Coral Reef

Imagine you are snorkeling in the warm ocean water around a tropical coral reef. You put on your mask and swim fins. You float around looking at the reef below you. The coral reef looks like strangely shaped rocks sticking up from the ocean floor. Crooked coral that looks like tree limbs twists up from cracks and caves in the reef. A big piece of coral that looks like a brain lies on the bottom. Orange and pink coral shaped like fans wave in the currents. Fish of all different shades and varieties of color swim near the reef.
Coral reefs play an important role in ocean life. Many kinds of plants, fish, and other animals live on and around a coral reef. Even the reef itself is made mostly of tiny coral animals, both living and dead.