Name:____________________________ Core:_________ Date:__________
Coral Reef Assignment
Use the website I have provided on my websites and handouts tab under today’s date. Look
under the label “coral reef assignment” and click the website I have provided you to answer the
following questions. Use the sections I have labeled on this sheet to guide you through the
website in order to find the answers.
Location
1. Where are coral reefs typically found?
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2. What is the name of the largest reef in the world? Where is it located? How long is it?
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Habitat
1. Why do reefs usually develop in areas where there is a lot of wave action?
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2. What do reefs need from the water in order to grow?
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Plants
The coral poly gives what a home, and what does the coral polyp give it through
respiration?
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Animals
1. Coral reefs make up about what percentage of the ocean floor? ___________
2. About what percentage of life do coral reefs house? _________
Animals section continued…
3. What are the most abundant animals in the reefs?
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4. Other than the coral polyps, what other animals live in the coral reefs?
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People and Coral Reefs
1. Name three reasons why coral reef ecosystems are important? (give me the 1st 3 listed)
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2. True or False? Reefs are a big source of biodiversity, and without the reefs many plants
and animals would die. ________________________
3. Coral reefs are being destroyed at an alarming rate. It estimated that we have already
lost what percentage of the worlds reefs? _________________________
4. The destruction of these reefs are often connected with human activity. Give 6
examples of human activity that are aiding in the destruction of these reefs.
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2. ___________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
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