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3. Exploring coral reefs What is a coral reef?

4. Coral reefs are large rocky structures built by small animals

5. Dave Peake

6. Coral reefs are found in warm tropical waters

7. Many different animals live on coral reefs

8. Different corals have different shapes - lumpy, branching, flat. Each coral consists of a chalky skeleton

9. Dave Peake

10. The coral skeleton is built by small animals that look like sea anemones

11. Reefs can grow to be very large Coral reefs grow in shallow water along the coast and around islands

12. Sea level STEP

13. There are many more types of animals in coral reefs than in the open ocean nearby

15. There is a huge variety of fishes

17. Some animals eat the coral

18. Crown-of-thorns starfish sometimes eat enough coral to kill parts of a reef Parrot fish have strong teeth to bite off coral

19. The coral provides a home for many types of animal

20. Moray eels hide in holes in the reef

21. The shape and colour of fishes are linked to their way of life

22. Lion fish have bright warning colours to warn other predators about their poisonous spines

23. Butterfly fish have a ‘false eyespot’ to confuse predators

24. You have seen that - Coral reefs are built by small animals Reefs are found in shallow tropical seas

25. You have seen that - Coral reefs grow in rings around islands Reefs are home to many different types of animal

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