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

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