Species of Salmon
The Salmon that rhymes with thumb is...
Chum
Salmon look like little orange balls living in stream gravel
egg
There is more freshwater than salt water on earth
False
The process when liquid becomes a gas in the atmosphere is called ____________.
Evaporation
What is the Riparian Zone?
The area that borders either side of the stream and inside the stream itself. This includes all of the abiotic, biotic, and culutral elements.
Your pointer finger represents the________ Salmon
Sockeye
Salmon begin to look like little fish. They have a yolk sack on their stomachs where they get their food.
Alevin
Most of Earth's freshwater can be found in ice caps and glaciers
True
The process when gas condenses to form clouds is ____________.
Condensation
What happens for salmon when the riparian zone is degraded?
It is unhealthy, and not a good habitat for Salmon.
The salmon represented by your middle or "King" finger is ...
Chinook
Salmon look like miniature adult fish. The yolk sack is gone and they now have to find their own food.
Fry
In a watershed the water collects at the top of the mountain.
False
_________ is the water that falls from clouds as rain and snow.
Percipitation
When a Riparian Zone is restored, that means it has been___________.
fixed up and repaired so that it is now healthy.
Point to your pinky...What salmon are you thinking of?
Pink
Salmon stay in the estuary and getting used to salt water before enetering the ocean.
Smolt
The name of the body of water in which the Nooksack river flows is the Bellingham Bay
True
___________ is the downward movement of water through the spaces of rock or soil; when surface water becomes groundwater.
Infiltration
Salmon provide for ______, and ________ provide for Salmon.
trees
A silver is otherwise known as a ___________ salmon.
Coho
Salmon swim back to the streams where they were born to lay and fertilize eggs. After this, they die.
Spawning adult
The three tributaries for the Nooksack river are North Fork, West Fork, and Middle Fork.
False
What drives the entire water cycle?
The Sun
List two ways that forests help salmon:
Water, Shade, trees (also teacher discretion).