WorksheetsCORAL REEF
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What threatens coral reefs, in the Caribbean, in the fall?
predators
pollution
hurricanes
elevated temperatures
A type of reef that lies close to the shore.
fringing reef
barrier reef
atoll
archipelago
A reef running parallel to the shore but separated from it by a channel of deep water.
fringing reef
barrier reef
atoll
archipelago
Select the moray eel
Periodic rise and fall of the ocean.
Coral reef
Tide
Population
Oyster
What is this?
Sea grass
Colony
Sponge
Algae
What is this?
Shelter
Pollution
Colony
Oyster
Select the oyster.
What country is the Great Barrier Reef close to?
Bahamas
Australia
Mexico
Portugal
What is this?
Mollusk
Sponge
Seagrass
Oyster
What are coral reefs often compared to?
forests
gardens
rainforests
deserts
Coral reefs are endangered by
climate change
overfishing
pollution
all of the above
Coral Reefs are found in
tropical waters
waters around the South pole only
sub-tropical waters
A and C
Coral reefs are home to how many species?
thousands
billions
hundreds
millions
What is one way scientists trying to save the coral reefs?
by growing coral and planting it in the ocean
by restricting access to reefs
by adding new species of fish to the reefs
by adding fertilizer to the coral reefs
