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how are coral reefs created

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What is an Atoll?

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When a living organism dies, the remains or skeleton is left behind. The remains become the structure which is solid as rock. The rock is lime stone with compacted minerals from  the decomposed structure . It can take from a month to a decade to form . The sponges help the coral to grow.

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The reefs grow from the bottom of the ground rising to the top. Reaching the surface.

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They form around the island surrounding fringing reefs or when the sea level rises.

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They are separated by land instead of  growing around the shore.

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it can take up to 10,000 years for a coral reef to form from a group of larvae.

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coral begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks along the edges of islands. As corals grow, they take on one of three characteristic structures fringing, barrier or atoll.

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5. A nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California, that partners with local reef communities around the world to protect coral reefs

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4. A small, isolated platform of coral.

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3. An atoll is an island formed by a ring-shaped coral reef encircling a lagoon.

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2. A coral reef running parallel to the shore but separated from it by a channel of deep water.

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The fringing reefs are formed by surrounding boarders around islands.

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1. Has either an entirely shallow back reef zone or not at all