Salmon Life Cycle
Salmon Species
Salmon Habitat
Salmon Threats/
Predators
Miscellaneous
100
The first stage in the salmon life cycle.
What is egg?
100
This is the largest species of salmon, nicknamed "King."
What is Chinook?
100
These are ALL (five) of the bodies of water in which salmon can be found.
What are: oceans, estuaries, rivers, lakes, and streams (creeks)?
100
This threat can harm wild salmon in ALL of the six life cycle stages.
What is pollution?
100
This is the nest that a female salmon creates for her eggs.
What is a "redd"?
200
This stage begins after the egg has hatched.
What is alevin?
200
The males of this salmon species develop "teeth" during spawning.
What is chum (dog)?
200
This is the required healthy temperature range for salmon eggs to develop.
What is 5-9 degrees C / 37-55 degrees F.
200

During this stage, the salmon can be killed if people walk on the bottom of streams and disturb their redds. 

What is egg?

200
This Ogden classroom had the highest mortality rate in its tank.
What is Ms. Grenwis's class?
300
This is the stage when the spawning ground scent is imprinted on the salmon.
What is fry?
300
This species is known by fishermen as being the most flavorful of the Pacific salmon.
What is the Sockeye?
300
In this habitat, salmon begin to use vegetation as a shelter.
What is the estuary?
300
During this stage, older salmon are one of the salmon's predators.
What is smolt?
300
These are the three life stages that humans and salmon have in common.
What are: egg, adult, and death?
400
During this stage salmon begin to develop scales and change color.
What is smolt?
400
This species is popular with sport fishermen and is able to live in urban areas and cities.
What is Coho?
400
This is the habitat where salmon spend their adult lives.
What is the ocean?
400
This is the first stage in which fishermen are one of salmon's predators.
What is adult / the ocean stage?
400
This is the survival percentage of wild salmon.
What is 3-5%?
500
During the fry stage, salmon develop this trait which enables them to swim.
What is inflating their swimming bladder?
500

This is the most common salmon species in the Colquitz River. 

What is Coho?

500
This single obstruction has had the greatest impact on salmon habitat and migratory routes.
What are dams?
500
During the spawning migration, these land mammals are the salmon's primary predators.
What are: people, bears, otters, and seals.
500
This breed of Pacific Salmon is not found in the United States and only lives in Japan, Korea, and Russia.
What is masu / cherry salmon?
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