Today we went over the Europe map. We will have the test this Thursday and Friday. The Makayla Hammel gave her presentation about endangered species:
- Coral reefs make up just 0.2% of the total area of the ocean
- 11% has already been damaged
- 60% are threatened by human activity
- The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest reef and extends more than 2000 km
- About 98% of the reef is nationally protected
- The reef is at risk from increasing water temperature as a result of global warming
- Reefs play an important role in preventing damage from storms and they give food and shelter to many different species of fish
- Ocean water has warmed up since the 19th century
- Rising temperatures cause reefs to bleach and eventually die
Next we finished our blog discussions from last week.
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