☺Factors☺ Ways to Explore the

Great
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Abiotic Factors-
Sunlight
Reef!
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Temperature
Density 1. Snorkeling and diving-
Barrier Reef
● Light Try snorkeling and diving on a
● Salt penetration boat tour.
● Buoyancy
● Viscosity
● Water glasses 2. Glass Bottom Boats-
Look into a window seeing the
astonishing aquatic world and it
is perfect for elderly visitors or
those with small children.

Biotic Factors-
● Coral
● Animals (such as sea turtles,
crabs, sea urchins ,fish, sharks,
eels, dolphins and seals),
● Plants (like seaweed and
plankton)
● Bacteria
3. Boom Netting-
Boom nets hang from the back
of boats and as the vessel cuts
through the waters, people can
clamber onto it and zoom above
the reef.
4. Activity Pontoons-
Activity Pontoons include slides,
observation decks, sea walking,
snorkeling and diving.
The Great Barrier Reef is an
extraordinary site of variety and
fascination on the north-east
coast of Australia. It holds the
world’s largest collection of coral
reefs, with 400 magnificent types
of coral, 1,500 species of fish and
4,000 types of mollusc.
This reef is an absolutely beautiful
location to visit and explore, and
is even better if you are traveling
with family or friends.

B : All Marches
Great Barrier Reef Fun Facts✰ Populations
Food Web ✰The Great Barrier Reef Stretches
and
from 1,429 miles over an area of Communities
approximately 133,000 square miles,
and is the largest coral reef system in
the world.

✰Some of the coral structures date

In this food web, it is showing
di erent food chains that exist in
the reef. For example, one food
chain could be that sharks eat
seals, seals eat fish, fish eat sea
urchins, and sea urchins eat
plankton.
back millions of years, but so too could
some of the creatures living there. For
example the nautilus is related to the
squid but what makes it unique is that it
appears to have remained relatively
unchanged over the last 500 million
years.
✰The Summer months may seem like a
great time to visit the reef, but what
might put you o from going November
to May are the stingers. Stinger season
means you could find yourself wearing a
stinger suit in the water or only
swimming within enclosures but while it
is cooler in the winter, the water
temperatures are still pleasant and
most importantly, you’ll avoid a jellyfish
encounter.
✰The Great Barrier Reef is about the
size of 70 million football fields.
-More than 3000 species are known in
the Great Barrier Reef and the groups
include clams, squid, octopus, oysters,
cuttlefish, nautilus, chitons,
nudibranchs, and snails.
-Coral reef communities
consist of stony corals,
sponges, algae, octocorals,
and gorgonians.
-The Great Barrier Reef is home to some
magnificent creatures and the main ones
would be whales (including humpback
and minke), manta rays, clownfish, potato
cod, giant clams, turtles, maori wrasse,
and sharks.