GROUP 1

1) Coral polyps – animals – make the world

2) Build – underwater cities
3) Create – limestones – live – on top
4) Huge – limestone – under ocean - islands and
mountains – coral reef
5) Egyptians – used – build - Great Pyramids
6) Limestone - crushed - cement
GROUP 2
1) Living coral reefs – amazing cities – beneath sea
2) Develops well – warm water – near Equator
3) Full of – brightly-coloured – fish
4) Reef fish – food source - human
GROUP 3
1) The Great Barrier Reef – largest – in the world
2) A lot of coral – fish – mollusc – in, on around –
reef
3) Thousand visitors – each year – come
4) They – visit – only 5% of the reef – protect –
reefs
GROUP 4
1) Recent years - dangers – threatened – reefs
2) Biggest threat – illegal way of fishing – explode
bombs - damage – reef structure
3) Fishing – using cyanide chemical – threat – reef
4) Fishermen – puts in cyanide – stuns fish – catch

5) Cyanide – kills coral polyps

6) Water pollution – damages reef – becomes
white – warmer water
GROUP 5
1) There is hope – coral reefs – survive – threats
2) Conservation – coral reefs – help tiny coral
polyps
3) Able – rebuild – damaged reef – sea creatures
and plant – depend on
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Coral polyps – animals – make the world

Living coral reefs – amazing cities – beneath

sea

The Great Barrier Reef – largest – in the world

Recent years - dangers – threatened – reefs

There is hope – coral reefs – survive – threats