Marine Ecology

Coral reefs provide

• shelter
• tourism
• protection from storms
• all the above

What percent of all the plants and animals in the ocean live around coral reefs?

• 25 percent
• 30 percent
• 50 percent
• 10 percent

What builds up over time to form a reef?

• Sand
• Coral skeletons
• Fish bones
• Rocks

Coral reefs are important to medical research.

• true
• false

What are the two kinds of coral?

• Blue and yellow
• Hard and slimy
• Hard and soft
• Soft and delicate

Greenland sharks can live 

• 50 years
• 100 years
• between 260 and 400 years
• 2 months

Who causes the most damage to coral reefs?

• Whales
• Fish
• Boats
• Humans

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a tiny individual coral animal?

• Polyps
• Crevice
• Atolls
• Erosion

The expulsion of zooxanthellae due to unfavorable conditions is called

• Exudation
• Bleaching
• Decalcification
• Denudation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is it called when coral loses its color?

• bleaching
• white out
• colorization

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS4-5