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Learn About The Great Learn About The Great Barrier ReefBarrier Reef
With Mad Scientists' Rhian and Alice
What is a coral reef?What is a coral reef?A coral reef is an under water habitat
made of little animals called polyps.Coral reefs build on top of other dead
corals.
Coral polyps
How are coral reefs built?How are coral reefs built?Coral reefs are built from stony
corals.
Great Barrier Reef from space
Where is The Great Where is The Great Barrier ReefBarrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is on the east coast of the Queensland mainland.
Map
of
GBR
Two Types of CoralTwo Types of Coral
Two types of coral are Brain coral(looks like a brain) and Fan Coral(looks like a fan).
Brain CoralFan Coral
Creatures that live in the Creatures that live in the GBRGBR
There are Whales,
Dolphins,Porpoises,Dugongs and 14 species of sea
snakes and six breeds of sea
Turtles
Dugong
Turtle
Three ways people use Three ways people use the GBRthe GBR
They use it for Tourists, snorkelling and scuba diving.
Scuba Diving.Snorkels
PollutionPollution
Sometimes oil spills from Cargo ships into the Great Barrier reef And animals get sick and Birds get dirty.
Oil Spill
Fishing IndustriesFishing Industries
You Are not aloud too have small holes in your net because small fish can not escape to grow up and breed.
Fishing
Crown Of Thorns StarfishCrown Of Thorns Starfish
The Crown Of Thorns Starfish Eats Coral And Can Increase To Plaques .
Crown Of Thorns
Climate ChangeClimate Change
Sometimes when warm water comes to the GBR the Alge that lives in Coral Polyps goes away and the Polyp loses its colour because Alge gives coral it’s colour.
Credits Credits
Pictures By : Google .Inserted By : My Documents .Back Ground By: R Jenkins And A Day.Words By : People up the Top .Presentation By : Micro soft PowerPoint.
NEARLY ALL OF THIS BY : Alice Day And Rhian Jenkins.
The End!!!!!!!!