Coral Review

Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?

• Puerto Rico
• Florida
• Indonisia
• Australia

What threatens the reefs in the fall?

• predators
• pollution
• hurricanes
• elevated temperatures

What is the biggest ecological benefit of coral reefs?

• ecotourism
• seafood harvesting
• habitat production
• protection of shoreline

What is the biggest economic benefit of coral reefs?

• filtration of sea water
• habitat production
• ecotourism
• protection of shoreline

What are the two types of corals?

• plant/animal
• polyp/medusa
• fringing/barrier
• hard/soft

What is the main abiotic factor that will determine the location of a reef?

• available surface 
• depth
• salinity
• temperature/light

A ringed shaped reef

• fringing reef
• barrier reef
• atoll
• archipelago 

Coral larvae become a __________.

• polyp
• hard coral
• soft coral
• reef

Two factors trigger reproduction on reefs?

• tides & temperature
• light & temperature
• light & depth
• tides & depth

What is the hard structure that provides the foundation for the reef?

• limestone
• sandstone
• concrete
• granite