Coral Reef Ecosystem Map: Find and label the 10 largest/longest reefs in the world 10 points Name Length Location Great Barrier Reef 1553 miles Coral Sea, Near Australia Red Sea Coral Reef 1,180 miles Red Sea near Israel, Egypt and Djibouti New Caledonia Barrier Reef 932 miles Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia Mesoamerican Barrier Reef 585 miles Atlantic Ocean near Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras Florida Reef 200 miles Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico near Florida Andros Coral Reef 124 miles Bahamas between the islands of Andros and Nassau Zhongsha Islands 50 miles South China Sea Saya Del Malha Area: 15,444 square Indian Ocean miles Great Chagos Bank Area: 4,633 square miles The Maldives Reed Bank Area: 3,423 square miles South China Sea, claimed by the Philippines Coral as Thermometers To earn a C (19 points) Calculations mostly correct; Questions answered with minimal data so claims are largely unsupported Coral Bleaching To earn a C (19 points) Questions answered with minimal data so claims are unsupported To earn a B (21 points) Calculations correct and done mostly independently Some questions answered with appropriate use of data that support claims To earn a B (21 points) Some questions answered with appropriate use of data that support claims 25 points To earn an A (25 points Calculations correct, completed independently, and work is shown for an example problem; All questions answered with multiple pieces of data to support claims 25 points To earn an A (25 points All questions answered with multiple pieces of data to support claims Vocabulary 10 points paleoclimatological proxies, bleaching, Zooxanthellae, NOAA National Data Buoy Center, isotope, reef, coral Sketch 10 points Draw a picture or diagram that clearly shows the differences between fringing reef, barrier reef, atoll, and outer reef Coral Reef Math Or (pick 1) Fringing Reef Diagram a food web using either day time or night time animals 20 points 20 points Big Ideas Coral Reef Ecosystem Objective 1. Map: name and locate several major coral reefs 2. Explain how corals can be used as paleoclimatological proxies 3. Analyze data related to coral bleaching 4. Distinguish between the 4 types of reefs 5. Calculate rate of destruction on reefs or diagram a food web in a coral reef Novice Activity Map Score and Comments Coral as Thermometers (turn in to basket) Coral Bleaching (turn in to basket) Types of reef Vocabulary Coral Reef Math or Food Web Intermediate Expert