Coral Reef Webquest This website is designed to help you gain a better understanding of coral reefs and their conservation . You need to complete the series of activities outlined below and answer any questions on this sheet. Have fun! Go to the website: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcorals/interactivereef/#about or if this fails to load go to www.google.com and in the question toolbox type “Coral reef interactive”. Select the 2nd website from the list generated for you. The website homepage should look like the picture below. Move you mouse over the picture to answer the following: Q1. How long can green sea turtles hold their breath underwater for? __________________ Q2. How do hammerhead sharks locate food hiding in the sandy seafloor? ______________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Q3. What is “shark finning”? _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Q4. When do parrotfish sleep? _______________________________________________________ Q5. Complete the sentence about Blue Parrotfish: Their ____________ are fused into a strong parrot-like ______________ strong enough to pulverize ________________ and ______________ pieces into sand. Q6. What is the role on the reef of the Nassau Grouper? _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

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Q7. When are Caribbean Spiny Lobsters most active? _________________________________ Q8. What is the biggest threat to the Queen Angelfish? ________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Q9. What is the role of Elkhorn Coral? ________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Q10. Complete this sentence bout Staghorn Coral: This ___________ coral is made of many tiny _____________ that grow together in the shape of a ___________________ antlers. Q11. What is the biggest threat to the Yellow Tube Sponge? ____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Next go to the website http://www.ausarabexplore.info/interactives/coral/coral.html to play the Reef Game. Write your score in the box below. Lastly, go to http://game.reefcheckaustralia.org to play the Reef Check Game. Write your score in the box below.

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