Coral Reproduction Quiz

Match the following definitions with the correct description.

1.  

   A type of sexual reproduction when corals fertilize their eggs internally and allow them to grow into planulae larvae before releasing them.

2.  

   A type of asexual reproduction that occurs during the early developmental stages, where some corals have the ability to split into two or more colonies.

3.  

   A type of asexual reproduction when a single polyp abandons its colony and settles on a substrate to create a new coral colony.

4.  

   A means of reproduction where sperm and eggs are produced.

5.  

   A type of asexual reproduction when the bud forms outside the parent polyp’s ring of tentacles, producing a smaller polyp.

6.  

   A type of sexual reproduction when corals release sperm and eggs into the water at the same time; a type of external fertilization.

7.  

   A type of asexual reproduction when a bud forms from the parent polyp’s oral disk, producing the same-sized polyps within the ring of tentacles.