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**Marine Science help please!! Will give medal and everything!! I really need help!!**

Coral reefs are usually found near the equator between the tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. Which of the following best describes why this is an ideal location for coral? (2 points)
Cool water temperature
Wave action
Plenty of sunshine
Changes in salinity

Answer 1

Coral bleaching occurs when the coral polyps actually expel the zooxantellae form the coral. this is detrimental to the coral because zooxanthallae (2 points)
Protect the coral
Provide the coral with its coloration
Provide the coral with nutrients
Need the coral to obtain the suns energy

Coral reefs face many threats. Destructive fishing is an example of a ______threat. (2 points)
Chemical
Agricultural
Natural
Man-made

Which of the following is an example of a mollusk in class Gastropoda? (2 points)
Nautilus
Clam
Squid
Conch

While exploring tide pools at the local beach you discover an organism that appears to be a mollusk. In an effort to identify the organism, you make the following observations: single shell, soft body, slow moving, small eyes at the tips of eyestalks. What type of mollusk do you believe you have found (bivalve, gastropod, or cephalopod)? Provide your rationale for coming to that conclusion.(4 points)

Which of the following best describes an estuary? (2 points)
Partly enclosed area with saline water
Partly enclosed area with brackish water
Completely enclosed area with brackish water
Completely enclosed area with saline water

Which of the following could explain a decrease in the salinity of water in an estuary? (2 points)
High tide moves saltwater into an estuary
High tide moves freshwater into an estuary
Low tide moves saltwater out of an estuary
Low tide moves freshwater out of an estuary

Explain why mangroves are perfectly adapted to an estuarine habitat. Provide at least two (2) pieces of evidence to support your claim. (5 points)

The Chesapeake Bay, along the east coast of America, suffers from a dead zone during summer that stretches for hundred of square miles. Oftentimes the zone is created from a bloom of algae. Provide an argument for why the bloom is worse in the summer months (5 points)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

do you have this test finished