WorksheetsWhere Is the Great Barrier Reef?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Africa
Other than the Aborigines, which group of people inhabited Australia?
British
Canadians
Americans
Africans
Raine Island is a popular destination for...
sea turtle nests
tourists
bird habitats
hurricanes
Who are considered the "first Reef people?"
Australian Aborigines
Captain Cook and his crew
Steve Irwin
scuba divers
Click on everything that's associated with the Aborigines:
hunting kangaroos with boomerangs
playing didgeridoos
fishing for and eating sea turtles
using shark skin as sandpaper
hunting birds with boomerangs
What is coral?
plant
animal
algae
seaweed
What are the two types of coral?
hard & soft
plant & animal
brown & green algae
mushroom & brain
What are polyps?
tiny animals
tiny plants
reef fish
a type of sea urchin
Why is some coral as hard as a rock?
coral IS rock
coral has a metal shell
coral has a limestone skeleton
coral is made of glass
Click on the things coral eats:
food from algae
zooplankton
small fish
dolphins
What gives coral its color?
food coloring
seaweed
fish poop
algae
Click on the animals that are native to Australia:
wallabies
kangaroos
emus
koalas
Tasmanian devils
The Queensland Grouper & Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse have a...
symbiotic relationship
partnership
dual agreement
contract of rights
Who is the famous Australian naturalist who loved "saltie" crocodiles, worked at the Australian Zoo, and was killed by a stingray in the Great Barrier Reef?
Steve Irwin
Nick Chubb
Bindi Irwin
Jimmy Fallon
What other habitats are SUPER important to the health of the Great Barrier Reef?
mountain
sea grass meadow
lagoon
desert
mangrove forest
Sediment must be controlled or it will choke the coral reef. Where does the sediment come from?
rivers from the rainforests
rainwater from the hurricanes
fish carry it through the water
pollution from tourists
Before it was called "Australia," what was the continent called?
Terra Australis Incognita
Terra Zuppa Austria
Austriland Territory
Britain Junior
Which of these HARM the Great Barrier Reef?
dredging
sewage & trash
humans
oil companies
climate change
What happened in 1981 that helped to protect the Great Barrier Reef?
it was named a World Heritage Site
it became one of the Wonders of the World
tourism was outlawed
a movie was made about the reef
Why is "coral bleaching" occurring?
the water is getting too warm for the algae to stay inside the coral
the sun is too hot and burns the coral
pollution is killing the algae
the hot water boils and kills the polyps
