Coral Reef Review

Corals are

• plants

• animals

• protists

• bacteria

Corals are

• mollusks

• arthropods

• plants

• cnidarians

Corals have a mutualistic symbiosis with which photosynthetic algae?

• phytoplankton

• zooplankton

• zooxanthellae

• chemosynthetic bacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What do polyps use to make the shell that encases them and forms the hard skeletons of corals?

• calcium carbonate

• calcium sulfate

• sodium carbonate

• sodium sulfate

Which is NOT a type of coral reef?

• atoll

• estuarian reef

• barrier reef

• fringing reef

What is the most common type of coral reef?

• Atoll

• barrier reef

• benthic reef

• fringing reef

What reef is found closest to the shoreline?

• Atoll

• barrier reef

• estuarian reef

• fringing reef

What reef is created by a volcanic island subsiding (sinking), leaving only a lagoon in the middle?

• Atoll

• barrier reef

• estuarian reef

• fringing reef

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of reef is pictured?

• Atoll

• barrier reef

• fringing reef

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What type of reef is pictured?

• Atoll

• barrier reef

• fringing reef