Plants

Giant Kelp 

Giant kelp is a very dark green plant that grows in the ocean. It can grow to be more than 100 feet tall. Giant kelp is very flexible and will stand the hardest storm. It produces gas. After the gas leeks out of the cup it floats off the plant. The cup heads toward the surface of the water and the sun. The kelp cups provide shelter for snails, fish, sea horses and sea snakes.

Giant kelp grows in the Northern and Southern hemisphere.Giant kelp starts out from algae.Giant kelp is thin until it gets to the cup and then it gets thick. It normally grows in 20 to 80 feet deep in water.

Coral Reefs

Corals are animals that die and form coral reefs. They grow when the polyps (the end pieces) divide to make new coral. There are 2,500 kinds of coral.Only 650 of them can build more onto themselves. It takes 20 years for coral to grow to the size of a basketball.

Gorgonian Coral 

Gorgonian Coral is very flexible. It looks like a skeleton. This kind of coral grows in thickets under ledges or on roofs of under water caves. This kind of coral is found in the color of orange.

Staghorn Coral 

 

Staghorn coral has to be in a certain part of the ocean floor to grow. When it does grow it starts off soft and then it gets harder after time. As it grows it leans towards sunlight. The color of this kind of coral is gray.

Brain Coral 

Brain coral got its name because it looks like a human brain. The edges grow in ridges. The biggest coral ever found was growing over 6 feet long. The color of this coral is a dark teal.

Daisy Coral

 

Daisy coral got its name because it looks like daisies. They grow to be the size of a daisy patch. This kind of coral is very colorful. It is normally found in the colors of orange, pink and yellow.