Coral Reef Conservation

What is it called when coral loses its color?

• bleaching
• white out
• colorization

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What else kills coral besides pollution?

• too much sun
• too much salt water
• humans with boats and divers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What caused the bleaching of a large part of the Great Barrier Reef in 2015-16? 

• oil spill
• underwater heat wave
• formation of iceberg
• mass migration of fish out of area

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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How are dead zones created? 

• Algal blooms remove CO₂ from reefs
• Algal blooms remove O₂ from reefs
• oil spills
• over-fished reefs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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How do zooxanthellae help corals? 

• Provide sugars to corals
• Provide oxygen to corals
• Provide pretty colors to corals
• Provide protection to corals

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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What percentage of the ocean is taken up by coral reefs?

• 10-12 percent

• 25 percent

• less than one percent

• more than fifty percent

What percentage of the ocean's sea life lives in coral reefs?

• 10 -15%

• 20%

• 45%

• 25%

Coral reefs are endangered by

• climate change

• overfishing

• pollution

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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What causes coral bleaching?

• oil spills

• warmer water temperatures

• overfishing

• red tide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is one way scientists trying to save the coral reefs?

• by growing coral and planting it in the ocean

• by restricting access to reefs

• by adding new species of fish to the reefs

• by adding fertilizer to the coral reefs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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