Coral Bleaching Occurs When Corals Become Stressed and Expel Their

question 71

True/False

Coral bleaching occurs when corals become stressed and expel their zooxanthellae.

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Definitions:

Synaptic Vesicle

A small, spherical structure found within nerve cells, containing neurotransmitters that are released during synaptic transmission.

Chemical Synapse

A junction between two nerve cells where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals.

Presynaptic Terminal

The end part of a nerve cell (neuron) that communicates signals to another neuron or muscle cell across a synapse.

Postsynaptic Membrane

The region of a neuron that receives and responds to neurotransmitter signals from another neuron at a synapse.