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C o r a l Re e f s

C o r a l Re e f s. Jelly press. Have you seen a coral reef?. Sample pictures of corals. Give an adjective that may describe the coral reef. What do you think is the importance of having coral reefs?. Healthy corals!.

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C o r a l Re e f s

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  1. Coral Reefs Jelly press

  2. Have you seen a coral reef? Sample pictures of corals • Give an adjective that may describe the coral reef. • What do you think is the importance of having coral reefs?

  3. Healthy corals!

  4. Are made of corals which are marine organisms from the Phylum Cnidaria, and exist as small sea anemone-like polypes typically in colonies of many identical individuals. Coral Reefs

  5. Types of Coral Reefs next

  6. A ring-shaped reef that grows around the rim of a dead underwater volcano. Atolls Next!

  7. Fringed reefs • Grow along the borders of islands and continents. Next!

  8. Platform reefs • Grow in patches behind barrier reefs with flat upper surface. Next!

  9. Grow between a landmas and continents. Barrier reefs

  10. Most Corals depend on sunlight, and grow in clear and shallow waters of not more than 50 meters deep, at water temperature of at least 20 degree Celsius. These corals make a major contribution to the physical structure of the coral reefs that develop in tropical and subtropical waters.

  11. Activity : Instruction : Name the four kinds of coral reefs. Write your answer on the given space. 2. 1. 3. 4. answer

  12. Activity : Instruction : Name the four kinds of coral reefs. Write your answer on the given space. 2.Fringed reef 1.Atolls 4.Platform reef 3.Barrier reefs

  13. Instruction :Arrange the sentences on how coral reefs formed. Write numbers 1-4 on the blank provided. Most corals depend on sunlight and grow in clear and shallow water. Coral reefs are made up of corals which are marine organisms from the phylum cnidaria and exist as small sea-anemone like polyps. Coral reefs are formed from the piling up of the skeletons of marine animals cemented together by living blue-green and red algae. Coral reefs grow in a water temperature of at least 20 degree Celsius. Group Activity : Answer:

  14. Instruction :Arrange the sentences on how coral reefs formed. Write numbers 1-4 on the blank provided. 2 Most corals depend on sunlight and grow in clear and shallow water. 1 Coral reefs are made up of corals which are marine organisms from the phylum cnidaria and exist as small sea-anemone like polyps. 4 Coral reefs are formed from the piling up of the skeletons of marine animals cemented together by living blue-green and red algae. 3 Coral reefs grow in a water temperature of at least 20 degree Celsius. Group Activity :

  15. Assignment: 1.READ and STUDY the article “Corals” by Lorda Dacoco Duremdez Naawan Central school, Naawan, MisamisOriental. 2.How and why Coral Reefs are very important in underwater?

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