Pacific Islands and Climate Change

A long-term change in the earth's climate is called _____.

• climate change

• drought

• catchment

• atoll

A community of living things together with their physical environment is called a(n) _____.

• watershed

• runoff

• ecosystem

• marine

An area of land that catches rain and moves it downhill into a body of water is called a(n) _____.

• watershed

• runoff

• ecosystem

• marine

To protect something from harm, loss, or change is to _____ it.

• high island

• pollution

• contaminate

• conserve

The process in which coral reefs turn white is called _____.

• acidic

• erosion

• coral bleaching

• sediment

The process by which running water moves broken-down rock, soil, or sand is called _____.

• acidic

• erosion

• coral bleaching

• sediment

A long period of low rainfall and very dry conditions is called _____.

• climate change

• drought

• catchment

• atoll

On coral atolls, freshwater comes from _____ or freshwater lens.

• rivers

• rainfall

• lakes

• the ocean

Lagoons offer a clear, shallow body of water that is typically free of _____.

• small fish

• live coral

• green algae

• large predators

Herbivore fish prevent _____ from overgrowing and harming the reef ecosystem.

• coral

• algae

• mangrove

• invertebrates