Coral Bleaching

What causes coral bleaching?

• oil spills

• warmer water temperatures

• overfishing

• red tide

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What builds up over time to form a reef?

• Sand
• Coral skeletons
• Fish bones
• Rocks

Based on the food web, which is a producer?

• turtle grass

• shrimp

• clownfish

• nurse shark

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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Oceans are important to our environment and atmosphere because... (Choose all that apply)

• They absorb heat and carbon dioxide.

• They hold 97% of the world's water

• They generate 50% of the oxygen we breathe?

• They create opportunities for family outings and activities.

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What is it called when coral loses its color?

• bleaching
• white out
• colorization

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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-LS1-6

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Growth rate of coral species has declined by 14% on the GBR since 1990 - which of these is a reason for this?

• Mass tourism

• Cold weather

• Rise in sea level

• Temperature stress

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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______________________ is needed by corals, mollusks, sponges, and crustaceans to make their skeletons, shells, spicules, and structures.

• calcium carbonate

• sodium chloride

• carbon dioxide

• nitrogen gas

When corals ejects symbionts from gastrodermis cells it is called

• A. bleaching

• B. eutrophication

• C. nitrogen fixation

• D. subsiding

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What is the number one cause of coral bleaching?

• People swimming in the ocean

• Ocean pollution

• Ocean Warming

• Increase in invasive species

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