Marine Bio web quest

Introduction

Get ready to take a wild adventure through the open seas to visit some of the most widly loved coral reefs of this planet. Coral reefs provide homes, and beautfiul colors to really show the colors of the ocean. 

Task

Here you will use the following links to answer the questions pertaining to coral reefs. Hopefully by the end of this lab quest your knowledge of coral reefs will be much better then when you first started.

Process

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral04_reefs.html&n…;

How do Coral reefs form?

How long does it take for a coral reef to fully form

http://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/types-of-coral-reef…;

Scientist divide coral reefs into four classes being?

What is a Fringing reef? 

What is a Barrier Reef?

What is a atolls?

What is a patch reefs?

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_corals/coral05_distribu…;

What is reef building?

What are the three types of reefs?

https://www.ecotourism.org/what-is-ecotourism 

What is Ecotourism? 

http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_economy.html

How much do coral reefs produce (revenue)?

Why do local economies recieve so much and who are these economies?

http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/visions/coral/side.html 

What are some examples of website?

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/oceanscoasts/explore/cora…;

What is Blue Green algae?

How does acoral reefs produce medicine?

Evaluation

Food Webs