Salmon Unit!

Pacific Salmon includes the following species of salmon (choose all that are correct. Some species may not be listed).

• Chinook (King)

• Coho (Silver)

• Pink

• Sockeye

• Atlantic Salmon

Historically, how many salmon annually returned to the Columbia River and its tributaries?

• 2 Million

• 500,000

• up to 16 million

• 50 MIllion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

When did canning fish in the columbia river begin?

• 1820

• 1940

• 1800

• 1860

Select all that apply. Salmon provide a natural resource for the following

• Native/Indigenous Peoples

• White settlers

• Predators like Bears, Wolves, Foxes

• NW Forest Ecosystems

• Scavengers like Eagles, birds, etc.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What happens to a Salmon after it spawns?

• It dies, providing nutrients to the ecosystem

• It returns to the ocean to regain strength for spawning the next year.

• It sometimes dies and sometimes lives to go back to the ocean.

• It may continue to live in the river and spawn the following year.

What is the first stage in the life cycle of a salmon?

• eggs

• alevin

• fry

• parr

What is the last stage in the life cycle of a salmon?

• parr

• smolt

• adult

• spawning adult

True or false. Spawning adults change color.

• True, they change color

• False, they do not change color

What is the correct order for a salmon's life cycle?

• egg, fry, smolt, adult, spawning salmon

• egg, smolt, spawning salmon

• spawning salmon, smolt, egg, fry

• fry, smolt, spawning salmon, egg

What state or Canadian Province below does NOT historically have Columbia River Salmon?

• California

• Oregon

• Wyoming

• Montana

• British Columbia