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Coral Reefs
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What do coral colonies produce?
Many have photosynthesizing algae within their tissue that produce oxygen. Dead coral also produces the foundation on which future generations of coral will live.
What makes a coral reef?
coral is a plant. usually underwater, it grows on a reef. therefore you get a coral reef.
How many coral colonies reproduce?
Coral is a marine invertebrate that lives in colonies in the ocean. Coral is both sexual and asexual and many coral colonies reproduce through budding.
Limestone structures made of the skeletal structures of living organisms are?
My sheit!
Does the skeleton of a Coral remain?
No, the skeleton of coral polyps remains after the coral organism dies. Coral colonies are made up of thousands of tiny coral polyps that secrete calcium carbonate to build a protective skeleton structure. When the polyps die, their hard skeletons remain and new polyps build on top of the old structures, creating large coral reefs over time.
What structures do radial ridges support in coral?
The calicle
What is Black Coral?
Coral are small animals that build colonies in warm tropical waters. The coral reef is the ecoskelton of the animal. Black coral is just one color of coral ecoskelton.
What polyps live together in colonies?
The most famous polyp colonies are called, "Coral".
Why is coral white when it dies?
Coral consists of polyps that create calcium structures. When the polps die all that is left behind is the white coral "skeleton."
How can this produce same the coral reefs?
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What form coral reefs?
Coral polyps create the large hard structures known as coral reefs. The coral grows due to the build up of calcium carbonate that the corals secret.
How do sediments turn into coral reefs?
Sediments turn into coral reefs when coral colonies are formed over them, a process that can take thousands of years.
