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.   Their eggs
B.   Saltwater
C.   Shelter
D.   Fish to feed on
E.   Space
Question #2
The coral reef is made up of ____________.
A.   Limestone lattice
B.   Phosphatic compunds
C.   Sulfur minerals
D.   Apatite bonds
Question #3
Coral reefs are only found?
A.   In the temperate zones
B.   In polar areas
C.   In the tropics
Question #4
Algae are what percent of the food of the corals?
A.   100%
B.   83%
C.   8%
D.   42%
E.   98%
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 extending their guts at night dissolving their competitors alive
D.   By sending out distress signals to nearby fish to defend them
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.   Dolphins
B.   Sharks
C.   Sea cucumbers
D.   Other starfish
E.   Small crabs
F.   Squid
Question #7
Where does the sand on the beaches around reefs often come from?
A.   Clams make it
B.   The corals will make it
C.   It is defecated out by parrot fish
D.   Large river systems that deposit sand hundreds of miles out to sea
Question #8
What is the storehouse for a harlequin shrimp?
A.   The reef
B.   The burrow of a moray eel
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 cormorant
C.   A green slug
D.   A soldier bush
E.   A six gill shark
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.   Smaller than the female
B.   Six times the size of the female
C.   Twice the size of the female
D.   Three times the size of the female
E.   The same size as the female
Question #12
What attracts females to male humpbacks?
A.   The length of his fins
B.   The size of his fluke
C.   The louder and longer his song
D.   The more fish he can swallow
E.   The higher his jump
Question #13
Where do spiny lobsters go during hurricane season?
A.   Under the reef
B.   They migrate to deeper water
C.   They wait it out in the shallow ocean
D.   They migrate upriver
E.   Onto the shore
Question #14
Can one storm destroy a reef?
A.   Yes
B.   No

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