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Question 1: ________ flow in and out of Puget Sound and are a main food source for many marine animals.
Chinook salmonWild fisheriesSalmonCrab fisheries

Question 2: In 1853 Washington Territory was formed from part of ________.
Oregon TerritoryOregon CountryOregon TrailOregon City, Oregon

Question 3: Puget Sound is a very large salt water ________, or system of many estuaries, fed by highly seasonal freshwater from the Olympic and Cascade Mountain watersheds.
LagoonTide poolEstuaryCoral reef

Question 4: ________: It is estimated that more than 100 million geoducks are packed into Puget Sound's sediments.
ScallopArgopecten irradiansGeoduckClam

Question 5: Lesser Puget Sound ________ with shallow epicenters, caused by the fracturing of stressed oceanic rocks as they are subducted still cause great damage.
Geotechnical engineeringEarthquakeLandslideS-wave

Question 6: In 1792 ________ gave the name "Puget's Sound" to the waters south of the Tacoma Narrows, in honor of Peter Puget, a lieutenant accompanying him on the Vancouver Expedition.
James CookBritish ColumbiaNorthwest PassageGeorge Vancouver

Question 7: ________ explored Puget Sound in 1792.
James CookGeorge VancouverVancouver ExpeditionBritish Columbia

Question 8: ________, Humpback, and Grey Whales also live in the waters.
Fin whaleCommon minke whaleMinke whaleKiller whale

Question 9: It was originally administered from Fort Vancouver as part of the Hudson's Bay Company's ________, but became U.S.
Oregon TrailOregon boundary disputeOregon CountryColumbia District

Question 10: [4] Under this definition significant parts of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the ________ are included in Puget Sound, with the international boundary marking an abrupt and hydrologically arbitrary limit.
VancouverStrait of GeorgiaVancouver IslandJosé María Narváez
















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