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Coral Reefs conservation

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

What percentage of the ocean's sea life lives in coral reefs?

a)

10 -15%

b)

20%

c)

45%

d)

25%

3.

Coral reefs are endangered by

a)

climate change

b)

overfishing

c)

pollution

d)

all of the above

4.

What causes coral bleaching?

a)

oil spills

b)

warmer water temperatures

c)

overfishing

d)

red tide

5.

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

6.

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

7.
What builds up over time to form a reef?
a)
Sand
b)
Coral skeletons
c)
Fish bones
d)
Rocks
8.
Which of the following is NOT a type of coral reef?
a)
Fringing reefs
b)
Barrier reefs
Barrier reefs
c)
Atolls
d)
Crustacean 
9.

Why don't coral reefs grow well below 130 feet?

a)

because the water is too warm below 130 feet

b)

because coral reefs need sunshine

c)

because the water is dirty

10.

How long does it take for coral reefs to grow up to 3 feet?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1000 years

11.

When an ancient underwater volcano disappears, the ring that it forms is called...

a)

fringing reef

b)

barrier reef

c)

coral atoll

12.

Which underwater animal has a pouch that they can carry eggs in until they hatch?

a)

longnose butterfly fish

b)

green sea turtle

c)

giant clam

d)

sea horse

13.

What is one big threat to coral reefs?

a)

sharks

b)

pollution

c)

turtles

d)

anemones

14.

Coral Reefs are found where?

a)

In the desert

b)

In the Ocean

c)

In the rain forest

15.

Coral is actually

a)

a plant

b)

an animal

c)

a shark

16.

Coral is actually called a

a)

polymer

b)

polygon

c)

polly pocket

d)

polyp

17.

Coral reefs are large underwater structures made of...?

a)

trees and dirt

b)

limestone, algae, plants and animals

c)

crabby patties

d)

grass, rocks and flowers

18.

Coral reefs are very...?

a)

dull

b)

empty

c)

Colorful

d)

deserted

19.

Coral polyps eat...?

a)

crabby patties

b)

plankton

c)

seeds

d)

fish

20.

Corallite are the remains of old coral polyps...?

a)

clothes

b)

skeletons

c)

rocks

d)

sand