What are Corals?
What are corals?
Corals are animals.
Scientists classify organisms by putting them into groups that _________________________.
have the same characteristics and a common ancestry.
Where are coral reefs only found?
Coral reefs are only found on western boundary currents where water is warm, shallow, and clear with good light.
What is the form fits function?
Form fits function is when an organism’s structure are designed to perform a particular function.
What are stony corals?
Corals that build reefs by secreting calcium carbonate.
What is the meaning of classification?
Classification is a broad term that means organizing information.
What do corals require?
They require warm seawater and are restricted to the tropics.
What are some examples of form fits functions?
Corals can’t move, however, tentacles allow for corals to capture food. Sea lions have flippers. Front flippers help propel and steer sea lions through the water.
What is an individual coral called?
A polyp
Taxonomy is
a type of classification based on similarities and differences.
What is coral reef geomorphology?
Coral reef geomorphology is the study of distribution, reef morphology (shape), bathymetry, reef location in relation to land forms.
What is the ectodermis?
The outer cell layer that houses nematocysts and secretes mucus.
What structure allows corals to feed?
Tentacles
How many divisions are there to classify all life on Earth?
There is eight divisions.
Charles Darwin noticed what in stages of coral reef development?
Charles Darwin noticed a progression of stages in coral reef development.
What is the oral disk?
Soft tissue that supports the mouth and tentacles.
What is the structure called that exists in the coral’s tentacles and aids in feeding?
Nematocysts
What the phrase Dear King Philip, Please Come Over For Great Spaghetti used for?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.
What are the three types of reefs?
What is the inner layer of cells that houses zooxanthellae?
Endoderm