QUIZ: True or False - Coral - 2
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1. True or False: Coral reefs are built by plants that secrete calcium carbonate skeletons.
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2. True or False: Hard corals such as brain and staghorn corals are primarily responsible for building reef structures.
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3. True or False: Coral polyps rely entirely on plankton for their energy needs.
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4. True or False: Zooxanthellae provide corals with food through photosynthesis in a mutually beneficial relationship.
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5. True or False: Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor but support around a quarter of all marine life.
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6. True or False: Reef-building corals are colonial animals made up of genetically identical polyps.
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7. True or False: Deep-sea corals grow faster than shallow-water corals because they are not limited by sunlight.
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8. True or False: Coral bleaching is always fatal to corals.
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