Protecting
Are We Alive?
The Basics
Anybody Home?
What are we doing?
100
What two things need to be done simultaneously to help save the reef?
Reducing global warming and work on building up the coral's resilience.
100
Is 97% of lizards island coral dead or alive
97% of lizard island is dead
100
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Off the Coast of Queensland, Australia
100
What lives with the coral?
Crown-of-throne and Starfish
100
What is a common product that gets used at the beach and is bad for the ocean ecosystem?
Suncreen
200
What are everyday things to help the coral?
Recycle and dispose of trash properly.
200
Where was the hard coral cover most damaged in 2024 to 2025?
Mackay
townsville
cairns
Cairns was the most damaged coral on the upper east coast of Australia.
200
What else is the GBR known for other than its size?
Its Biodiversity
200
What is coral made of?
Many Polyps
200
According to the image estimate when the coral cover was at its lowest...
Around 2012
300
What can you take out of your garden to help the coral?
Fertilizer
300
What season is the worst for the coral in the great barrer reef?
Our winter, Australia's summer, or big heat waves across the earth.
300
What European country is the Great Barrier Reef comparable to in size?
Germany
300
What are polyps?
They are related to jellyfish and live in colonies, which is what you see when you see coral.
300
True or false, scientists attach each piece of coral to a reef to try to repopulate them?
True, coral clips allow the coral to grow normally without the need for bonding agents and have improved coral survival rates.
400
How can we prevent the loss of coral and their habitat?
Avoiding high risk areas and maintenance.
400
The marjor coral becahing happen in 1998,2002,2016,2017,2020,2024,2025 which one disored 84% of its coral?
2025
400
True or false, the Coral stays in the same spot its whole life?
False, Researchers found that it actually migrates about 1.5 feet per year.
400
What is the most common mammal that lives in coral?
Fish, Lobster, Clam, Seahorse, Sea Turtle
400
What has the Environmental protection agency been focusing on to help the Reefs?
Keeping watershed and coastal zones water as protected as possible
500
Can growing new reefs help?
Yes
500
Did the scale tip so badly that they needed to make 2 new coral reef bleaching alert levels?
No, the scale is even worst they needed to create 3 new levels of alerts, actually to predict the dying ocean.
500
What is zooxanthellae?
It's an algae that, through a symbiotic relationship, gives the coral its bright colors.
500
What percent of marine life lives in coral?
~25%
500
Take your best guess at what cryopreservation is…
The freezing of coral is a last resort to prevent the total extinction of types of coral. The coral pieces can be propagated to repopulate areas.