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3 Types of Reefs
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Obligate symbiont
An organism that cannot live
it’s life unless it exchanges
favors with another is called
Category 1
Question 1
A single or colonial polyp
What is the dominant stage
of the lifecycle of a coral?
Category 1
Question 2
They do not eat the entire organism so it can regrow
How are coral
predators and grazing
land animals similar
when it comes to food
consumption?
Category 1
Question 3
Butterfly fish
What fish eats fast growing
corals so that slow growing
coral species have room to
grow?
Category 1
Question 4
Living symbiotically within the bodies of the coral
Where on the reef would you
most likely find the reefs
most important primary
producers?
Category 1
Question 5
Fringing coral reef
This type of reef grows
along the shore line in a
narrow band.
Category 2
Question 1
Atoll Reef
This reef grows the farthest
from shore and can have a
lagoon that can be 1,000
meters deep.
Category 2
Question 2
Calcium carbonate or limestone
What is the reef building
chemical that is secreted by
many organisms?
Category 2
Question 3
Along a coast
Where do ringing and barrier
reefs usually develop?
Category 2
Question 4
Develop farther away from land
One important distinction
between barrier and fringing
reefs is that barrier reefs…
Category 2
Question 5
Parrotfish scraping the algae with their mouths
Deep scrapes and whitish
marks in brain coral and
other varieties was probably
caused by…
Category 3
Question 1
Coral larva
“Planula” is the name given
to
Category 3
Question 2
The outcome for competition for food is based
mostly on chance
The lottery hypothesis
states that:
Category 3
Question 3
Wind and wave action
What causes spur-andgroove or buttress
formations?
Category 3
Question 4
Unusually warm water stresses coral
Why does the El Nino
phenomena damage coral
reefs?
Category 3
Question 5
Intestines
Sea stars are such a danger
to coral communities
because they can push their
______ out through their
mouth and digest living
coral.
Category 4
Question 1
Difficult to predict and seem to go away just after
they occur
Outbreaks of crown-ofthorns seastars is
Category 4
Question 2
Spicules
Soft coral are important
competitors for space on
reefs, can grow faster than
hard corals and have a
“skeleton” made of sharp
limestone “needles” called
Category 4
Question 3
Fringing reefs
What do all reefs start out
as?
Category 4
Question 4
Fringing reef
What is the most common
type of reef?
Category 4
Question 5