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What are three examples of ecosystem?
Examples of ecosystems include a tropical rainforest, a coral reef, and a grassland.
What animals eat coral and how does their consumption impact coral reef ecosystems?
Certain animals, such as parrotfish and crown-of-thorns starfish, eat coral. Their consumption can have both positive and negative impacts on coral reef ecosystems. While some grazing can help control algae growth and promote coral health, excessive consumption can lead to coral degradation and loss of biodiversity. Overall, the balance of these interactions is crucial for the health and resilience of coral reef ecosystems.
Is coral flora or fauna?
Coral is considered fauna because it is made up of living animals known as coral polyps. Coral polyps secrete calcium carbonate to build coral reefs, which provide habitats for a diverse range of marine life.
What animals eat coral reefs and how does their consumption impact the reef ecosystem?
Certain animals that eat coral reefs include parrotfish, sea urchins, and crown-of-thorns starfish. Their consumption can impact the reef ecosystem by causing coral bleaching, reduced coral growth, and overall degradation of the reef structure. This can lead to a decline in biodiversity and disrupt the balance of the ecosystem.
Is coral nonliving?
No, coral is a living organism. It is made up of tiny animals called polyps that secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard exoskeleton. Coral reefs are formed when many coral colonies grow together in a compact structure.
Is coral an ocean plant?
Coral polyps are animals, not plants.
Are there more plants or animals in the coral reef?
there is more animals because the plants are animals.
Is coral a tiny plant?
Corals are animals, not plants, but they do have plants growing in them, algae.
What animals the coral reef?
they are not animals... they are a sea plants. google it, it will help your confusion.
What plants and animals are being endangered in the coral reef?
some animals being endangered in the coral reef are special types of squid
Are coral reefs an animal or plant?
coral reefs are actually animals confused plants by the common human
How are corals different from plants and animals?
Coral are tiny little animals. Their skeletons form reefs.
Are corals animals or plants?
Corals are animals.Even though corals look like plants, they are actually animals. Each animal in a coral colony is called a polyp. They have hard external skeleton made from calcium carbonate, and a soft body inside the skeleton.The "flowers" of a coral are actually tentacles which cleverly draw in and capture prey.The main difference between plants and animals is that plants make their own food, whereas animals must eat plants or other animals.
Are sea corals animals or plants?
unlike plants,corrals do not make their own food. Corals are in fact animals . The branch or mound that we often call "a coral " is actually made up of thousands of tiny animals called polyps. A coral polyp is an invertebrate that can be no bigger than a pinhead to up to a foot in diameter.
How many species of plants and animals live among the coral reefs?
millions
What plants are able to tolerate saltwater?
Seaweed, anemone, coral, and other plants that are found in the sea. correction coral isn't a plant its a large group of simple animals
Are coral animals plants or mineral?
Coral are very small animals that build a home out of calcium carbonate, so it is an animal that lives inside a mineral shell.
