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Is it true Coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other?
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Do coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other.?
no
Coral skeletons and calcite mud make what type of rock?
igneous
How do stony coral build coral reefs?
When coral animals die their skeletons remain. More corals build on top of them, gradually forming a coral reef
When coral animals die do their skeletons fall to the sea floor?
When coral animals die their skeletons do indeed fall to the sea floor. This is the only place where they can go.
Is coral made of tiny skeletons?
Yes. Organisms die and their skeletons collect to make coral.
How do coral reefs form rocks?
basic answer, they suck up calcium and other elements from the water to build their skeletons. when they die, another coral builds upon the dead skeletons.
What is the basic structure of the coral animal?
Coral polyps are tiny animals that build protective calcium carbonate skeletons around themselves. Coral polyps create the basic structure of coral reefs with the help of single-celled algae.
Is shale is formed from the skeletons of ancient coral animals?
Shale rock is indirectly formed of skeletons and ancient coral animals. Clay minerals and tiny fragments of minerals like quartz and calcite make up shale. Calcite comes from the reaction of CaCO3, or calcium carbonate with Hydrogen ions. CaCO3 is a component of shells and bones.
Skeletons of living coral grow together to form a structure called a?
called hermatypic coral.
What does coral reefs have in them?
Coral reefs are made up of coral, the shell-like structures that the tiny sea animals build as their "houses". Each year, a living coral reef builds a new layer of coral; you might think of it as the collected skeletons of all the previous inhabitants of the reef. (Except that for coral, their "bones" are on the outside.)
What do coral remains look like?
Coral skeletons are extremely diverse, so it is impossible to answer this in general.
How and why would doctors use coral as supplements for bone strength?
Coral skeletons are composed of calcium carbonate, which is easily broken down in the stomach, and absorbed, and then used by the body to build bones.
