The Great Barrier Thief

Can you put The Great Barrier Thief's events in order?

• Introduced to Anthia the fish that lives in the Great Barrier Reef.

• The coral's colour returns.

• The other fish and animals need to find the stolen colours of the reef.

• Anthia has a solution, her and her friends use their fins to push the cold water from the deeper ocean to the coral.

• She notices that her home is becoming hotter.

When the water becomes to hot the coral becomes colourless, which is known as ​ (a)  

• coral bleaching
• sun bleaching

In the book what is the main character's name?

• Anthia

• Ben

• Fish

• Toby

What is coral bleaching?

• It is when the coral becomes stressed due to warmer water. Algae that lives in the coral and makes the bright colours are thrown out.

• It is dead coral

• The algae called zooxanthellae is expelled due to heated water.

How much of the Great Barrier Reef do you think is bleached?

• 20%

• 2%

• 75%

• 99%

What do the fish and animals do in the book to help the coral reef with its 'stolen' colour?