a. http://www.fisheyeview.com/Movies.html 

1. Watch the movies of Blastamusa, small bubble coral, and pulsing Xenia.
2. List a structural trait they all have and a behavior they all share.

b. View these next two sites to get a feel for the structure of coral reefs and their inhabitants.     http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/marineecology03/sansalvador/snapshotphotos03/TOC.html;  http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/coralreefs/coconut_mov.html

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/
http://www.solcomhouse.com/coralreef.htm;
http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/marinebio/coralreef.html
http://www.nos.noaa.gov/education/corals/coral01_intro.html; 

a. Anatomy and feeding. 

1. What does it mean that corals are colonial organisms?
 

2. How do corals feed?
 

3. Draw a coral polyp and label the mouth, tentacles, stomach, and nematocysts. Click on the polyp diagram to get the labels.
 

4. Next to each label, state its' function. 
 

5. What is the name of the hard substance that polyps secrete which is made of calcium carbonate and forms reefs? Hint - it forms the cuplike structure that holds the polyp.
 

6. Describe the mutualistic relationship between zooxanthellae and corals

b. Reef formation. 

1. Explain how coral reefs are formed.

2. What are the 3 kinds of reefs?

c. Location.

1. What two latitudes are most corals located between?
 

2. List two reasons why corals require clear waters.

d. Importance of coral reefs. 

1. In what way are coral reefs like tropical rain forests

2. List 4 benefits of coral reefs.

e. Natural threats

1. List 2 natural threats to coral reefs.
 
 

2. What is bleaching and what kinds of events cause it?

f. Anthropogenic threats. 

III. Getting involved - http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/25list.html

a. List 3 things that you could do to help coral reefs. 

b. Give one reason why coral reefs are important.

IV. Assessing your progress. - http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/coral_quiz.htm

a. Take the quiz using only your memory.
b. Write corrected statements for any questions you missed.