Limestone Rocky Shores Life on a limestone reef can be very difficult. Marine life on the reef is constantly exposed to pounding waves, changing tides, strong winds and hot, drying rays of the sun. To hold tightly to the

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• Bodies of water
• Coastal geography
• Landforms
• Biology
• Fisheries
• Intertidal zone
• Tide pool
• Rocky shore
• Mussel
• Physical geography
• Water
• Marine biology

Sifting Sands Unlike other parts of the world, Australia is lucky to have lovely white sandy beaches. Sand can generally be described as loose particles of carbonate and non-carbonate materials. Carbonate sands are creat

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• Matter
• Sand
• Limestone
• Mineral
• Heavy mineral sands ore deposits
• Quartz
• Carbonate
• Sedimentary rocks
• Geology
• Crystallography

Aboriginal Coastal Uses We acknowledge the Noongar people as the traditional owners and custodians of the southwest land region, and respect the elders and community on whose land we live. Noongar Aborigines occupied the

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• Swan Coastal Plain
• Australian Aboriginal culture
• Noongar people
• Dreamtime
• Whadjuk
• Pindjarup
• Perth
• Western Australia
• Wagyl
• Australian Aborigines
• Noongar
• Indigenous peoples of Australia
• Australian Aboriginal mythology

Phylum: Porifera Sponges belong to the phylum of animals called Porifera, meaning ‘pore-bearer’. They are characterised by a body that is punctured with microscopic holes or pores, as well as one or more larger round

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• Demospongiae
• Sponge
• Marine biology
• Hexactinellid
• Demosponge
• Calcareous sponge
• Spongin
• Skeleton
• Animal
• Zoology
• Biology
• Taxonomy

Model Stinging Cell Cnidarians (sea jellies, sea anemones and corals) have specialised stinging cells called ‘nematocysts’, which aid in the capture of prey and in defence. They are located along the tentacles of the

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• Cnidocyte
• Ballooning
• Cnidaria
• Balloon
• Jellyfish
• DEFLATE
• Sea anemone
• Coral
• Toxicology
• Cnidarians
• Biology
• Zoology

Ecosystem Energy Flow An ecosystem is a community of living organisms (different species) that interact with each other and their non-living surroundings (water, waves, current) in a defined space (beach, rock pool, dun

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• Systems ecology
• Biological oceanography
• Planktology
• Food web
• Food chain
• Energy flow
• Detritus
• Ecosystem
• The Food Chain
• Biology
• Ecology
• Aquatic ecology

Reef Reefs provide a foundation for many plants and animals, supporting a diverse range of marine organisms, which rely on the reef for food, protection, shelter and a place to reproduce.

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• Coastal geography
• Physical oceanography
• Atoll
• Coral
• Reef
• Fringing reef
• Human impact on coral reefs
• Southeast Asian coral reefs
• Physical geography
• Coral reefs
• Islands

Phylum: Cnidaria Phylum: Cnidaria Corals, anemones, and sea jellies are in a group of animals called cnidarians (pronounced nigh-dareee-ans). The name comes from the Greek word ‘cnidos’, meaning stinging nettle. A ke

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• Cnidaria
• Anthozoa
• Ctenophora
• Jellyfish
• Polyp
• Hydrozoa
• Coelenterata
• Hydra
• Tentacle
• Biology
• Zoology
• Cnidarians

Creature Fact File Select your favourite living thing that you found on the beach, and complete the details below: IMAGE Common name:

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What Am I? When exploring the beach, you may find things and wonder what they came from. Sometimes it can even be hard to tell whether they are from a plant, animal or if they are man-made! See if you can match up the p

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