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Coral Reef

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where are Coral Reef found?

a)

On land

b)

found underwater

c)

Found in the deep parts of the ocean

2.

The type of reef shown here is

a)

a fringing reef

b)

a barrier reef

c)

an atoll

d)

a bleached reef

3.

2 types of reef-building corals are (2 answers)

a)

sea fans

b)

sedimentary

c)

staghorn

d)

brain

4.

It's how corals feed.

a)

by using their tentacles

b)

food flows into it

c)

parrotfish bring it food

d)

it eats the calcium & CO2 from the water

5.

What percentage of the ocean is taken up by coral reefs?

a)

10-12 percent

b)

25 percent

c)

less than one percent

d)

more than fifty percent

6.

Coral reefs are endangered by

a)

climate change

b)

overfishing

c)

pollution

d)

all of the above

7.

Coral reefs are home to how many species?

a)

thousands

b)

billions

c)

hundreds

d)

millions

8.

Scientists fear coral reefs could die out by

a)

2035

b)

2050

c)

2089

d)

2020

9.

What is one way scientists trying to save the coral reefs?

a)

by growing coral and planting it in the ocean

b)

by restricting access to reefs

c)

by adding new species of fish to the reefs

d)

by adding fertilizer to the coral reefs

10.

What is the largest coral reef on the planet?

a)

Rainbow Reef, Fiji

b)

Great Chago Archipelago, Indian Ocean

c)

Amazon Reef, Brazil

d)

Great Barrier Reef, Australia

11.
What are the two kinds of coral?
a)
Blue and yellow
b)
Hard and slimy
c)
Hard and soft
d)
Soft and delicate
12.

Corals are types of

a)

plants

b)

rocks

c)

animals

d)

algae

13.
What threatens the reefs in the fall?
a)
predators
b)
pollution
c)
hurricanes
d)
elevated temperatures
14.
What is the biggest ecological benefit of coral reefs?
a)
tourism
b)
seafood
c)
habitat
d)
protection of shoreline