1. Based on the information set down in the passage by the author, with which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?C.
The richness of coral reef diversity should be recognized and studied. - If you take a look at paragraph 4, it is filled with admiration of the diversity of the reef ecosystem. Additionally, the first sentence of the last paragraph mentions that there's a lot of diversity in the sampling of fishes and in the range of behaviors between species and other animals. Hence,
(C) is the right answer choice.
2. The author discusses the number of species found on a coral head in the fourth paragraph in order to:
D.
illustrate the diversity found in coral reefs. - In the last sentence of the third paragraph, we have the statement ".....these requirements have
not limited the ecological complexity of reef communities.". The fourth paragraph is built to further substantiate the admiration of the diversity found on a coral head. Hence,
(D) is the right answer choice.
3. It can be inferred from the passage that changes in an ocean‘s water clarity and temperature would concern researchers studying coral reefs because:
C.
water clarity and temperature affect the growth of coral communities. - Towards the end of the third paragraph, we have the statement "While strict requirements concerning the amount of available light, and the ocean‘s clarity, temperature, and movement
have restricted the geographic locations of the Earth‘s reefs.." According to the passage, these environmental conditions have geographically restricted the growth or spread of the Earth's reefs. Hence,
(C) is the right answer choice.
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