Pacific Salmon Life Cycle
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Identifying the stages of the salmon life cycle.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Which choice has the salmon life cycle in the correct order? (remember a circle has no beginning or end)
- A.
Smolt, adult, fry, alevin, egg, spawning adult, parr
- B.
Adult, spawning adult, egg, alevin, fry, parr, smolt
- C.
Spawning adult, parr, smolt, egg, adult, fry, parr, alevin
- D.
Alevin, smolt, parr, adult, spawning adult, fry, egg
- 2.Which stage is found in freshwater, has large parr marks, and hunts for its food?
- A.
Smolt
- B.
Parr
- C.
Fry
- D.
Alevin
- 3.Which life stage is found in the ocean?
- A.
Fry
- B.
Alevin
- C.
Spawning adult
- D.
Adult
- 4.Which stage is when the salmon lose their parr marks, turn silver, and move into the ocean?
- A.
Fry
- B.
Parr
- C.
Smolt
- D.
Adult
- 5.Which salmon stage is spelled correctly.
- A.
Allevin
- B.
Aleven
- C.
Alevin
- D.
Aleeevin
- 6.Which stage finds the salmon starting to hunt for food, leaves the redd, and no longer has a food sack on its belly?
- A.
Adult
- B.
Spawning adult
- C.
Fry
- D.
Smolt
- 7.What two things change when salmon spawn?
- A.
Size and shape
- B.
Type of salmon
- C.
Shape and color
- 8.After salmon ______ they die.
- A.
Swim
- B.
Move to the ocean
- C.
Spawn
- D.
Lose their food sack
- 9.Salmon nests are called:
- A.
Redds
- B.
Reds
- C.
Nests
- D.
Gravel
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