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Coral Reefs Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Corals are

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

protists

d)

bacteria

2.

What are coral reefs often compared to?

a)

temperate forests

b)

organic vegetable gardens

c)

tropical rainforests

d)

arid deserts

3.

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

a)

10 -15%

b)

20%

c)

45%

d)

25%

4.

What causes coral bleaching?

a)

oil spills

b)

warmer water temperatures

c)

overfishing

d)

red tide

5.

What is coral bleaching?

a)

When the sun heats up the water and the coral cannot withstand the high temperatures

b)

When people throw bleach into the ocean

c)

When a type of fish eats away at the coral, making it looked bleached.

d)

When the coral naturally dies,

6.

Between which lines of latitude are coral reefs located?

a)

10°N and 10°S of the equator

b)

20°N and 20°S of the equator

c)

30°N and 30°S of the equator

d)

40°N and 40°S of the equator

7.

Where is the largest single reef system in the world?

a)

Southeast Asia

b)

Red sea

c)

Great Barrier Reef

d)

Caribbean belt

8.
What is the biggest ecological benefit of coral reefs?
a)
tourism
b)
seafood
c)
habitat
d)
protection of shoreline
9.
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Florida
c)
Indonisia
d)
Australia
10.
What is the largest reef in the world?
a)
Belize Barrier Reef
b)
Great Barrier Reef
c)
Aldabra Atoll
d)
The Palancar Reef
11.
What is the hard structure that provides the foundation for the reef?
a)
limestone
b)
sandstone
c)
concrete
d)
granite
12.

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

a)

10 -15%

b)

20%

c)

45%

d)

25%

13.

Coral reefs are endangered by

a)

climate change

b)

overfishing

c)

pollution

d)

all of the above

14.
What is a tiny individual coral animal?
a)
Polyps
b)
Crevice
c)
Atolls
d)
Erosion
15.

What lives inside of hard corals?

a)

black sea urchins

b)

red algae

c)

dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae)

d)

zooplankton

16.

Does the Coral Reef have high biodiversity?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Where are coral reefs found in the ocean?

a)

deep waters

b)

shallow waters (under 150 feet)

18.

Coral polyps have tiny, tentacle-like arms that they use for eating.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Philippines is part of the Coral Triangle.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

A higher diversity of corals are found in areas of lower latitudes

a)

True

b)

False

21.

All of the following countries are located on the coral triangle except:

a)

Philippines

b)

Indonesia

c)

Vietnam

d)

Malaysia

22.

A relationship in which two species live closely together is called ________________________________.

a)

resource

b)

mutualism

c)

succession

d)

symbiosis