6.2 - Coral Reef Formation and Distribution

Which of the following would be a limiting factor for coral reef distribution?

• temperature between 20-25 degrees Celsius

• Salinity between 32-35ppt

• depth that is less than 25 meters

• excess sedimentation from a river mouth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Corals are animals in phylum

• Porifera

• Ctenophora

• Cnidaria

• Echinodermata

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Reef Building Corals are found in what location?

• Tropical oceans near the equator

• Temperate shorelines

• Polar regions

• Deep Oceans

This diagram is of a coral polyp. Select the letter that identifies the Basal Plate

• A

• B

• C

• D

This diagram is of a coral polyp. Select the letter that identifies the Stomach

• A

• B

• C

• D

Coral gets nutrition from which two sources?

• suspension feeding/prey on zooplankton

• Chemosynthetic Bacteria

• Symbiotic Zooxanthellae

• hunt fish

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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Coral distribution is limited to what temperature ranes?

• 12-16 degrees Celsius

• 25-35 Degrees Celsius

• 23-25 Degrees Celsius

• 35-40 Degrees Celsius

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

The picture shows a coral reef along the shoreline. which type of reef is this?

• Barrier Reef

• Fringing Reef

• Patch Reef

• Atoll

During an Atoll formation, as the island sinks, the fringing reef will turn into a

• Patch Reef

• Lagoon

• Barrier Reef

• Atoll

Corals can reproduce

• Sexually

• Asexually

• Both Sexually and Asexually

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