about Coral reefs
What are Coral reefs made up of?
Colonies of hundreds to thousands of tiny individual corals.
Patch reefs
Small, isolated coral structures that grow on the seafloor, often found in shallow waters.
coral reefs existed before what animals?
Dinosaurs
true or false great white sharks live in the lighthouse reef in Belize
FALSE
Coral reefs are made up of colonies of hundreds to thousands of tiny individual corals.What are they called
polyps
Fringing reefs
coral reefs that grow ,directly from the shore, forming borders along coastlines and islands
true or false you can see some reefs from space?
TRUE
do tortoises live in coral reefs?
no
Coral reefs are home to?
thousands of species of marine life
atolls
A ring-shaped coral reef, often found surrounding island.
There are up to ???? species of coral in a coral reef
6,000
What are the two fish shown in the presentation.
Hogfish and angel fish
where are coral reefs located?
warm, shallow, and clear waters.
Isolated, flat-topped reef larger than a patch reef.
Bank
are coral reefs considered plants or animals?
animals
What turtles live in this reef?
green,logger head,and hawks bill sea turtles
why do Coral reefs need sunlight?
for algae to be able to grow
Run roughly parallel to a shoreline but is separated by a body of water
Barrier reefs
coral reefs are considered as what?
cities of the sea
what sharks are in this reef?
nurse, Caribbean reef,hammerhead and bull sharks.