexans - ANSWER - Most common pest in state. "Inland water mosquito".
Culex mosquito - ANSWER - Breed in temporary or permanent pools of water, high in
organic material.
Transmit 2 diseases: St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile Virus
Culex pipiens - ANSWER - Readily breeds in containers and places commonly
associated with humans
La Crosse encephalitis - ANSWER - Affects children less than 10 years old, infection
occasionally fatal or long term neurological difficulties.
Vector of disease; Aedes triseriatus
West Nile Virus - ANSWER - Threat to public and animal health. Inflammation in the
brain ( fatal encephalitis). Originates with birds.
Vector of disease; culex pipiens.
Dog heartworm - ANSWER - Several mosquito species can transmit this parasite,
including Aedes vexans.
Two insecticides used to kill mosquitos. - ANSWER - Adulticides, larvicides.
Adulticides - ANSWER - Insecticide that are applied into the air, or onto surfaces to
contact and kill adult mosquitos
Larvicides - ANSWER - Insecticide applied to water to kill mosquito larvae and pupae.
Pesticide - ANSWER - Any substance used to directly control pest populations or to
prevent or reduce pest damage.
Organic pesticide - ANSWER - Organic compounds
Inorganic pesticides - ANSWER - Derived from minerals that occur in nature. Not as
effective.
Microbial pesticides - ANSWER - Bacteria, viruses, and fungi, which cause disease in
given species of pest.
Ex. Bacillus thuringiensis
Broad-spectrum pesticides - ANSWER - Useful when several different pest are a
problem.
Ex. Glyphosate, kill any plant given a sufficient dose.
Course Exam || 60 Questions & Answers
(Rated A+)
Roles plants play in ecosystem - ANSWER - Produce oxygen
Prevent shoreline erosion
Lessening excess nutrients during the growing season.
Stabilizing lake bottom
Providing food and habitat
Emergent aquatic plants - ANSWER - Rooted plants with most of their growth extending
above the water line.
Ex. Cattails, rushes.
Submergent aquatic plants - ANSWER - Rooted plants with all or most of their growth
occurring below the water line.
Ex. Pondweeds
Floating leaved aquatic plants - ANSWER - Plants whose leaves float on the water
surface.
Ex. Water lilies
Algae - ANSWER - Primitive, simple plants that lack stems, leaves, and a vascular
conductive system
Macrophytes - ANSWER - Aquatic plants big enough to be seen by the naked eye.
Purple loosestrife - ANSWER - Emergent aquatic plant
3 primary growth patterns of algae - ANSWER - Free floating, filamentous, rooted.
Algae blooms - ANSWER - Free floating or Planktonic algae are responsible for causing
this.
Herbicides or algicides - ANSWER - Chemicals used in aquatic plant control.
Piscicide - ANSWER - Chemicals used in fish control.
Diptera - ANSWER - Mosquito family name.
4 life stages of mosquito - ANSWER - Egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
Complete metamorphosis - ANSWER - Mosquito life cycle
, Aedes triseriatus - ANSWER - "Tree-hole mosquito" main vector of La Crosse
encephalitis.
Aedes vexans - ANSWER - Most common pest in state. "Inland water mosquito".
Culex mosquito - ANSWER - Breed in temporary or permanent pools of water, high in
organic material.
Transmit 2 diseases: St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile Virus
Culex pipiens - ANSWER - Readily breeds in containers and places commonly
associated with humans
La Crosse encephalitis - ANSWER - Affects children less than 10 years old, infection
occasionally fatal or long term neurological difficulties.
Vector of disease; Aedes triseriatus
West Nile Virus - ANSWER - Threat to public and animal health. Inflammation in the
brain ( fatal encephalitis). Originates with birds.
Vector of disease; culex pipiens.
Dog heartworm - ANSWER - Several mosquito species can transmit this parasite,
including Aedes vexans.
Two insecticides used to kill mosquitos. - ANSWER - Adulticides, larvicides.
Adulticides - ANSWER - Insecticide that are applied into the air, or onto surfaces to
contact and kill adult mosquitos
Larvicides - ANSWER - Insecticide applied to water to kill mosquito larvae and pupae.
Pesticide - ANSWER - Any substance used to directly control pest populations or to
prevent or reduce pest damage.
Organic pesticide - ANSWER - Organic compounds
Inorganic pesticides - ANSWER - Derived from minerals that occur in nature. Not as
effective.
Microbial pesticides - ANSWER - Bacteria, viruses, and fungi, which cause disease in
given species of pest.
Ex. Bacillus thuringiensis
Broad-spectrum pesticides - ANSWER - Useful when several different pest are a
problem.
Ex. Glyphosate, kill any plant given a sufficient dose.
