Coral reefs
What are all types of coral reef?
Fringing, barrier and atoll
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the US, Hawaii
Liquid Gold meaning
Honey
In which Scandinavian country would you find fjords?
Norway
Why are coral community’s important?
They create the most diverse and productive ecosystems in the sea whose fisheries, sand supply, shore protection, tourism, and biodiversity services are of the greatest economic importance to over 100 countries
200
Denmark
Which type of farming (product) is a serious threat to mengrove forests?
Shrimp(s)
Leningrad is now which modern Russian city?
Saint-Petersburg
Which one is correct?
A) Coral reefs can grow in fresh and salt water.
B) Coral reefs are found in all the world's oceans.
C) Coral reefs grow in shallow tropical water. Coral reefs are built up from ocean sediments.
C
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Germany and Austria
Some mangroves, like this Avicennia germinans, get rid of excess salt from the water by
The salt can form crystals on the leaf surface
Which country’s name could be part of a Christmas dinner?
Turkey
What is an archipelago?
A chain of islands
400
Salinity level for Mangroves
3-27 ppt
Into which sea does the river Volga flow?
Why the spread of coral reefs and mangroves to the subtropical (and later temprate) zones is a problem?
Evidence of global warming
500
Panama
X refers to carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by the world's ocean ecosystems, mostly algae, mangroves, salt marshes, seagrasses and macroalgae, through plant growth and the accumulation and burial of organic matter in the soil. What is X?
Blue Carbon
In which country is the worlds highest waterfall?
Venezuela