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Chasing Coral Worksheet

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Where does much of the seafood we eat begin life?
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in coral reefs
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what do our oceans control
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weather, climate, oxygen we breathe
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How much acropora palmate remains in the Florida Keys?
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.01%
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we have lost what percentage of corals overall in Florida?
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80-90%
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A coral is made up of thousands of small structures called
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polyps
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what lives inside the tissues of the polyp animal
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microalgae
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what is the function of these cells inside the polyp
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photosynthesis and make food for the animal
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a coral is a....species
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foundation
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what was the only thing researchers found that caused corals to turn white?
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raising the temp. by 2 degrees celsius
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why does a coral bleach
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stress response
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what was the researchers' hypothesis regarding communicating coral bleaching to the general public?
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if you can document the change, it will be more effective on the public
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The researchers first attempt at documenting the reef relied on underwater
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cameras
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what is symbiosis
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two separate organisms that have adapted to each other and are now benefitting each other
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symbiotic relationship between an anemone and a clownfish
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anemone provides protection, clownfish provides food
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name some key coral reef building species
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Montipora, ports, compressa, lutea
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how are corals similar to humans
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build and change environments, create their own habitats
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how are coral reefs like a city
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fish form neighborhoods, traffic, norming chorus, lots of sounds, fish have their own jobs
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how many people rely on coral reefs as their main food source
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.5 to 1 billion
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What drugs come from the sea
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prostaglandin (sea fans, fights cancer), bryostatin from coral rhizomes (statin)
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coral bleaching is a phenomenon directly attributed to
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climate change
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what evidence can scientists show us that this is a recent phenomenon and not a natural fluctuation?
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coral cores
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what do corals have in common with trees
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rings
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what is driving global climate change?
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emitting carbon into the atmosphere
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what has diminished the effects of global warming on land?
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oceans
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carbon dioxide is produced by
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burning fossil fuels
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carbon dioxide traps
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heat
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what percentage of heat trapped by our atmosphere is transferred to the oceans?
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93%
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how hot is the temperature of the water by Lizard Island?
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95 degrees F
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what were the corals in New Caledonia doing and why were they doing this?
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flourescing, producing a chemical sunscreen to protect themselves from the heat
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the collapse of the corals leads to extinction at what taxonomic level
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classes
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in how many years will the oceans become too warm for coral reefs to survive?
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25 years
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what percentage of corals on the Great Barrier Reef died in 2016?
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29%
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This bleaching event can be compared to losing most of the trees between
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Maine and Washington D.C.
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We cannot stop global climate change but we can....the rate at which the climate is changing
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reduce
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was the United States listed as a country that has committed to be powered by clean energy as of May 2017?
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no
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Has Atlanta committed to being powered by clean energy?
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yes