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Coral Anatomy
Coral Reproduction
Types of Reefs
Coral Vocabulary
Coral Species
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Fill in the blank. One coral reef is made up of many coral ____________, which are made up of many coral ____________.
One coral reef is made up of many coral COLONIES, which are made up of many coral POLYPS.
100
One polyp budding into two is what type of reproduction?
Asexual
100
Which type of reef develops further off shore, often separated from land by a deep water lagoon?
Barrier Reefs
100
This is the word for an increase in algal growth due to an increase in nutrients.
Eutrophication
100
This is the common name for Fungia scutaria.
Mushroom coral
200

What anatomical feature is found at the base of the gut?

Mesenterial filaments

200
What is the coral larvae called?
Planula
200

What is the steepest part of a barrier reef?

Fore-reef slope

200
What are three terms for reef-building corals?
Hermatypic, Scleractinian, Stony, True, Hard
200
What morphology does lace coral have?
Branching
300
What two things are housed in the tentacles of a coral polyp?
Zooxanthellae & Nematocysts
300

What is formed when the egg is first fertilized by the sperm?

Zygote

300
The most common type of reefs around the world is what type?
Fringing reefs
300

Massive, encrusting, foliaceous and branching are all examples of coral ______________, or growth forms.

Morphology

300

What is the scientific name of finger coral?

Porites compressa

400

What are two things that coral polyps in the same coral colony share?

Digestive system, nervous system and skeleton

400

What is released by corals that are brooders?

Only sperm/planulae

400
Besides reef-building corals, THIS is an important organism that contributes to the development of fringing and barrier reefs.
Coralline algae
400

What is the term for the expulsion of zooxanthellae from the coral polyp?

Coral bleaching

400

Why do orange cup corals have large calyces?

To catch food, since they do not contain zooxanthellae

500

Which coral morphology is best adapted for capturing maximal amounts of sunlight?

Plate

500

Which two reproductive strategies would produce genetically variable offspring?

Sexual: broadcast spawning and brooding

500

Draw the 3 stages of atoll formation

Starts as fringing reef, then develops into barrier reef, then atoll

500
Corals are often exposed to human stressors. What is the term for stressors from a human source?
Anthropogenic stressors
500
Rice corals display a branching morphology in shallow water, and a plate-like morphology in deeper water. What is the term for this ability to change its growth forms based on its environment?

Phenotypic plasticity