Photo by Christopher VenHaus

Directions:  Answer the following questions by visiting the website links related to each question.  Write your
                       answers on the page given to you.  After you've found the answer, use the "BACK" button to
                       come back to this page.

 

1.  What do the alkali flies feed on at Mono Lake?  (see "Buzzzzzz")

2.  What do the birds prefer to dine on (eat)?  (see "Hearty Avian Fare")

3.  What Native American tribe used the alkali fly as a food source?  (see "The Meaning of Kutzadika'a")

4.  What does "Kutzadika'a" mean in their native language?

Use this link for #1-4: http://www.monolake.org/about/ecoflies

 

5.  Why is Mono Lake so salty?
   
Link: http://www.monolake.org/about/geolake

 

6.  About how many California Gulls come to Mono Lake to breed in the spring?  (see "High Desert Rookery")

7.  About how many birds in all are there on the lake in the fall?  (see "October Convention")
Use this link for #5-6: http://www.monolake.org/about/ecobirds

 

8.  What began happening in 1941 that threatened to destroy Mono Lake?
   
Link: http://www.monolake.org/about/story

 

9.  About how many brine shrimp inhabit Mono Lake during the warmer summer months?  (see "Not Peal and Eat")

10.  What makes life impossible for fish in Mono Lake?  (see "Fishless Waters")
Use this link for #8-9: http://www.monolake.org/about/ecoshrimp