Chasing Coral Quiz Exit Ticket

Where are Reef Building Corals found?

• Where water temperature is between 23 and 29 degrees C

• Where the water is not very salty

• Where the water is clear, so there is a lot of light

• Where water is very deep

• In tropical and semitropical waters

What are some ways a coral reef could be harmed?

• Increase in fishing

• Sea temperature rising

• Decrease in water clarity

• Increase in ocean acidification

Which of the following causes coral "bleaching"?

• cooler ocean temperatures

• pollutants in the water

• warmer ocean temperatures

• higher salt concentrations in the ocean

What relationship exists between the coral polyp and the zooxanthellae algae that live inside them?

• Mutualism

• Predation

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

Coral secrete _______________ that creates the structure of the coral reef.

• Sediments

• Staghorn

• Calcium carbonate

• Sodium carbonate

Coral bleaching events occur because coral

• do not have enough calcium carbonate to build their skeletons.

• reflect light back into space, enhancing the greenhouse effect.

• undergo extreme heat stress and eject their symbiont.

• consume the poisonous zooxanthellae algae and subsequently die.

What is the largest reef in the world?

• Belize Barrier Reef
• Great Barrier Reef
• Aldabra Atoll
• The Palancar Reef