Local Animals
What is the name of the only local venomous snake?
Rattle Snake
Name the ocean along the North Coast that our local rivers go into?
Pacific Ocean
Native people used fire to care for the land.
True or False?
True
What does it mean when salmon spawn?
a) swimming up stream
b) process of reproduction
c) salmon changing colors
Where does a salmon spend the majority of its life?
a) rivers
b) creeks
c) oceans
d) lakes
c) ocean
Name 3-4 local native species that live in the rivers?
Sturgeon, Salmon, Trout, Pacific Lamprey(Eel), Crawfish, Mussels, Snakes, Turtles
Name the River that had 4 dams recently removed?
a) Salmon
b) Klamath
c) Trinity
d) Eel
Klamath
Name 3/4 local tribes
Hoopa Valley, Yurok, Karuk, Wiyot, Tolowa De Ni, Shasta
Name 2/3 stages of the salmon life cycle
eggs, parr, fry, smolt, adult, alevin, spawning
Name 2 kinds of salmon in the local river
Coho and Chinook
Name 4 native species that live on land
Elk, Deer, Fox, Skunk, Snake, Bear, Jack Rabbit, Coyote, Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Scrub Jay
Name 3 local rivers?
Eel, Trinity, Mad, Klamath, Smith, Salmon, Shasta, Scott
Historically, What did/do many local Native People use as transportation on the river?
dugout canoes
Where do Salmon Spawn?
a) any cold creek?
b) in the ocean?
c) in the same place they were born
c) in the same place they were born
How do you say salmon in the 1/2 of the native languages?
Ney-puey(Yurok), Aama(Karuk), Ło:q'(Hupa)
What is the largest local ocean animal?
Blue Whale
What is a tributary?
a) another word for dam
b) river, creek, or stream that turns into a larger river
c) where the rivers goes into the ocean
What are canoes and plank houses made of?
Redwood, Cedar, Oak
What does anadromous mean?
a) fish that die after spawning
b) fish that migrate from fresh water to salt water
c) fish that lay eggs
b) fish that migrate from fresh water to salt water
Name 2/3 plants/trees you can make tea from
pepperwood, lemon balm, wild grape vine, stinging nettle, yerba santa- mountain balm
What bird has a coma shaped feather on the top of their head? (hint: they are often seen in herds)
valley quail
What is a reservoir?
a) fancy word for man-made lake
b) where the water flows free
c) another word for where salmon spawn
fancy word for a man-made lake
Name 4 native local ocean foods the native people ate.
Eel, Crab, Abalone, Salmon, Trout, Seaweed
Semelparity Means?
a) salmon that have damaged fins
b) fish that live in the river
c) fish that spawn once in their lifetime then die
c) fish that spawn once in their lifetime then die
Name 2 parts of a canoe?
Nose, Heart, Lungs, Kidneys