Exam 15: Coral Reef Communities

Match the organism with the reef-building formation process it is most closely associated with. -Cements coral sand and rubble

Reefs that are separated by a lagoon from the land mass they surround are called:

The importance of crustose calcareous algae on a coral reef is that they:

The mucus cocoon of parrotfish is used as a means of:

Zooxanthellae provide some of the nutritional requirements of coral in the form of:

The high productivity of coral reefs is a direct result of:

Match the words with the most closely associated term. -Buttress zone

Match the coral disease with its most closely associated term. -Caribbean yellow band disease

Different areas of coral reefs contain different species of corals. Describe 2 environmental characteristics that can account for the distribution patterns of coral species on a reef.

MATCHING Match the physical characteristic of a coral reef type with the most closely associated type. -Fringing

Match the wave energy habitat with the most closely associated coral type. -Lettuce and plate coral

Match the use of a color pattern of coral fish with the most closely associated fish. -Lionfish

Each of the following is an ahermatypic coral except:

Match the symbiosis feature with its most closely associated species. -Hermit crab

Hermatypic refers to:

Match the use of a color pattern of coral fish with the most closely associated fish. -Stonefish

Coral reefs are an example of biological organisms that can:

Describe the process of reef formation, including the destructive and constructive phases.

Match the wave energy habitat with the most closely associated coral type. -Elkhorn coral

Outline the three mechanisms by which corals obtain their nutrition.