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Read the excerpt from "Protecting the Great Barrier Reef."
The Great Barrier Reef was designated a natural world heritage site in 1981 because of its remarkable biodiversity. The reef itself is part of the
larger Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. With so many visitors each year, there is some concern that tourism is harmful to the reef. Water sports and
boating activities especially need to be monitored to prevent environmental harm. When a boat drops anchor, the anchor itself can destroy soft coral
and chip hard coral. It can also disturb the local ecosystem when it drags across the seabed. The coral reefs themselves only make up about seven
percent of the entire marine park. The marine park is divided into zones that have different levels of protection. Each zone has different rules about
the activities that are permitted and those that are not. Certain zones limit or restrict boat anchorage. This is especially true of zones containing
coral. There are also other environmental threats faced by the Great Barrier Reef.
What is one thing that tourists can do to help conserve the reef? (2 points)
Avoid the reef when anchoring a boat.
O Spend time in all of the marine park zones.
Only visit the part of the reef that is in the marine park.
O Visit another destination that is not as delicate to visit.