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

The diagrams below show the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon.
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The diagrams illustrate the life cycle of a species of large fish in three phases and three stages.
Overall
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, a salmon passes through three stages which start living in the river and migrating to the open sea.
To begin
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with, adult salmons mate and
then
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the female fish lays eggs in the upper river which has slow-moving water. The eggs in the upper of reeds and small tones around 5-6 months. After 6 months, there will be grows and called fry. Fry have long body around 3-8 cm. Fry lived in fast-flowing water in the lower river for around 4 years.
Next,
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the small fish grows around 12-15 cm which is called smolt. After growth the smolt migration to the open ocean. Smolth has lived in the open sea approx 5 years.
As a result
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, smolt became an adult salmon with a 70-76 cm long body and lives in the open ocean. It is an adult salmon ready to start the life cycle again
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Life cycle
  • Spawning
  • Freshwater
  • Juvenile
  • Fry
  • Adaptation
  • Migration
  • Smolt
  • Rivers
  • Ocean
  • Challenge
  • Growth
  • Return journey
  • Hatching ground
  • Perilous
  • Upstream
  • Obstacle
  • Ecological impact
  • Preservation
  • Disturbance
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