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

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