Atlantic mudskipper: Animal Science Quest

Question 1 · multiple choice

A habitat sign describes the home of an Atlantic mudskipper. Which description belongs on it?

tropical mudflats, mangroves, and tidal creeks Arctic tundra and northern boreal forest open oceans from tropics into surprisingly cold waters flower-rich habitats, farms, gardens, and managed hives

Question 2 · multiple choice

What food choice best fits the teeth, bill, or feeding tools of an Atlantic mudskipper?

mainly seals reached from sea ice small crustaceans, insects, worms, and algae wild sheep, goats, marmots, pikas, and birds snakes, lizards, rodents, insects, and young birds

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which daily routine is most typical for an Atlantic mudskipper?

hunts mainly from dusk through night often active at dusk or night in hot weather most active on exposed mud during suitable tides often hunts at night and shelters by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which action sequence best matches a moving Atlantic mudskipper?

flies slowly and silently before dropping onto prey sidewinds or crawls using waves of muscle along the body crawls with arms, jets water through a siphon, and swims briefly uses muscular pectoral fins to skip and crawl over mud

Question 5 · multiple choice

A close observation reveals one feature especially suited to an Atlantic mudskipper. Which is it?

keeps skin and mouth surfaces moist to exchange gases out of water a long slim snout reduces water resistance during rapid fish strikes separate chemicals mix in a reinforced chamber only when defence is triggered dark eye patches reduce glare while sharp claws excavate prey and tunnels

Question 6 · multiple choice

What is the best description of a young Atlantic mudskipper's start in life?

a queen starts a nest using a small piece of fungus carried from her birth colony eggs develop inside a water-filled burrow chamber cubs are born hidden and later introduced gradually to the pride a tiny newborn crawls into the pouch and continues developing there

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which social arrangement fits an Atlantic mudskipper rather than the distractors?

mostly solitary and follows scent trails while foraging pairs cooperate closely and may gather at fruiting trees males display with raised fins and jumps around defended burrows mostly solitary but gathers where shelter and food are concentrated

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which cause-and-effect chain correctly starts with an Atlantic mudskipper's normal behaviour?

transfers marine nutrients onto land through remains and waste helps keep mountain herbivore populations balanced controls rodents, insects, and some venomous snakes links mudflat prey with birds and aquatic predators

Question 9 · multiple choice

A researcher keeps a safe distance because an Atlantic mudskipper may do what when cornered?

dives into a burrow or water and raises fins in threat displays herds bunch together while antlers and hooves deter attackers dives deeply and relies on size and speed rather than a hard shell workers sting and release alarm pheromone to recruit defenders

Question 10 · true false

True or False: An atlantic mudskipper stores air in its enlarged mouth chamber to supply eggs inside an underground burrow.

True False