Tropical Coral Sea

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Tropical Coral Sea

• By Kate H.
• Block 7

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Location of the Coral Sea

• The Coral Sea is part of the pacific ocean
  between the Northeast coast of Australia, the
  Solomon Islands and the Vanuatu Island group.

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Landforms of the Coral Sea
The Great Barrier Reef is the most well known in
Australia, and is part of the Coral Sea. Also
the New Caledonia Island (belongs to France) is
also in the Coral Sea.
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Clown Anemonefish

• The Clown fish is found in the Coral Sea and the
  western and central Pacific Ocean. Its diet is
  plankton. It can get up to 2 1/4 in in size.
  His home is in Coral reefs. So if your ever out
  snorkeling, look for the clown fish for you might
  just see him.

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Dugong
The Dugong is a large, seal like animal. The
Dugong can be seen in the Red Sea to the edge of
Northeast Australia. The Dugongs diet is
seaweed. The Dugong makes his home in coastal
waters. The Dugong is in the same family of the
manatee, it gets to be up to about 9 3/4ft in
size.
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark
The Hammer Head shark can get up to 14ft in
length. The Hammer Head eats fish and can be
seen in tropical and warm temperate areas. The
Hammer Head usually makes its home in coastal
waters.
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Plants
Coral Reefs A coral reef is made up of hundreds
oh ployps skeletons. A small, creature that forms
a skeleton to protect itself, the skeleton sticks
to other Polyps skeletons to form a coral reef.
The reefs come in many shapes, colors and sizes.
Hawaii and Australia are famous for there coral
reefs. Kelp Unlike land plants, Gambian Kelp do
not have roots. Instead they use Holdfasts, this
gives them the ability to anchor themselves on
coastal rocks and coral reefs. Water Cactus
In the shallow waters of tropical oceans you can
find water cactus. Water Cactus look like a tall
weed, with hairy leaves growing from the ocean
floor. The leaves on the Water Cactus help
produce food. When parts of the plant break off,
they settle into a different area and start a new
plant.
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Plant pictures
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Climate

• Percept for each month
• Jan 15mm
• Feb 400mm
• Mar 400mm
• April 200mm
• May 25mm
• June 50mm
• July 50mm
• Aug 5mm
• Sep 15mm
• Oct 5mm
• Nov 5mm
• Dec 5mm

• Temp for each month
• Jan 27-36
• Feb 27-33
• Mar 24-30
• April 21-30
• May 21-30
• June 18-27
• July 18-27
• Aug 18-30
• Sep 18-30
• Oct 20-30
• Nov 23-31
• Dec 25-33

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Questions about Tropical Oceans

• Where are they?
• You can find tropical oceans all over the world.
  One such tropical area is a part of the Pacific
  Ocean.
• Is the water cold?
• No, tropical oceans are usually fairly warm. But
  every once in a while they can maybe reach down
  to 50 degrees.

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Role of H2O in the Coral Sea

• The part water plays in my biome is pretty much
  everything. It provides air for the fish to
  breath, and it caries nutrients for the plants to
  grow. With out water my biome would become a
  hot, dry desert.

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Sources of info

• www.bom.gov.au
• www.ikeepbookmarks.com
• Encyclopedia
• www.Hawiiparadise.us
• www.spice.or.jpg
• www.allhatcattle.net
• www.diversionoz.com
• www.reviewjournal.com
• www.yptenc.org
• www.thesharkdoctor.com
• www.inkas.com
• www.upload.wikimedia.org
• www.cs.brown.edu
• www.arcadebiom.com
• www.metropolis.com