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.   Fish to feed on
B.   Shelter
C.   Saltwater
D.   Space
E.   Their eggs
Question #2
The coral reef is made up of ____________.
A.   Sulfur minerals
B.   Limestone lattice
C.   Apatite bonds
D.   Phosphatic compunds
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.   83%
C.   100%
D.   8%
E.   42%
Question #5
How do the polyps fight for territory?
A.   They do not fight but live passively
B.   By sending out distress signals to nearby fish to defend them
C.   By extending their guts at night dissolving their competitors alive
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.   Dolphins
C.   Sea cucumbers
D.   Squid
E.   Sharks
F.   Other starfish
Question #7
Where does the sand on the beaches around reefs often come from?
A.   The corals will make it
B.   Clams make it
C.   Large river systems that deposit sand hundreds of miles out to sea
D.   It is defecated out by parrot fish
Question #8
What is the storehouse for a harlequin shrimp?
A.   The reef
B.   A starfish
C.   An old worm burrow
D.   A manta ray
E.   The burrow of a moray eel
Question #9
What is the moving bush?
A.   A soldier bush
B.   A basket starfish
C.   A green slug
D.   A cormorant
E.   A six gill shark
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.   Unleash a sticky substance to snare prey
D.   Ward off predators with venom
Question #11
With cuttlefish the male is?
A.   The same size as the female
B.   Smaller than the female
C.   Six times the size of the female
D.   Twice the size of the female
E.   Three times the size of the female
Question #12
What attracts females to male humpbacks?
A.   The length of his fins
B.   The more fish he can swallow
C.   The higher his jump
D.   The size of his fluke
E.   The louder and longer his song
Question #13
Where do spiny lobsters go during hurricane season?
A.   They migrate to deeper water
B.   They wait it out in the shallow ocean
C.   Under the reef
D.   They migrate upriver
E.   Onto the shore
Question #14
Can one storm destroy a reef?
A.   No
B.   Yes

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