Coral reefs

Coral reefs

Coral reefs are structures formed from the calcium carbonate secretions of corals. They are colonies of tiny animals in marine areas containing few nutrients.

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Coral reefs

Mendel's Laws of Heredity

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The Law of Segregation states that each hereditary characteristic is controlled by two 'factors' (alleles), which segregate and pass into separate germ cells (gametes). The Law of Independent ...

sandflat

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A flat expanse of sand on the coast or in an estuary.

tube worm

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A marine worm in the phylum Annelida, class Polychaeta, that lives within tubular cases made of mineral or chitinous secretions or of aggregated grit. Other worm-like invertebrates in the phyla ...

artificial selection

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The practice of choosing individuals from a population for reproduction (selective breeding), usually because these individuals possess one or more desirable traits.

A statement of a scientific fact or phenomenon that is invariable under given conditions. A law may be either quantitative (including measurement) or qualitative (general characteristics). It must ...