Description Dictionary definition Coral reef: a reef consisting
of coral consolidated into limestone Coral: a marine colonial polyp
characterized by calcareos skeleton Reef: a submerged rock or coil
plant carribean
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Locations Coral reefs are usually located in clear tropical
waters. Coral reefs are at least 150 ft. under water but to be
formed they have to be pretty close to the sun. The reason for this
is algae (the enemy of coral) grows faster than coral.To make a
coral reef you have to have coral. The way you make coral is sun.
If algae covers coral then well no coral reef. Great barrier
reef
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Plants The coral reef has many plants belive it or not.It has
plants such as plankton, sea grasses, algae last but not least
coral. There are a lot of plants in the coral reef. Plants around
reef
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Animals In a coral reef there are so many different varietys of
animals. Including sharks ! There are also others like
conch,lobster, shrimp and sun jellys. There many more. shark Jelly
fish lobster
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Food Chains If you ever eat fish your part of a coral reef food
chain. This is an example of a food chain ; sun plankton fish
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Weather It has to be warm because algae wont grow over coral.
Always has to be over 90.
