Description:
In this activity students analyze data from previous research on water motion and feeding behavior of corals and infer how water currents and external morphology may affect the food capture of some particle-feeders. As a result of this activity, students will be able to describe at least two ways in which current flow may affect the feeding efficiency of particle-feeding organisms and explain how interactions between current flow and the morphology of a particle-feeding organism may affect the organism's feeding efficiency. Students will also be able to identify at least two environmental factors in addition to current flow that may affect the morphology of reef-building corals.
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