M3 SCIENCE

UNDERSTANDING THE CORAL REEFS

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Think –Tac–ToeThis microscopic organism lives inside the Hermatype and provides up to 98% of a corals nutrition.Give the name for the kind of relationship that exists between the coral polyp and the zooxanthallae

Explain the relationship that exists between the polyp and the zooxanthallae.

Corals use the energy from their symbiotic relationship to produce this compound.

Zooxanthallae require this to live.

True / False. Polyps join with each other to form this .

Name the 3 types of coral formation and describe one of your choice.

Coral can reproduce sexually and asexually Explain how corals reproduce asexually

The reef observed off of North Shore is likely a ______ reef.

Zooxanthellae

Fringing ReefAtoll

Barrier Reef

Calcium Carbonate

Mutualistic algae live within the tissue of corals, providing them with oxygen and nutrients.

A symbiotic relationship

Fringing Reef

Corals produces asexually by dividing and producing clones

Colonies

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