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Coral reefs

Coral reefs. Coral are tiny animals, They are in the same family as the jellyfish and sea anemone. www.brainpop.com. Some of the coral reefs on the planet today began growing over 50 million years ago . http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/coral.html.

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Coral reefs

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  1. Coral reefs

  2. Coral are tiny animals, They are in the same family as the jellyfish and sea anemone. www.brainpop.com

  3. Some of the coral reefs on the planet today began growing over 50 million years ago. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/coral.html

  4. Reefs get colors from zooxanthellae (ZOH-oh-ZAN-thell-ee) algae they host. Without zooxanthellae With zooxanthellae http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/coral.html

  5. Reefs support about 25 percent of all marine creatures Such as: Angel fish Turtles Parrot fish Trigger fish

  6. There are two kinds of corals: hard and soft Hard Coral Soft Coral

  7. Blast fishing, a method of fishing in pars of the Caribbean, East Africa, and Southeast Asia, uses underwater explosions to damage the swim bladders of fish so that they float to the surface where they are easily captured,andthe coral is hurt in the process.

  8. Results of blast fishing

  9. Coral bleaching is the whitening of coral due to stress. They eventually die.

  10. Quiz time 1. Coral are in the same family as: • Shellfish and Jellyfish • Jellyfish and Sea Anemone • Shellfish and Sea Anemone 2. How many years ago did some of the coral reefs start to grow? • 50,000 years ago • 50,000000 years ago • 5000 years ago

  11. 3. Coral get their color from: • Zooxanthellae • Zooplankton • Algae 4. Reefs support about ____ Of all marine life • 25% • 40% • 10% 5. There are 2 kinds of coral: • Squishy and soft • Hard and squishy • Hard and soft

  12. 6. _____ _______ is a style of fishing that harms coral in the process of catching fish • Blast fishing • Cyanide fishing • Muro-Ami 7. Coral bleaching is the whitening of coral due to ________ • Hacking at the coral • Bleach being dumped in to the ocean • Stress

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