Question 1

What type of coral is pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Fallacious

Answer

Fringing

Answer

Columnar

Answer

Branching

Question 2

What type of reef is pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Fringing

Answer

Patch

Answer

Barrier

Answer

Atoll

Question 3

What type of organism is pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Sea Squirt

Answer

Echinoderm

Answer

Sponge

Answer

Anemone

Question 4

Which of the following is a harmful algae?

Accepted Answer

Brown

Answer

Coralline

Answer

Green

Answer

Red

Question 5

Which of the following perform the nitrogen cycle on the reef?

Accepted Answer

All the above

Answer

Bacteria

Answer

Green Algae

Answer

Red Algae

Question 6

Which process do coral reefs perform faster than any other biological community?

Accepted Answer

Nitrogen Cycle

Answer

Calcium-Carbonate Cycle

Answer

CO2 cycle

Answer

Phosphate Cycle

Question 7

What type of coral is flat, disc shaped coral?

Accepted Answer

Plate-like

Answer

Branching

Answer

Patch

Answer

Cylinder

Question 8

What type of relationship do sea mammals and reptiles have with corals?

Accepted Answer

Commensalistic

Answer

Competitive

Answer

Mutualistic

Answer

Parasitic

Question 9

What type of relationship is not exhibited on the reef?

Accepted Answer

All are exhibited

Answer

Parasitism

Answer

Competition

Answer

Commensalism

Question 10

Which of the following are the most harmful dangers corals face?

Accepted Answer

Humans & Warming Water

Answer

Pollution & Over fishing

Answer

Humans & Invasive Species

Answer

Warming water & Ocean Acidification

Question 11

Which of the following describes ocean acidification?

Accepted Answer

Increased water acidity eating away at coral skeleton

Answer

Increased sediment buildup on the coral skeleton

Answer

Increased O2 eating away at coral skeleton

Answer

Increased Cyanobacteria eating away at coral skeleton

Question 12

Which of the following can cause increased algae growth?

Accepted Answer

Sewage and Agricultural Pollution

Answer

Overfishing

Answer

Cyanobacteria

Answer

Acidification

Question 13

Which of the following organizations works with NOAA to protect and monitor corals?

Accepted Answer

NASA

Answer

SCRIPPS

Answer

Ocean Conservatory

Answer

National Fish and Wildlife Foudation

Question 14

Which organization implemented the coral reef conservation act?

Accepted Answer

NOAA

Answer

CRTF

Answer

The Senate

Answer

SCRIPPS

Question 15

Which of the following is a dangerous predator to the reef because it preys on the coral polyps and has very few predators trying to eat them?

Accepted Answer

Crown of thorns starfish

Answer

Leafy Sea Dragon

Answer

Green sea turtle

Answer

Stonefish

Question 16

Which of the following phylums are sea worms a part of?

Accepted Answer

Annelida

Answer

Cnidaria

Answer

Chordata

Answer

Porifera

Question 17

What is responsible for coral reef's coloration?

Accepted Answer

Algae

Answer

Cyanobacteria

Answer

The Sun

Answer

Calcium-Carbonate

Question 18

Which of the following groups are "reef builders"?

Accepted Answer

Mollusks

Answer

Anemone

Answer

Mammals

Answer

Crustaceans

Question 19

Which of the following is true about  sea grass beds and mangroves?

Accepted Answer

They protect them from runoff and harmful pollution by filtering it out of the water

Answer

They are harmful to them by blocking the transport of healthy nutrients to them

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They are harmful to them by housing too many predators that disrupt natural populations on the reef

Answer

None of the above

Question 20

True or False: The harmful component in sunscreen is oxybenzone.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

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