Reef Recap!

Coral Biology

100

What kind of living thing are corals classified as?

Animals

200

Corals have no backbone, which means they are i_______.

Invertebrates

300

Corals have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae called z___________.

Zooxanthellae

400

Corals that grow in boulder shapes are called ______.

Massive corals OR bouldering corals.

500

Stony Coral skeletons are made up of what?

Calcium carbonate, also known as limestone.

Reef Relationships

100

An animal that eats another animal is called a _______.

Consumer

200

Two living things that have a relationship where they help each other are said to have a ________ relationship.

Symbiotic OR Mutualistic 

300

When two living things have a relationship where one party benefits and the other is harmed, this is called a __________ relationship.

Parasitic

400

What is the process called where plants and algae take carbon dioxide, water, and the sun's energy to make glucose and oxygen?

Photosynthesis

500

Living things that take energy from the sun, water, and CO2 and convert it into sugar and oxygen are at the first level of the the food chain; they are called ________

Primary Producers

Turtle Trackers

100

Turtles are what type of animal?

Reptile.

200

When animals, including turtles, make long seasonal trips to forage or to nest, we call the journey a m________.

Migration

300

Why do scientists track sea turtles?

To protect important migratory routes to keep sea turtles safe from fishing or boats. 

400

There are ___ species of sea turtle in the world.

7

500

Scientists can use tags to track turtles that only plot a location point when the tag breaks the surface of the water and sends a signal to space. This type of tag is called a ____________.

Satellite Tag

Coral Restoration

100

How much living stony coral do we have left on the Florida Reef Tract? (%)

Less than 2%

200

What is the name for the safe area (on land in tanks or in the sea) where scientists look after baby corals?

Coral Nursery

300

What are the PVC structures we hang our corals from in the ocean called?

Coral Trees

400

What is the name for the method of putting living coral back on the reef to rebuild coral reefs?

Coral Outplanting

500

What method does Mote Marine Laboratory use to cut corals into small pieces to make it grow up to 50 times faster?

Coral Microfragmentation 

Ocean Threats

100

When so many fish are taken from the ocean that their population collapses, this is called _________.

Overfishing

200

Ocean temperatures are rising due to global climate change. What happens to corals when the water gets too hot?

Coral Bleaching

300

Name three ways plastic pollution can harm marine life.

Ingestion (eating them)

Entanglement (getting tangled in them)

Releasing toxic chemicals into the water and their bodies.

400

If left for a long time, plastic items can break down into pieces so small that you can barely see them. These are called ___________.

Microplastics 

500

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) dissolving into sea water is causing the ocean to become more a______.

Acidic