Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Coral Seas

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Question #1
What do even the corals have to fight for?
A.   Fish to feed on
B.   Their eggs
C.   Shelter
D.   Space
E.   Saltwater
Question #2
The coral reef is made up of ____________.
A.   Phosphatic compunds
B.   Apatite bonds
C.   Limestone lattice
D.   Sulfur minerals
Question #3
Coral reefs are only found?
A.   In polar areas
B.   In the temperate zones
C.   In the tropics
Question #4
Algae are what percent of the food of the corals?
A.   83%
B.   42%
C.   100%
D.   8%
E.   98%
Question #5
How do the polyps fight for territory?
A.   They do not fight but live passively
B.   By extending their guts during the day and the night dissolving their competitors alive
C.   By sending out distress signals to nearby fish to defend them
D.   By extending their guts at night dissolving their competitors alive
E.   By migrating away from those who encroach on their territory
Question #6
Who helps fight the crown of thorns starfish?
A.   Other starfish
B.   Dolphins
C.   Small crabs
D.   Squid
E.   Sea cucumbers
F.   Sharks
Question #7
Where does the sand on the beaches around reefs often come from?
A.   The corals will make it
B.   Clams make it
C.   Large river systems that deposit sand hundreds of miles out to sea
D.   It is defecated out by parrot fish
Question #8
What is the storehouse for a harlequin shrimp?
A.   The burrow of a moray eel
B.   The reef
C.   A starfish
D.   An old worm burrow
E.   A manta ray
Question #9
What is the moving bush?
A.   A basket starfish
B.   A green slug
C.   A six gill shark
D.   A cormorant
E.   A soldier bush
Question #10
What do banded pipefish do?
A.   Pass their eggs from female to male
B.   Unleash a sticky substance to snare prey
C.   Ward off predators with venom
D.   Migrate from reefs to the South Pole and back
Question #11
With cuttlefish the male is?
A.   Smaller than the female
B.   Six times the size of the female
C.   Three times the size of the female
D.   The same size as the female
E.   Twice the size of the female
Question #12
What attracts females to male humpbacks?
A.   The more fish he can swallow
B.   The size of his fluke
C.   The length of his fins
D.   The louder and longer his song
E.   The higher his jump
Question #13
Where do spiny lobsters go during hurricane season?
A.   They migrate to deeper water
B.   Onto the shore
C.   Under the reef
D.   They migrate upriver
E.   They wait it out in the shallow ocean
Question #14
Can one storm destroy a reef?
A.   No
B.   Yes

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