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Set 33 An Introduction To Invertebrates

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Healthy corals are brightly coloured because they

A)secrete colourful pigments to attract mates.
B)host symbionts with colourful photosynthetic pigments.
C)build their skeletons from colourful minerals.
D)secrete colourful pigments to protect themselves from ultraviolet light.

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Question 2

(Multiple Choice)

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Cold water corals are prevalent in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia.These cold water corals

A)contain different species of algal symbionts compared to tropical water corals.
B)do not harbor algal symbionts due to lack of light.
C)grow slowly due to cold temperatures.
D)are not negatively impacted by fishing because they are not in tropical waters.
E)B and C

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Question 3

(Multiple Choice)

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The members of which clade in the phylum Cnidaria occur only as polyps?

A)Hydrozoa
B)Scyphozoa
C)Anthozoa
D)Cubozoa

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