Great Barrier Reef Quiz

The Great Barrier Reef is home to ________of species of plants and animals

• tens

• hundreds

• thousands

• billions

The reef provides 29 billion dollars a year to the economy just from tourism?

• True

• False

The reef is under total protection from pollution.

• True

• False

The land along the coast protected by the reef is mainly used for:

• Businesses

• Agriculture

• Coal Mining

• Protected State Parks

Tourism 

• is not managed at all on the GBR
• is an issue because it supports the economy of the Queensland
• can be useful in educating people about the unique and significant nature of the GBR
• does not impact on the GBR ecosystem at all

A coral reef is made up of:

• Living corals

• Dead Corals

• Both dead and living corals

The Great Barrier Reef is helping to provide cures for

• Asthma

• Cancer

• Arthritis

• All of the above

The reef is in danger from:

• Climate change

• Predators

• Pollution

• Both climate change and pollution

• All of the above

Many of the species that live in the reef are only found in that area

• True

• False

What is one way that the reef is being protected?

• A wall is being built around the reef

• Runoff from surrounding farms is being regulated

• The Australian government is assigning guards to protect the reef

• Removal of organisms or coral is being allowed