Great Salt Lake

What can survive the salinity of the Great Salt Lake?

• Rainbow Trout and other local fish

• Whales and Narwhals

• Brine Shrimp and Brine fly larvae

• Nothing survives

How long is a brine shrimp egg "hatchable" ?

• 14 days

• 3 months

• many years

• 90 days

About how many species of birds stop by the Great Salt Lake for "free french flies"?

• 25

• 1100

• 250

• 2000

Paiute Indians used the brine fly pupal cases (egg shells) for what?

• bedding

• food

• seagull bait

• baby rattles

In 1848 the crops of the Mormon Pioneers were threatened by a plague of ________.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Adult brine shrimp can be about how big?

• 3 inches long

• 1/2 inch long

• cat sized

• 2 millimeters long

What do seagulls eat? (more than one answer is correct)

• worms

• cherries

• mice

• cats

What do pelicans eat?

• fish

• hummingbirds and sparrows

• Nemo and Dori

• crickets

Pelicans and seagulls stay at the lake all year with certain species of birds who don't migrate.

• True

• False

The marshes on the northeast side of the Great Salt Lake are where the government has 100 miles for ?

• a salt mine

• a bird refuge

• a boating dock

• Hill Air Force Base