What do you know about Coral Reefs?

Where are coral reefs found?

• In Hawaii

• Shallow tropical seas

• Australia

• Deep in the ocean

They might look like colorful rocks but coral is really . . .

• a plant

• a rock

• an animal

• vegetable

True or False: Coral are stationary. (That means they stay in one place.)

• True

• False

Coral grows slowly only a few _____ each year.

• kilometers

• meters

• centimeters

• millimeters

True or False: Coral can be hard or soft.

• True

• False

Soft coral can look like . . .

• fans

• bushes

• feathers

• all of the above

When many corals grow together it is called . . .

• a mess

• a community

• a castle

• a reef

True or False:

Reefs provide important habitat for fish and other creatures.

• True

• False

True or False:

A Nurse Shark can crush coral and shellfish but they prefer to eat shrimp, fish and squid.

• True

• False

What else grows in the coral reef?

• sponges

• algae

• all of the above