Life Cycle
What is the first stage of the salmon?
Egg.
What salmon can weigh up to 129 pounds
Chinook
What do salmon use to see?
Their eyes.
How many threats did I teach you?
What are they known as?
4.
The 4 H's.
What is the second stage of the salmon?
Alevin.
Which salmon can grow up to be 3.5-5 pounds
Pink
What fin helps the salmon turn and stop?
The Dorsal fin.
Which threat causes an imbalance that can erode the food web and the loss of other important marine life?
Harvesting.
What is the third stage of the salmon?
Parr.
What salmon can grow to be 30-35 pounds
Chum
How do salmon breathe?
With their gills.
Which threat raises the salmon and may be negatively affecting wild salmon populations?
Hatchery Misuse.
What is the fourth stage of the salmon?
Smolt.
Which salmon can grow up to be 24-30 inches in length
Coho
What do salmon use to eat/taste?
Their mouth.
Which threat causes the salmon population to decrease affecting everything around it?
Habitat loss.
What is the fifth and sixth stage of the salmon?
Fry and Adult.
Which salmon takes 12-21 weeks to hatch
Sockeye
What fin helps the salmon steer themselves?
Caudal fin, or tail fin.
Which threat blocks salmon from moving along their natural pathways between feeding and spawning grounds?
Hydropower dams.