Vocabulary
Organisms
Coral
Ecology
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Releasing eggs and sperm into the water at same
time.
The term broadcast
spawning means
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Question 1
Planula larva; metamorphosis
Coral begin life as a ______,
then undergo_______ to
become an adult.
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Question 2
Have zooxanthellae
Hermatypic corals are
those that
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Question 3
The place it lives and the way it lives its life
An organism’s “ecological
niche” is
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Question 4
Eutrophication
Nutrient-rich pollution which
stimulates growth of algae
or an algal bloom
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Question 5
Dinoflagellates that are able to carry out
photosynthesis
Zooxanthellae are
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Question 1
Crown-of-thorns sea star
Acanthaster planci eat coral
in large groups, what are
they?
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Question 2
Helps cement sediment in place forming the algal
ridge
How does encrusting
coralline algae help the coral
reef?
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Question 3
Algae or seaweed
Grazers prevent ________
from growing over
stationary coral.
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Question 4
Damselfish; Keep other fish and coral out of its
garden so it has food
Which fish tends to it’s
garden of algae? And why?
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Question 5
Animalia; cnidaria
Coral belong to the kingdom
_______ and the phylum
_______.
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A single, or colonial polyps
The dominant stage in the
lifescycle of a coral is
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Charles Darwin in the mid-1800’s
The most widely accepted
explanation for atoll reef
formation was developed by
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Question 3
Nematocysts
The sweeper tentacles of
corals contain
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Question 4
Barrier reefs where coral ridges alternate with
areas of open sandy bottom
Spur-and-groove formations
or buttresses are caused by
wind and wave action -what are they?
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Question 5
Calcium carbonate
The reef-building chemical
secreted by several kinds of
organisms is a limestone
called
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Question 1
Living symbiotically within the bodies of coral
Where on the reef would you
most likely find the reef’s
most important primary
producer?
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Question 2
Oysters, polychete worms, mollusks, coralline
algae, and barnicles
Name 2 reef builders,
besides coral
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Question 3
Clear water, abundant light, and warm water
List 3 conditions favorable
for coral growth
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Question 4
Zooxanthellae, tentacles, sheet of mucus,
mesenterial filaments, DOM
Name 3 ways corals obtain
food
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Question 5