Coral Reefs Introduction

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Science
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11th - 12th Grade
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Hard

Rosa LOHRISCH
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The 3 main areas world wide that coral reefs are found...
Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Carribean
Red Sea, Pacific, Asia
Indonesia, Pacific, Coral triangle
Carribean, Indo-Pacific, Coral triangle
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
A higher diversity of corals are found in areas of lower latitudes
True
False
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
All coral reefs in Australia are found north of the Tropic of Capricorn
True
False
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Endemism ...
is exemplified by Australian salmon
is exemplified by kangaroos
is where a species evolves uniquely at a location and remains exclusive to that location;
can occur as a result of habitat fragmentation or destruction and a subsequent extinction from all localities except one
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Tropical species are not replaced with subtropical species as latitude increases, but rather there is a gradual thinning out of tropical species. This is..
biodiversity
symbiosis
competition
latitudinal attenuation
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Tropical coral planulae/larvae can be found in subtropical areas, but not vice versa (known as the ratchet effect).
True
False
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Corals can withstand temperatures as low as 14 degrees C, but coral reefs cannot be built at less than 18 degrees C. Choose the MOST correct answer.
True, because it's too cold to make a Calcium carbonate structure
False, some corals can build reefs at a lower temp
True, because algae out-complete corals at lower temps
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