CATEGORY F AQUATIC TEST ACTUAL COMPLETE
EXAM|WITH ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|GRADED A
Annual plant Ans✓✓✓ A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Aquatic Ans✓✓✓ Living in or found near water
Aquatic invasive species AIS Ans✓✓✓ Non-native species that cause
economic or environmental harm
Aquatic pest Ans✓✓✓ AN unwanted organism that directly interferes
with human activities/natural resources
Biennial plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that requires two growing seasons to
complete its life cycle
Emergent plants Ans✓✓✓ Plants that are rooted in the sediment with
most of their leaves and stems extending above the waterline
Free-floating plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that floats on or beneath the surface
of the water
Floating-leaved plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that is rooted in the lake bottom,
but its leaves and flowers float on the water surface
, Littoral zone Ans✓✓✓ Zone near the shoreline where water is typically
shallow
Macrophyte Ans✓✓✓ plant that can be easily seen without
magnification
Native Species Ans✓✓✓ an organism that has developed and occurs
naturally in the area where it is found
Non-native species Ans✓✓✓ Species introduced by human activities to
areas where they do not naturally occur
Non-public waters Ans✓✓✓ All Minnesota water basins and
watercourses that are not listed in the Public Waters Inventory. If a lake
or stream is non-navigable and not meandered, it is subject to private
ownership which is indicated on individual property deeds
Perennial plant Ans✓✓✓ plant that survives year to year
Public waters Ans✓✓✓ Water basins and watercourses that meet the
criteria set forth in Minnesota Statutes
Rooted plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that is rooted in the bottom sediments
EXAM|WITH ACCURATE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|GRADED A
Annual plant Ans✓✓✓ A plant that completes its life cycle in one year
Aquatic Ans✓✓✓ Living in or found near water
Aquatic invasive species AIS Ans✓✓✓ Non-native species that cause
economic or environmental harm
Aquatic pest Ans✓✓✓ AN unwanted organism that directly interferes
with human activities/natural resources
Biennial plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that requires two growing seasons to
complete its life cycle
Emergent plants Ans✓✓✓ Plants that are rooted in the sediment with
most of their leaves and stems extending above the waterline
Free-floating plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that floats on or beneath the surface
of the water
Floating-leaved plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that is rooted in the lake bottom,
but its leaves and flowers float on the water surface
, Littoral zone Ans✓✓✓ Zone near the shoreline where water is typically
shallow
Macrophyte Ans✓✓✓ plant that can be easily seen without
magnification
Native Species Ans✓✓✓ an organism that has developed and occurs
naturally in the area where it is found
Non-native species Ans✓✓✓ Species introduced by human activities to
areas where they do not naturally occur
Non-public waters Ans✓✓✓ All Minnesota water basins and
watercourses that are not listed in the Public Waters Inventory. If a lake
or stream is non-navigable and not meandered, it is subject to private
ownership which is indicated on individual property deeds
Perennial plant Ans✓✓✓ plant that survives year to year
Public waters Ans✓✓✓ Water basins and watercourses that meet the
criteria set forth in Minnesota Statutes
Rooted plant Ans✓✓✓ Plant that is rooted in the bottom sediments
