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- 1. Multiple Choice
Between which lines of latitude do you find mangrove forests?
30° North and 30° South
42° North and 28° South
32° North and 38° South
20° North and 20° South
- 2. Multiple Choice
Identify the water conditions required for mangrove growth:
Saline
Calm
Deep
Shallow
Exposed
- 3. Multiple Choice
NOT an example of a mangrove root
Prop
Cable
Dendritic
Pencil
- 4. Multiple Choice
Mangrove trees are experts at filtering...
...sediment
...oxygen
...water
...salt
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why are mangroves important at a GLOBAL scale?
Protect against tropical storms
Carbon sinks
Provide employment
Tourism
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which energy source is resulting in the removal of mangrove forests?
Coal
Tidal
Natural gas
Charcoal
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the animals listed below are you UNLIKELY to see in a mangrove forest ecosystem?
Proboscis monkey
Fiddler crab
Hippopotamus
Snapping shrimp
- 8. Multiple Choice
75% of mangrove forests are found...
...in the northern hemisphere
...in the tropics
...in high latitudes
...in Europe
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the name of a plant or tree that has adapted to live in salt water?
Hydrophyte
Pyrophyte
Halophytes
Epiphyte
- 10. Multiple Choice
Mangrove forests are often found...
...around river estuaries
...around islands
...in open sea
...near to coral reefs
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