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

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