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

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