Transcript Under the Sea - St. Thomas the Apostle

Under the Sea
A Power Point Presentation
of the Coral Reef
By Grade 3-3
April, 2009
Cushion Starfish
By Ariana Warner
• Physical characteristics
– Its 35mm in height.
– It comes in brown, red
,orange and yellow.
• Environment
– It lives on coral reefs, under
rocks, rock pools and sandy
bottoms of the oceans.
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Environmental dangers
Oil spills
Bad fishing practices
Careless divers
Green sea Turtle by Gregory Martin
*Physical characteristics
Green Shell, Slimy Body, Round Head
and a Straight Tail.
*Environment
The green sea turtle lives off the coast of
Florida and around Georgia
*Predators
Humans, Killer sharks Whales, Dolphins
and other bigger animals
Blacktip Reef Shark By Robby Noce
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Physical Characteristics
– Has long, thin teeth.
– Black and gray.
– 6 feet long.
Environment
– Lives in coral reefs.
– Lives in lagoons.
– Lives in Pacific Ocean.
– Lives in Indian Ocean.
Blacktip Reef Shark By Robby Noce
Predators
It’s predators are whales.
Prey
It preys on tiny reef fish and
mullets.
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin By
Grace Kelly
Physical Characteristics
They could be up to 12
feet in length. The
body can change
color Black to Silvery
gray
Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin
By Grace Kelly
• What it preys on:
• Environment:
Herring ,mullet ,
capelin,
Smelt, catfish ,eels,
shrimp and squid
Its predators:
Sharks and Whales
Environmental dangers:
Mainly Oil spills
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Mainly live in Florida,
Carribien sea, Black
sea, Red sea, and
pacific and Atlantic
Other facts:
They are name
Botllenose because
their nose is pointed
up
Grey Reef Shark By Ronan Smith
• Prey
-reef bony fish
-squid
-octopi
-crabs
-lobsters
• Predators
-humans
-silvertip shark
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
By Emily Perrone
• Environment
– Found in hard and rock bottomed coral
reef.
• What it preys on
– Sponges
– Large fish
– Mollusks
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– Crustaceans
Its predators
– Humans
– Sharks
– Octopi
– Large fish
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
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Physical Characteristics: Beak that is the shape of a
hawk beak
It can be 30 to 36 inches
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Environmental dangers
their eggs are destroyed
by other sea creatures.
Humans also ruin their
nesting beaches.
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– Other Facts
When Hawksbill sea turtles are
threatened they cannot dive
into deep water to escape.
Sea Horse BY Amina Senior
• What it preys on: It is a
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carnivore & eat small plankton.
It Predators are crabs, rays
and tuna.
Environmental Dangers:
The stormy seas.
Physical Characteristics
Like horses they stay upward
when they swim.
They are 15 centimeters long.
Environment:
Live in the salty seas.
Other Facts:
They have no teeth or a
stomach. They are call sea
horses because they look like a
horse.
The Longed- Spine
Porcupine Fish
By: Conor Browne
• Predators- Whales and sharks may
swallow it whole but then they
choke because of the spikes.
• Prey- Mollusks, crabs, and sea
urchins.
• Environmental Dangers- Pollution
and oil spills.
• Environonment- Live in shallow
areas in tropical waters of the
world.
The Longed-Spine Porcupine Fish
By: Conor Browne
• Physical
Characteristics-It
is up to 24inches
and it has long
spines that are all
over his body
except its face
and fins.
• Other FactsWhen not
threatened its
spines lie flat
against its body.
PINK SKUNK CLOWNFISH
By Christine Corio
Physical Characteristics
• -Pinkish orange colored body with
white stripe from nose down to tail
and white stripe behind eye.
• Environment
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They Live in Great Barrier Reef
Other Facts
– Sharks don’t eat the Pink Skunk
clownfish, but they are known to attach
to sharks and divers who wander too
close to their anemone.
Christmas Tree Worm By
James Alaimo
Physical characteristic
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It has a Christmas tree
like shell.
– A small body.
– It is 4c.m long [6 in].
– Comes in different colors.
Environment
– They live on reefs of 40
feet.
Other Facts
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It’s shelter is the shell
on it’s back.
– It comes in many
shapes and sizes.
Christmas Tree Worm
• What it preys on: They only eat
plankton.
• Environmental Dangers: They are not
threatened.
• Predators Are: Sea Urchins, flounder,
parrot fish, lobster, pudding wives, sting
rays, schoolmasters, and sea stars.
Prey, Predators and Environmental Dangers
• What it preys on:
• -It preys on plankton and small crustaceans.
• Its predators: Bigger fish if the clownfish
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leaves its anemone, and humans because
they want them in their aquariums.
Environmental Dangers: One danger to
their environment is the increasing acidity
of the ocean water and loss of the coral reef
habitat.
Purple Tube Sponge
By Joelle Wright
Physical characteristics
- tubes
- Holes
Predators
- Fish
- Sea slugs
- Hawksbill turtles
Facts About the
Purple Tube Sponge
The purple tube sponge is very interesting. It eats
plankton and its predators are a few fish , sea
turtles, and sea slugs. After scientists studied
sponges they realized that these echinoderms ate
food and did not plant characteristics such as
roots. The purple tube sponge provides shelter
for small crabs , sea stars , and other marine
invertebrates. The purple tube sponge is not only
special to the food chain but very special to me!
SEA ANEMONE By: Bridget Lapham
• Physical Characteristics:
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Size:2.5 to17 c. m. and
sometimes 6f.t.8.
Color: all colors
Shape: all shapes
Environment: Shallow
waters, the coral reef & deep
oceans
SEA ANEMONE
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Prey:
Amphipods, plankton,
fish, & mussels.
Zooplankton, isopods,
shrimp,& worms.
Predators
Greg Sea Slug,
Nudibranchs, snails, fish,
Tompot Blenny,& sea
stars.
Environmental Dangers
• Ships anchors
• Old fishing nets
Other facts
• They are named after
flowers.
• There are 1,000 or more
found in the world.
• If a sea anemone is
threatened it pulls its
tentacles in and looks like a
colorful ball.
The Tomato Clown Fish
Edouard Augustin
• Physical Characteristics
– One white stripe behind its head
– Males have red bodies
– Females have a black patch on the rear part of their
bodies
– Length is 5.5 inches
– 3-5 pounds
– Females are bigger then males
• Environment
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Barrier Reef
Has many hiding places
Has live rock growth for gazing
Does not migrate
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Global warming
Reef walking
Dropping anchors
Pollution
Cool Facts about The Tomato Fish
What It Preys On
• The anemone’s leftovers
• Dead anemone tentacles
• Plankton
It’s Predators
• Other fish bigger then it
Other Facts
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Does not need anemone to survive
Scientific name is Amphiprion Frenatus
Is also called the fire fish or the red clownfish
Has a symbiotic relationship with the Sebae and Malu anemones
KILLER WHALE by Briana Gomez
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They prey on seals,
penguins, dolphins, smaller
whales and other fish that are
smaller than them.
Its predators are bull sperm
whales.
They have a black back &
white chest with a white patch
on its side.
Soap Fish By Caroline Singh
• Predators- 24 species of
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marine fishes
Prey- main prey small
cardinal fish
Environmental Dangerspeople are over fishing
they also leave their net
in the ocean or they litter
and throw garbage in the
ocean.
More facts about the Soap Fish
• Physical Characteristics•
soap fish are 30
centimeters and {1foot}.
Other facts-the Soap fish
is the best know member
of the group
The Chocolate Surgeonfish
By Sinead Alexeas
• Physical Characteristics
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Brown
Fins
Small
Rough body
• Environment
– Marine Reef
• Other Facts
– Their Max. Size is 25.0cm / 9.8 inches
– The Species name is Acanthurus pyroferus
– Some Synonyms are Hepatus leucosternon,
Rhombotides celebicus, and Acanthurus
leucosternon
– The food for them is algae and plants
Cool Facts About The Chocolate Surgeon Fish
The Chocolate Surgeon Fish is brown of course. It got its name
because it looks like chocolate because of its color. They eat
algae and plants. The Chocolate Surgeon Fish’s species name
is the Acanthurus pyroferus. The Chocolate Surgeonfish’s
environment is The Marine Reef. This fish (The Chocolate
Surgeon Fish) is a very interesting fish.
THE GREAT WHITE SHARK
By: Brian Blemur
• ENVIRONMENT
– GREAT WHITE SHARKS ENVIRONMENT IS THE
SEA
• OTHER FACTS
– THE GREAT WHITE SHARK CAN
SMELL ONE DROP OF BLOOD IN
25 GALLONS OF WATER.
• ENVIRONMENTAL DANGERS
– NONE,BUT THE NUMBERS
HAVE BEEN DECLINING
BECAUSE OF
SPORTSFISHERMEN AND
COMMERCIAL HUNTERS.
THE GREAT WHITE SHARK
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- GREAT WHITE SHARKS ARE
ABOUT 4-5 METERS LONG
• WHAT IT PREYS ON:
– SEALS,TURTLES,BIRDS,TU
NA, BABY SHARKS,
DOLPHINS, AND SMALL
WHALES
• ITS PREDATORS
– THE PREDATORS OF THE GREAT
WHITE SHARK ARE HUMANS
The Grouper Fish
By Aidan Fitzgerald
• What it preys on:
– Fish, Crab, Lobster, and Octopus.
They just swallow not bite.
• It’s predators:
– Mainly humans.
• Other facts:
– There was a Grouper 20 feet long
and 4 feet wide.
More Grouper Facts:
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Environmental dangers
Hurting the reef and over fishing.
Physical Characteristics
The grouper only swallows, so if you
try to catch it you have to use a spear.
Environment
The dark depths of the ocean.
Blue Devil fish
By Nick Plante
• Physical Characteristics
– Has yellow tail
– Blue spotted head
– Blue and white stripes on
body
• Environment
– 3-30 miles deep in
seashore reef
– Lives in caves alone in
Sydney Australia
• Predators
– It is eaten by the
Butterfly fish and
More Blue Devil Fish Facts
• Prey
– Shrimp and Zooplankton
• Environmental dangers
• Being traded for Marine aquariums
• Extra facts
– Protected by N.S.W.
– It is 40 cm long
– Pollution is putting them in
danger