Learn About The Great Learn About The Great Barrier ReefBarrier Reef

With Mad Scientists' Rhian and Alice

What is a coral reef?What is a coral reef?A coral reef is an under water habitat

made of little animals called polyps.Coral reefs build on top of other dead

corals.

Coral polyps

How are coral reefs built?How are coral reefs built?Coral reefs are built from stony

corals.

Great Barrier Reef from space

Where is The Great Where is The Great Barrier ReefBarrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is on the east coast of the Queensland mainland.

Map

of

GBR

Two Types of CoralTwo Types of Coral

Two types of coral are Brain coral(looks like a brain) and Fan Coral(looks like a fan).

Brain CoralFan Coral

Creatures that live in the Creatures that live in the GBRGBR

There are Whales,

Dolphins,Porpoises,Dugongs and 14 species of sea

snakes and six breeds of sea

Turtles

Dugong

Turtle

Three ways people use Three ways people use the GBRthe GBR

They use it for Tourists, snorkelling and scuba diving.

Scuba Diving.Snorkels

PollutionPollution

Sometimes oil spills from Cargo ships into the Great Barrier reef And animals get sick and Birds get dirty.

Oil Spill

Fishing IndustriesFishing Industries

You Are not aloud too have small holes in your net because small fish can not escape to grow up and breed.

Fishing

Crown Of Thorns StarfishCrown Of Thorns Starfish

The Crown Of Thorns Starfish Eats Coral And Can Increase To Plaques .

Crown Of Thorns

Climate ChangeClimate Change

Sometimes when warm water comes to the GBR the Alge that lives in Coral Polyps goes away and the Polyp loses its colour because Alge gives coral it’s colour.

Credits Credits

Pictures By : Google .Inserted By : My Documents .Back Ground By: R Jenkins And A Day.Words By : People up the Top .Presentation By : Micro soft PowerPoint.

NEARLY ALL OF THIS BY : Alice Day And Rhian Jenkins.

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