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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Herriges, Ann.
Corals / by Ann Herriges.
p. cm. (Blastoff! readers) (Oceans alive!)
Summary: "Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to corals. Intended for students in
kindergarten through third grade."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-10: 1-60014-049-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-1-60014-049-5 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. CoralsJuvenile literature. I. Title. II. Series. III. Series: Herriges, Ann. Oceans alive!

QL377.C5H46 2006
593.6dc22 2006009512

Text copyright 2007 by Bellwether Media, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, MN.
012110 1157

Corals live in warm,
shallow
not deep; corals need clear, shallowwater to live. parts of the ocean.

Sunlight shines through the
shallow water. Sunlight helps
corals grow.

Corals look like plants or
rocks. But corals are
really animals.

Corals can be very colorful.

Most corals grow in a group
called a colony
a large group of animals that live together; a coral colony can have millions of corals.

Colonies grow in
different shapes.

A coral's body is shaped
like a tube.

A coral has a mouth at the
top end of its body.

Small arms grow around a
coral's mouth. The arms are
called tentacles
the arms of some animals that are used for grabbing; a coral uses its tentacles to bring food to its mouth.

A coral uses its tentacles to
catch food. The tentacles can
sting prey
an animal that is hunted by another animal for food

A coral eats small sea
animals that float in the
water. It also eats small fish.

Tiny plants called algae
small plants that do not have roots or stems; algae grow in water.
live inside a coral. The algae
make food for the coral.

Some corals make
coral reef
a structure in the ocean made of the skeletons of corals; live corals live on the outside of a coral reef.

Each coral builds a hard
skeleton
a hard structure that supports and protects a body; some corals have a cup-shaped skeleton that they can hide in.

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