https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1 By: Grayson, Mason, Daniel, and Alex en-us 2016-12-09 15:57:48 UTC 2024-10-15 01:26:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png breezemusicrb https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143146824 Depending on the species coral polyps range from only a couple inches to several inches in diameter, and look different in many beautiful ways.]]> 2016-12-12 15:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143146824 masonodaniel10 https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143148923 Coral can reproduce asexually and sexually. In asexual reproduction new colonial polyps bud off from parent polyps to expand or begin new colonies (Sumich, 1996). This occurs when the parent polyp reaches a certain size and divides.]]> 2016-12-12 15:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143148923 graysonfle https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143151093 Over the course of many years, stony corals polyps can create massive reef structures. Reefs form when polyps secrete skeletons of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). Most stony corals have very small polyps, averaging 1 to 3 millimeters in diameter, but entire colonies can grow very large and weigh several tons.]]> 2016-12-12 15:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143151093 alexjacques99 https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143199150 Corals eat by catching tiny floating animals called zooplankton. At night, coral polyps come out of their skeletons to feed, stretching their long, stinging tentacles to capture critters that are floating by. Prey are pulled into the polyps' mouths and digested in their stomachs.]]> 2016-12-12 18:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143199150 alexjacques99 https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143267931 2016-12-13 01:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alexjacques99/Period_1/wish/143267931