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TA BLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 UNDERWATER FLOWER7 4 CHAPTER 2 SPECTACULAR TENTACLES CHAPTER 3 FooD AND FRIENDs 14 CHAPTER 4 MANY WAYS TO MAKE BABIES 20 CHAPTER 5 A CHANGING OCEA IN 24 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
CHAPTER 1 UNDERWATER FLOWER7 he two swimmers put on their masks and snorkels and swam out through the clear shallow tropical waters Small bright colored fish darted around them Most amazing of all was a beautiful flower waving back and forth in the gentle currents But flowers don't grow underwater They looked again and the flower curled up This was not a plant after all It was a sea anemone A sea anemone is an animal It is shaped like a cylinder It has a short thick stump with a crown of tentacles around the top Most sea anemones are 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
brightly colored Their shape and colors make them look like large flowers They belong to a class of animals known anthozoans In fact word anthozoa means as the flower animals Sea anemones look a lot like flowers but they re actually type of animal a EXPLORING OUR