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Marine Ecologists- 6Leon

As an expert in the field of marine ecology (the study of interrelationships between organisms and their physical environment) your major role is to provide your team with the ecological information they need to compete the task. You will be called upon to document your research and present your findings as part of the team’s oral “power point” presentation.

http://www.reefed.edu.au/students/reef_quest/reefrescue/team.html

Links will be listed on Mt.Ephraim site/Science/Distance Learning

Group #_________

Group Members:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Research Questions:

1. What is a coral reef?
2. What is it composed of? Construct a map that shows the parts of the world where coral reef are found.
3. Describe and diagrammatically represent how reefs are usually formed?
4.  Overview the major differences between fringing reefs, platform reefs, ribbon reefs and coral atolls.
5. Discuss the reef as a biome, detailing the interdependence of individual species of animals and plants.
6. Outline some of the relationships that exist between the living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) elements of the reef ecosystem.
7. Evaluate the importance of the reef ecosystem to human survival.
8. Choose at least three organizations that are researching reefs and give detailed descriptions of their efforts to preserve and conserve them.

Due Date:_____________________

Powerpoint Presentation:

1.      After research questions are answered, students will work in their assigned groups  and design a “powerpoint presentation”.

2.      Power Point will be presented during class and the night of the Distance Learning”.

Distance Learning with Australia:  March 28,2006  at 7:00pm (Tuesday)!