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Habitats: Coral Reefs - Quick Quiz

1. Pollution and human activity do not affect coral reefs.
True
 False
2. Coral reefs grow best in the Artic.
True
 False
3. What lives inside coral polyps and uses the sunlight to make food?
Angel fish
Algae called Zooxanthellae
Seahorses
Colonies
4. Lots of colorful fish, crabs, shrimp, sponges and sea grasses call coral reefs home.
True
 False
5. To grow, reefs need which of the following?
Warm Temperatures
A Constant Salinity
Plenty of Sunshine
All of the Above
 

Answers (for non JavaScript enable browsers):

1. True. Throughout the world, reefs are being threatened by increasing polution and human activity.

2. True

3. Algae called Zooxanthellae

4. True. Reefs are thriving with life.

5. All of the Above
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