Classification
Types Of Coral
The Coral Polyp
Symbiotic Algae
Other
100
Kingdom.
What is Animalia?
100
Soft corals
What is Aocyonacea?
100
The basic structure of a coral
What is the coral polyp?
100
Zooxanthellae
Which algae does coral have a relationship with?
100
Gemstone
What is Red coral?
200
Phylum
What is Cnidaria?
200
Stony corals
What is Scleractinia?
200
Plankton
What do coral polyp eat?
200
Allows zooxanthellae to be converted to energy
What is Photosynthesis?
200
Coral/limestone building blocks
What is Coral rag?
300
Class.
What is Anthozoa?
300
Pennatulacea
What are sea pens?
300
Their thin membrane
What allows coral polyps to live in large groups?
300
What zooxanthellae consumes that puts strain on the polyp.
What is Carbon dioxide?
300
Calcium carbonate structure
What are Coral reefs?
400
Hexacorallia.
What is a subclass of anthozoa?
400
Zoantharia
What are zoanthids?
400
Animals used as energy to make stony reefs
What are Plankton?
400
Mass ejections of algae from the coral polyp.
What is Coral bleaching?
400
The majority of corals
What produces sexually?
500
Ceriantharia.
What is in subclass hexacorallia?
500
Stony corals (Scleractinia)
What are the worlds primary reef builders?
500
Stinging cells that can shoot poison spears.
What are nematocysts?
500
The polyp can die
What happens when the stressful conditions persist?
500
Tropical countries
Where do corals grow naturally?
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