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characteristics
needs
hazards
species
miscellaneous
100
made of fat deposits and used for identification
What is an adipose fin?
100
food
What is the main need of salmon during the adult stage?
100
fast flowing water, low temps, pollution
What are some of the needs during the egg cycle?
100
3-7 years
How long does a Chinook salmon live?
100
fish impression
What is Gyutaku art?
200
living in both salt and fresh water
What is anadromous?
200
A young salmon ready to leave for the feeding grounds.
What is a smolt?
200
A dam
What is a man made hindrance to salmon?
200
Humpy Salmon
What is another name for the Pink Salmon species?
200
small free floating organisms at the bottom of the food chain
What are plankton?
300
fertilize with milt
What does the male salmon do to help the eggs hatch?
300
Insects
What do parr eat?
300
Being eaten by predators, flooding, moving too high in the river
What are hazards during the alevin stage?
300
13-19 rays
What is a salmon?
300
Where fresh water and salt water meet.
What is an estuary?
400
During the parr stage
What is the first stage that the salmon become predators?
400
Prevent erosion and silt in the rivers
What are plants?
400
A major hazard on the Columbia River for salmon
What is Grand Coulee Dam?
400
white
What is the color of the gum line on an adult Coho?
400
Living in both fresh and salt water
What is anadromous?
500
The way salmon know how to find their way back home.
What is homing ability?
500
A way that biologists place animals into species groups.
What is taxonomy?
500
pollution
What is the main threat for salmon at all parts of the life cycle?
500
Clipped adipose fin
What is a hatchery fish?
500
The 5 C's salmon need to survive
What is conserve, clean, cool, clear, and constant?