(Anemones are not plants or corals,
they are predatory animals!
They have no traditional skeleton, but use fluid-filled cavities to hold themselves together.
They are very squishy!)

Coral are not plants, they are animals
BUT!
Some gather and allow plankton to live inside of them to use their photosynthesis abilities
of creating "food" from the sunlight to feed themselves and the coral reef too!

Some shallow water corals will rely on their plankton to feed them during the day,
then will "hunt" at night to satisfy any remaining hunger.

Corals are more related to star fish and snails than they are to actual plants
They create many homes for other sea life to come stay together and form a community.

Large wide structures of coral reef cities also help weaken and prevent hurricanes and twisters from coming to land

When you see coral reefs turning white, it means that they are dying.
Lately, this has been happening on a wide scale all over the world due to global warming raising the temperature in the ocean.

Corals grow less than an inch per year
They shoot their and eggs into the ocean and hope the current helps them find each other
It takes thousands of years for the earth to coincidently build a good coral reef community.
Please don't be a and it up.