Coral Reefs
What are coral?
Really small animals
What is the largest reef called and can be seen from space?
The Great Barrier Reef
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What are types of coral
What is the first most common animal in a reef?
What are starfish
What makes up an ecosystem?
Living and non-living things
A coral reef is home to?
Many creatures
What grows outside of a coral?
The skeleton
What is the greatest threat to coral reefs?
What are humans
What is perhaps the greatest danger to coral reefs?
Don't say humans for this one, although humans can certainly cause this.
What is global warming
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals
Coral reefs grow in?
Warm, salty water. Most are in shallow water.
What are 2 other animals that have their skeleton on the outside?
Lobsters & Crabs
Mass coral bleaching in 1998 and 2002 was caused by this change.
What is change in sea temperature
This is the percentage of coral reefs that are threatened.
What is 75%
Is temperature living or non-living?
Non-living
They need a lot of sunlight.
Where is the coral polyps mouth?
Its mouth is at the top
When the water gets too hot, the coral polyp spurts out the zooxanthelae and ends the symbiotic relationship. Soon after, without zooxanthleae, the coral runs out of food (energy) and dies, leaving only a white skeleton.
What is coral bleaching
What is the second most common animal in a reef?
Sea urchin
Is water living or non-living
Non-living
Where is the largest coral reef located?
Australia
What helps a coral polyp catch its food?
Tiny tentacles help it to catch food.
A close relative of coral polyp with stinging tentacles. Famously, clown fish are immune to its sting and seek protection from predators there.
What is anemone
How old is The Great Barrier Reef?
5,ooo to 10,000 years old
Arrows in a food chain show that this is being transferred.
Energy