have to lay their eggs in the snow. When the snow melts‚ the water rots many of the eggs. That’s causing the number of penguins to drop. TROUBLE IN THE TROPICS Earth’s warmer areas are also affected. Tiny animals called coral polyps build huge reefs in warm ocean water. Reefs come in
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[pic] Corals come in all shapes and sizes--some are reef-builders while others are non reef-builders: The reef builders are the corals that can be seen in the Great Barrier Reef off Austrailia. Reef builders build high structures composed of living and non-living materials. The living materials are most often sponges‚ algae‚ and the corals themselves. The non-living materials are most often the discarded shells of dead bivalves (clams‚ mussels‚ etc.) and other CaCO3 materials. Coral reefs grow about
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Arkansas State University- Beebe‚ Arkansas Global Warming Physical Science- Stults 27 November 2006 Contents INTRODUCTION 1 THE GLOBAL WARMING ISSUES 2 WHAT ’S BEING DONE 3 IN DEPTH 4 EFFECTS 5 WHAT CAN I DO? 6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 7 The issue The worldwide community has reached an agreement about the global climate; the world is undoubtedly warming. This warming is the result of emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from human activities‚ such as industrial
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Deteriorating Great Barrier Reef Australian government officials in the last few years have been taking the protection of the Great Barrier Reef into their own hands. After creating an eye on the reef program‚ which specifically targeted the health of the Great Barrier Reef‚ scientists created algae killing bleach that would be applied to infected sections of the reef. Practices worked well until 2014 after a double dose of the bleach. After many tourist encounters with the reef a few individuals took
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Cnidarians Cnidaria is a phylum containing some 11‚000 species of simple animals found exclusively in aquatic‚ mostly marine‚ environments. Cnidarians get their name from cnidocytes‚ which are special cells that carry stinging organelles. The corals‚ which are important reefbuilders‚ belong here‚ as do the sea anemones‚ jellyfish‚ sea pens‚ sea pansies and sea wasps. The names Coelenterata and Coelentera were once applied to the group‚ but those names included the Ctenophores‚comb jellies‚
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of Canberra‚ and Flinders Ranges‚ the largest mountain range in South Australia. The fourth physical factor is the reefs in Australia. The most well known reef in Australia is the Great Barrier Reef‚ Australia’s greatest gift from nature. It consists of a lot of marine life and consists of over 3000 individual reef system. I would not miss this chance to see the world’s largest reef if I were to go on a vacation to Australia. The fifth physical factor‚which is the last‚ is the rivers. The rivers
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To Yen Ngan ELP 6 Lecturer: Mr. James Topic: Tourism in Phu Quoc Island Phu Quoc Island is located in Thailand Bay‚ lies in front of the Cambodia cost‚ 45km from Ha Tien to the West and 15 km from South Cambodia. Phu Quoc is located in the tropics and is affected by oceanic climate. These are the reasons why Phu Quoc’s climate is always being temperate with average temperature from 24oC - 27oC.The ideal time for tourist to visit Phu Quoc Island is from
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UNESCO Research Outline Morgan Michelle E. Mills Axia College of University of Phoenix The largest barrier reef in the western hemisphere and the second largest in the world is the Belize Barrier System. The Belize Barrier Reef system is home to a lot of marine plant and animal life; some of them are endangered like the marine turtle‚ American crocodile and manatee. If there is a coral reef parallel to it is the mangroves. People usually ignore the trees that line the coastline because they don’t
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Week 7 Lab Worksheet: Biological Processes‚ Classification of Invertebrates and Bottom ... Page 1 of 6 Week 7 Lab Worksheet: Biological Processes‚ Classification of Invertebrates and Bottom Communities Part 1 of 1 - 99.90001 Points Question 1 of 15 6.66 Points The three families of algaes are:. A.Green‚ Red‚ Grey B.Green‚ yellow‚ brown C.Green‚ red‚ brown D.Mangroves‚ red‚ brown Answer Key: C Feedback: Green algaes are both microscopic (phytoplankton) and macroscopic like sea lettuce. Red
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orders: Actiniaria (true sea anemones)‚ Antipatharia (black corals)‚ Ceriantharia (tube anemones)‚ Corallimorpharia‚ Scleractinia (true or "stony" corals)‚ and Zoanthidea. Hexacorallia includes roughly 4‚300 known extant species. As the name suggests‚ most hexacorallians have hexamerous symmetry (i.e.‚ parts in multiples of 6). The most familiar group of corals‚ the reef builders‚ includes around 650 extant species (i.e.‚ around half the known stony coral species). These are found mostly in the clear‚ shallow
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