Coral
Reef Creatures
Florida Ecosystem
The Practice of Science
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100

What color does coral turn when it bleaches?

White

100

What is the creature coral listens for to know where to land on the reef?

Peppermint Shrimp

100

What plant did we try to grow in the classroom?

Mangrove

100

What do we use to make observations?

Our 5 senses

100

What is the name of the place I work at?

The Reef Institute 

200

What is the name of the algae that gets kicked out of coral when it bleaches?

Zooxanthellae

200

Which ocean creature does not have bones?

Octopus
200

What is the first layer of the ocean called?

Sunlight Zone

200

If your hypothesis is wrong, do you change it?

No

200

Zooxanthellae gives coral color and ______________.

Food

300

How many tentacles does each coral polyp have?

6 or multiples of 6

300

What is it called when an animal blends in with its surroundings?

Camouflage 

300

What is one of the kinds of rock we learned about?

Sedimentary (Limestone)

Igneous 

Metamorphic

300

What words must be included in your hypothesis?

If, then, because

300

What is the difference between soft corals and hard corals?

Soft corals don't have a skeleton and hard corals do

400

What three things stress out coral?

Water temperature

Chemicals 

Pollution

400

How many senses do sharks have?

7

400

What moon phase does coral spawn during?

Full Moon

400

Who uses science? 

Answers vary: Marine biologists, doctors, detectives, you!

400

When an organism makes their own food, they are considered the ______________ in a food chain.

Producer

500

What percentage of coral is left in Florida?

2%

500

Coral is related to what ocean creature? 

Jellyfish!

500

What is the mangrove "seed" called? (hint: what we checked each week in the jars)

Propagule

500

Is this hypothesis written correctly? If not, what is it missing?

If we put the mangrove in salt water, it will grow faster since saltwater is in the ocean.

Nope. It is missing the words then and because.

500

What are the two Reef Safe sunscreen ingredients?

Zinc Oxide

Titanium Dioxide

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