Mangrove forests

Question 1

What is the distribution of Mangrove forest?

Answer 1

-Between the Tropics of Cancer and the Tropics of Capricorn
-Tropical climate
-Sheltered coastal regions
-places where rivers constantly deposit clay and silt

Question 2

What are mangrove forests?

Answer 2

-Is a woody plant community which lives between the sea and the land inundated by tides
-All have the ability to live in salt water
-Found in coastal areas all over the tropics
-Primarily in brackish water
-Cover approximately 22 million hectares in tropical and subtropical coasts

Question 3

How does Mangroves serve as an important buffer between sea and land?

Answer 3

-Lessen impact of intense storms
-Reduce erosion and increase sedimentation
-Important coastal pioneer species
-Act as basis for a complex, biologically diverse, and productive ecosystem

Question 4

What are the 3 terminology of Mangroves?

Answer 4

Mangal
Mangrove
Pneumatophore

Question 5

What’s the definition of Mangal?

Answer 5

It’s a community of organisms in the mangrove habitat

Question 6

What’s the definition of mangrove?

Answer 6

Trees that flourish in the mangal

Question 7

What’s the definition of Pneumatophore

Answer 7

-Vertical root structures for air exchange
-Lenticels which are tiny pores for air exchange
-Aerenchyme which are tissues for air storage

Question 8

What are the similarities between tropical and monsoon climate?

Answer 8

Precipitation
Temperature

Question 9

What are halophytes?

Answer 9

Plants that grow naturally in saline environment

Question 10

What are the 4 main species of halophytes?

Answer 10

Avicennia
Sonneratia
Rhizophora
Bruguiera

Question 11

What are the 3 horizontal zones?

Answer 11

Coastal zone
Middle zone
Inland zone

Question 12

What types of mangroves are found in the inland zone?

Answer 12

Bruguiera

Question 13

What types of roots are found in the inland zone?

Answer 13

Kneed Roots

Question 14

What types of mangroves are found in the middle zone?

Answer 14

Rhizophora

Question 15

What type of roots are found in the middle zone?

Answer 15

Prop/ Stilt Roots

Question 16

What type of mangroves are found in the coastal zone?

Answer 16

Avicennia and Sonnertia

Question 17

What type of roots are found in the coastal zone?

Answer 17

Aerial Roots

Question 18

How does the roots help the mangroves in the coastal zone?

Answer 18

The trees are submerged deep under water. Therefore the aerial roots allows the tree to take in oxygen from the water during high and oxygen during low tide

Question 19

How does the roots help the mangroves in the middle zone?

Answer 19

Water rises during high tide and roots are submerged under water. Therefore the prop roots anchor the trees firmly to the ground as the area can be flooded during the high tide

Question 20

How does the