BSC 1005 Exam Review: Coral Reefs questions with
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Anamalia vs. Plantae Ans✓✓✓ Animalia: Cannot produce own food,
lack of cell wall, has ability to move.
Plantae: Produce own food, have cell walls, plants are sessile
Downside of mutualism? Ans✓✓✓ Dependency leads to problems, will
most likely lose two species when only one should've been lost
Ex. Crabs and Corals
First mass bleaching of reefs Ans✓✓✓ 1979
Flowering Plants vs. Algae Ans✓✓✓ Flowering Plants: Majority live on
land, Have roots for getting nutrients, Ex. Seagrass meadows
Algae: Live in water, no roots, therefore get nutrients from water
through their cell walls, ex. green algae, brown algae, red algae
How are coral reefs important to humans? Ans✓✓✓ -Protects the
coastlines
-Can shelter many organisms
-Contains material used for pharmaceuticals
How are plants and animals similar in how they defend themselves?
Ans✓✓✓ -Camoflague
, How are the 4 kingdoms of eukaryotes distinguished from each other?
Ans✓✓✓ -Protista- The protists are usually single celled organisms.
They have a distinct nucleus
-Plantae: The characteristics of plants are that they have chlorophyll,
cell walls (cellulose), and vacuoles. This kingdom also includes red,
brown, and green algae
-Animalia: Most complex organisms on the planet. One big thing about
animals is that they must eat other organisms to survive. They cannot
create their own food because they do not contain chlorophyll. They
are able to move around, and most have sense organs of some type.
-Fungi: This kingdom is made up of the decomposers. Some of the
members of this kingdom are fungi, slime molds, yeast, mold, and
mushrooms.
How did crown of thorns starfish affect coral reefs? Ans✓✓✓ There
was an outbreak of these starfish and they didn't have many predators
How did Long-Spited black urchins affect coral reefs? Ans✓✓✓ Ate the
fleshy algae that lived where the coral lived
How do organisms interact? Ans✓✓✓ -Competition (-,-)
-Predation, parasitism, herbivore (-,+)
-Mutualism (+,+)
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Anamalia vs. Plantae Ans✓✓✓ Animalia: Cannot produce own food,
lack of cell wall, has ability to move.
Plantae: Produce own food, have cell walls, plants are sessile
Downside of mutualism? Ans✓✓✓ Dependency leads to problems, will
most likely lose two species when only one should've been lost
Ex. Crabs and Corals
First mass bleaching of reefs Ans✓✓✓ 1979
Flowering Plants vs. Algae Ans✓✓✓ Flowering Plants: Majority live on
land, Have roots for getting nutrients, Ex. Seagrass meadows
Algae: Live in water, no roots, therefore get nutrients from water
through their cell walls, ex. green algae, brown algae, red algae
How are coral reefs important to humans? Ans✓✓✓ -Protects the
coastlines
-Can shelter many organisms
-Contains material used for pharmaceuticals
How are plants and animals similar in how they defend themselves?
Ans✓✓✓ -Camoflague
, How are the 4 kingdoms of eukaryotes distinguished from each other?
Ans✓✓✓ -Protista- The protists are usually single celled organisms.
They have a distinct nucleus
-Plantae: The characteristics of plants are that they have chlorophyll,
cell walls (cellulose), and vacuoles. This kingdom also includes red,
brown, and green algae
-Animalia: Most complex organisms on the planet. One big thing about
animals is that they must eat other organisms to survive. They cannot
create their own food because they do not contain chlorophyll. They
are able to move around, and most have sense organs of some type.
-Fungi: This kingdom is made up of the decomposers. Some of the
members of this kingdom are fungi, slime molds, yeast, mold, and
mushrooms.
How did crown of thorns starfish affect coral reefs? Ans✓✓✓ There
was an outbreak of these starfish and they didn't have many predators
How did Long-Spited black urchins affect coral reefs? Ans✓✓✓ Ate the
fleshy algae that lived where the coral lived
How do organisms interact? Ans✓✓✓ -Competition (-,-)
-Predation, parasitism, herbivore (-,+)
-Mutualism (+,+)
