Salmon Review

What habitat do chinook salmon start their life in?

• Desert

• Tundra

• Mountain Stream

• Ocean

What is the FIRST stage of the salmon life cycle?

• Egg

• Alevin

• Adult

• Smolt

Where do eggs and alevin spend all of their time?

• In the ocean

• In a swimming pool

• Smooshed under a rock

• In the Redd

Alevin feed off of their yolk sac until they turn into fry.

• True

• False

In what stage do salmon develop their parr marks?

• Alevin

• Smolt

• Fry

• Adult

What stage do salmon start their adventure away from the redd?

• smolt

• fry

• adult

• alevin

In what stage do the salmon imprint and remember their home stream?

• Fry

• Smolt

• Adult

• Alevin

What is the purpose of parr marks?

• To help them stand out more in the water

• To make them look cooler

• Camoflauge

What is the SECOND stage of the salmon life cycle?

• Eggs

• Alevin

• Smolt

• Fry

An estuary is...

• where the river meets the sea

• at the bottom of a waterfall

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4