Coral Reef
What lives in corals?
What is zoozanthellae
what is an apex predator in a coral reef ecosystem?
shark
What is a coral polyps?
the smallest unit of a coral?
what do coral get from their zoozanthellae?
sugar / energy
What are reefs made of?
What is coral colonies that are next and on each other
what is the abiotic substance that corals create?
shell / limestone cup / calcium carbonate
What are dangers to coral reefs?
What is water pollution, sedimentation, and careless collecting of speciomens
Coral reefs are the largest living structures in the world? True or false
What is true
What gives coral their colors?
What is zooxanthelae
What lives inside polyps?
What is zooxanthallae, which algae
what do coral zoozanthellae get from the coral polyp animals?
nutrients and shelter
Coral reefs cover how much of the earths surface?
What is less than 1%