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

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