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.   Fish to feed on
C.   Saltwater
D.   Space
E.   Shelter
Question #2
The coral reef is made up of ____________.
A.   Phosphatic compunds
B.   Sulfur minerals
C.   Apatite bonds
D.   Limestone lattice
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.   83%
B.   8%
C.   98%
D.   42%
E.   100%
Question #5
How do the polyps fight for territory?
A.   By extending their guts during the day and the night dissolving their competitors alive
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 migrating away from those who encroach on their territory
Question #6
Who helps fight the crown of thorns starfish?
A.   Small crabs
B.   Squid
C.   Sea cucumbers
D.   Other starfish
E.   Dolphins
F.   Sharks
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.   A starfish
B.   A manta ray
C.   The reef
D.   An old worm burrow
E.   The burrow of a moray eel
Question #9
What is the moving bush?
A.   A six gill shark
B.   A cormorant
C.   A green slug
D.   A basket starfish
E.   A soldier bush
Question #10
What do banded pipefish do?
A.   Unleash a sticky substance to snare prey
B.   Ward off predators with venom
C.   Migrate from reefs to the South Pole and back
D.   Pass their eggs from female to male
Question #11
With cuttlefish the male is?
A.   Smaller than the female
B.   Twice the size of the female
C.   Six times 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 higher his jump
B.   The more fish he can swallow
C.   The length of his fins
D.   The size of his fluke
E.   The louder and longer his song
Question #13
Where do spiny lobsters go during hurricane season?
A.   Under the reef
B.   They migrate upriver
C.   Onto the shore
D.   They wait it out in the shallow ocean
E.   They migrate to deeper water
Question #14
Can one storm destroy a reef?
A.   Yes
B.   No

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