Task1: The diagrams below show the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon.

The given diagrams illustrate the life cycle of salmons, a large species of fish.

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, it is noticeable there are a total of three stages in

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life cycle, commencing with the egg

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and ending with the adult

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. In the first

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, the salmon's life cycle begins with the hatching of eggs. These salmon eggs are laid amongst the reeds and small stones in the upper

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. It is notable that

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part of the

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is slow-moving. In

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, after a period of about five to six months, the baby fish that are born are called fry and are about three to eight long. The fry swims from the lower

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to fast flowing. In the

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, after Living in

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lower

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for a period of about four years, the fry gradually grows into a smolt when it measures about 12 to 15 cm in length.

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, it is ready to migrate into the open sea which

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smolt for roughly about 5 years.

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has been completed, the adult

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is approximately 70 to 76 cm long.

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, the adult fish swim back to the same location where they were born.