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Coral Reef Teacher’s Guide What and Where are the Coral Reefs?

I’M A CORAL POLYP” COLOR PAGE

This is a coral polyp. It is
about the size of a com-
mon pencil eraser.

This is a microscopic plant called
a zooxanthellae. It lives inside
the coral polyp. The picture is
greatly enlarged.

Coral polyps join together to make
a coral colony. Coral colonies join
together to make a coral reef.

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