Coral Reefs EOC Questions

Corals obtain food using all of the following except:

• A. mutualistic relationship with zooxanthellae

• B. Capturing zooplankton and detritus

• C. absorbing DOM from water

• D. scavenging the bottom for dead animals

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When corals expel zooxanthellae it is called

• A. bleaching

• B. eutrophication

• C. nitrogen fixation

• D. subsiding

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Which is the outer, steep margin of a coral reef?

• A. reef crest

• B. reef flat

• C. reef slope

• D. lagoon

Which are the most important primary producers on a coral reef?

• A. diatoms and seaweeds

• B. dinoflagellates and seaweeds

• C. zooxanthellae and seagrasses

• D. zooxanthellae and algae

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Corals that do not build reefs and often lack zooxanthellae are known as

• A. ahermatypic

• B. anthozoans

• C. hermatypic

• D. hydrozoans

Humans damage coral reefs through all of the following actions except

• A. increasing sediment influx through mining and logging

• B. runoff containing pesticides and toxic wastes

• C. transmitting infections from open wounds while snorkeling

• D. nutrient influx from sewage and agriculture

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Patch reefs, coral knolls and pinnacles may punctuate a sheltered body of water call a(n)

• A. atoll

• B. cay

• C. lagoon

• D. reef slope

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What factors affect growth on the fore-reef slope of a barrier reef? What adaptations do corals have to deal with these factors?

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Which is a leading hypothesis that explains crown-of-thorns outbreaks? Why is it important to understand why these outbreaks occur?

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What factors might account for the fact that the vast majority of atolls occur in the Indian and Pacific oceans and that atolls are rare in the Atlantic?

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