Salmon Life Cycle
These are ALL 3 C's that salmon need in their water?
What are: clean, cold, and clear
What do salmon eat?
What is insects and smaller fish?
What is the definition for the word "Restoration"?
a) The area of land where water flows down to a larger body of water
B) Human action to improve habitat
C) The land next to a stream
B) Human action to improve habitat
The males of this salmon species develop very large "teeth" during spawning.
What is chum (dog)?
What objects help salmon hide and also slows down the river so salmon can rest?
large, woody debris
Name two wild animals that eat salmon
What is eagles, bears, whales, etc
Why is salmon important to WA state?
Examples include: food, cultural (to the native people), jobs (fishing), good for the environment
This is the stage after the alevin
What is fry?
This male species turns green and red while traveling up river.
What is the Sockeye?
In this habitat, the fresh water meets the salt water
What is the estuary?
which stage can salmon be caught by fishermen?
What is adult?
blocks the route of the salmon, alters the river and forest environment
What is a hydro electic dam
During this stage salmon enter the ocean from the estuary
What is adult?
This species' nickname is "humpie"
What is pink?
This is the habitat where salmon spend their adult lives.
What is the ocean?
Do trees eat salmon? (or absorb salmon)
YES
Out of 3000 eggs laid, how many salmon return to their home stream?
a) 2-3
b) 100
c)1000
2-3
During this stage they die
spawning
Resident orcas like to eat these types of salmon
What is Chinook?
The area surrounding a river or stream
What is the riparian zone?
During the spawning migration, name 1 land mammal that are the salmon's primary predators.
What are: people, bears, birds, wolves
Many Indigenous People show respect for the salmon by doing this.
return the bones to the river/ocean