By: Julian, Ryan, Brooklyn, Courtney

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Coral Reefs

• By Julian, Ryan, Brooklyn, Courtney

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Atolls

• Atolls are one of the three main coral reefs.
  They are coral islands. Some atolls are big
  enough that people can live in them. Atolls are
  shaped like a ring and it lies in the open sea.
  Some atolls are small and some are big. A whole
  bunch of atolls live by the tip of India. Atolls
  are so large that cities are built on them.

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Believe these animals

• ? There is a fish in the coral reefs called the
  Blob fish.
• ?Did you know that there is a fish called the
  ghost shark. This shark is very creepy.
• ?Did you know that there is a fish called the
  parrot fish.
• ?Did you know that there is a fish called the
  booger fish you must think its small.

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Coral Reefs

• Coral Reefs are structures built
  underwater, they are formed by animals. The Coral
  Reefs that stick out of the ocean are large
  reefs, if you go up close to it you can see tiny
  animals, they are busy building the reef.

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Destroying our coral reefs

• Did you know that shipwrecks can destroy our
  coral reefs? Well they can. Did you know that you
  are destroying your coral reefs just by fishing
  or even tourism. Also you are destroying our
  coral reefs by taking plants and animals and
  using them for your fish tanks at home.

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Ecological Requirements of Coral Reefs

• Coral reefs have to have warm water. Some
  animal and species may survive brief exposures
  for more extreme temps. The typical limits
  tolerated for long periods are from 17-34 Celsius
  such temperate regimes are mainly restricted.
  

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Funtastic Facts

• ?Did you know that there is a fish called the
  blob fish you might think that this fish got its
  name by how it looks your right.
• ? Did you know that there is a whole bunch of
  pollution just from our own people that hurts me
  that people dont care.

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Great Barrier Reef

• It can form seven miles out from shore. It
  creates a barrier between land and sea. The Great
  Barrier Reef is the largest reef in the world.
  This reef is found near Australia. It is longer
  than 1,250 miles long. It is made up of about
  2,500 small reefs. The great barrier reef is one
  of the biggest thins know to man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  !!!!!!!

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Human Effect

• Humans effect the Coral Reefs by pouring
  sewage into the oceans another word for that is
  pollute. And things that live on sewage is called
  bacteria, bacteria uses up some much oxygen
  that animals in the Coral Reef cant breathe.
  Pollution darkens the ocean, which kills algae,
  which kills Polyps, which kills other fish. And
  when tourists want to take pictures, but little
  did they know their boats break off chunks off
  Coral, and some tourists break off Coral to take
  home. And fishers use poison called Cyanide,
  which many people try to stop fishers before its
  too late.

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Isopod

• Isopods look like big beetles with large
  claws. The isopod is one of the weirdest things I
  seen in my whole entire life thats how weird it
  is. Isopods have 14 legs that work the exact
  same, they have so relatives crayfish, crab, and
  the kin of shrimp. Isopod are very interesting!

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Jellyfish

• Jellyfish look like balloons with strings
  floating around in the oceans. They can also be
  extremely BIG. Jellyfish hurt very bad when they
  sting. They sting with their tentacles. Jelly
  fish can have a very painful sting sometimes it
  can paralyze you. This can effect your life and
  the way your body functions. If this effects you
  you will be in a lot of pain.

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Keeping Our Reefs Clean

• Do you want to help save our coral reefs? Well
  now you can. You can save them by not destroying
  them and by not polluting them. Also you can help
  save our reefs by not littering. So if you follow
  these ways to keep our coral reef clean you can
  save more animals and plants in the coral reef.

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Location

• Coral reefs are found in the Pacific,
  Atlantic, and the Indian oceans (including the
  red sea). However unlike the Caribbean and
  Pacific oceans no land barriers effectively (from
  a genetic standpoint) isolate the tropical
  pacific and the Indian ocean regions. There are
  many found near the equator this is were the
  warmest coral reefs are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  !!!

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Manowar jellyfish

Manowar jellyfish are one of the known jellyfish
to be most deadly. They have very long tentacles
on there body this helps for hunting and
paralyzing there prey. They also help when it
comes to stinging people these jellyfish pack a
punch when they sting and leave a nasty scar.
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Now on our way to Recovery

• Recovery is when something is getting
  better so lets just say the Coral Reefs are
  getting better from the last oil spill, lets
  hope there is no more of those, but anyway the
  Coral Reefs are getting better and the Coral Reef
  has enough fish that the Coral Reef will keep
  going.

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Oil Spills

• Oil spills happen lately they have
  happened in the Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand, and
  in Brazil. Oil spills pollute the oceans which is
  very bad for the Coral Reefs because it kills the
  fish. Many animals that land in these oil spills
  can be hurt for the rest of its life know thats
  bad cause what if some almost extinct bird(s)
  then what can they do thats sad.

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Polyps

• One Coral animal is called a Polyp, Polyps
  are small, soft animals, with a short tube that
  has tentacles at the top of their body. Tentacles
  are located at the mouth or head, tentacles are
  long, and flexible. For another Polyp to form, a
  bump forms on one Polyp and it grows larger and
  larger, then ba-bam a new Polyp. Polyps like to
  eat Zooplankton. If I was a Polyp and I die a new
  Polyp lays and uses my base to grow higher and
  wider. Reefs are made up of a large group of
  Polyps and cups.

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Quick Facts

• ? Coral Reefs are destroyed a lot by tourists,
  boats, and by other animals.
• ? Watch out for some of these fish and other
  creatures in the ocean. Also because they can
  hurt you.
• ? Trigger Fish can be harmful.

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Reef Shark (also known as White Tip reef shark)

• Reef sharks can be know as the white tip reef
  shark to but many people call them the reef
  shark. Coral reef sharks can be light grey to
  light brown on the dorsal side, and white to
  yellow on the ventral side. This shark has a
  thing called the lateral line this helps the
  sharks catch foods for its self. This lateral
  line is a line that looks like polka-dots on the
  sharks side.

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Sharks

• There are many types of sharks but the
  most common shark of all is the great white shark
  the beast of the sea the alpha male its all of
  these things. Its the most dangerous shark of
  the whole entire world thats how dangerous it
  is. Some sharks are going extinct and we need to
  help it but all we do is hunt for these creatures
  of the ocean so please help us for our fish to!

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Trigger Fish
Known scientifically as a very mean fishy, these
solitary creatures have been known to attack
divers and inflict serious injury. Some divers
return with holes in their fins (these fish seems
attracted to colorful fins, which actually
reduces the risk of personal injury) while most
divers have been knocked out cold or suffered
from the bite of a Trigger Fish. Some wounds were
so bad that they had to be treated. Thats
scary!!!!!!

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Underwater Caves

• Under water caves are where many animals live
  like octopuses, sharks and squids maybe even
  anything. Sometimes these types of fish or
  mammals come here to come here to mate. Under
  water caves are formed by a period of time, tides
  smashes the rock and erodes it. Gradually it
  forms under water caves!!!! Thats the answer to
  how under water caves are formed!!!

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Volcanic Tubes
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Wonderpus

• Wonderpus the octopus It was found in
  2006 by Christine Huffard found this octopus.
  Habitat is in the areas of sand often black sand.
  They live in the Bahamas in the burrows in the
  sand. Sometimes its confused for the mimie
  octopus. Total length is usually 15-25 cm. most
  active early morning and late afternoon. Not
  really seen during middle day or at night.
  Quickly burry often seen in 20-40 feet of water.
  

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X-treme facts

• ?Jellyfish look like balloons with strings
  floating around in the oceans. They can also be
  x-tremely BIG.
• ?The Manowar jelly fish is one of the most
  deadliest jelly fish in the world.
• ?Did you know that the blob fish doesnt have
  many bones or even muscles so basically they sit
  in the water all day but they some times move but
  not many times.

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Yes, its time to save the reefs

• We can save the Coral Reef by not
  polluting the oceans, and by

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Zooplankton

• Zooplankton float at the top of the surface.
  Polyps like to eat these tiny animals called
  Zooplankton. They are so small that youll have
  to use a microscope (youll have to zoom in about
  27 times).

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References
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