Sherlock Bones
Monitor Wizard
Salmon Says
Trees, Please
The Long and The Short of It
100
When observing skulls, this little rhyme helps one determine which might be a predator and which might be prey.
What is "eyes in front, likes to hunt; eyes on side, likes to hide"?
100
The temperature that can hold more dissolved oxygen: 6°C or 25°C.
What is 6 degrees C?
100
When spawning, I’ll clean silt from the bottom of the stream to create this shallow nest in gravel where I’ll lay my eggs.
What is a redd?
100
Thuja Plicata
What is Western Red Cedar?
100
Rubus spectabilis
What is salmonberry (SM)?
200
Who this Slough skull belongs to.
What is a barred owl?
200
The most common result for Coal Creek turbidity test. DOUBLE the points if you know what NTU stands for & what incurred the different result.
What is <10NTU? And what is Nephelometric Turbidity Units & heavy rains?
200
Sport fishers call me “silver,” though I’m also known by this name.
What is coho?
200
Pseudotsuga menziesii
What is Douglas Fir?
200
Rubus ursinus
What is trailing blackberry (TB)?
300
Many find it surprising that this Slough resident is an omnivore.
What is a coyote?
300
The decimal logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion activity in a solution.
What is pH?
300
Humans build structures like this to help us return upstream.
What is a fish ladder?
300
Alnus rubra
What is Red Alder?
300
Mahonia aquifolium
What is Oregon Grape (OG)?
400
Turbinate bones allow us to make inferences about this in an animal.
What is its sense of smell?
400
The more ions that are present, the higher the _________ of water.
What is conductivity?
400
One of my common names. (hint: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
What is a pink or humpy? (Fun Fact: Occasionally Pink interbreed with Chum, and their offspring are known as a “chumpy.”)
400
Acer macrophyllum
What is Big Leaf Maple?
400
Gaultheria shallon
What is salal (SL)?
500
Of these two animals, the one you would predict to have the stronger jaw strength.
What is the animal on the right? (The sagittal crest on the badger is much larger, suggesting it has a more powerful jaw than the fox.)
500
This brownish-orange precipitate indicates oxygen is present.
What is flocculent (floc)?
500
This is the fancy word scientists use for fish like me, who travel between fresh and salt water during their life-cycle.
What is anadromous?
500
Tsuga heterophylla
What is Western Hemlock?
500
Athyrium
What is lady fern (LF)?
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