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To protect mangroves sustainability you could?
Question your shrimp
Join a restoration project
Visit mangrove conservation projects
Raise awareness of the problem
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Mangroves are an important part of the marine ecosystem because
they provide a breeding place for fish
they help clean water as it goes into the coastal waters
all of the above
the prevent coastal erosion
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What are mangroves?
Trees that grow in intertidal zones
A special type of tree found in South Asia
Fresh water trees
Dead trees that have built up over time
4
What threats are mangroves facing?
River Changes
Climate Change
Overfishing
Pollution
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What is a salt marsh?
Plant which large round floating leaves
Level below which the ground is saturated with water
Area of low, flat and flooded by salt
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A leaflike structure of a seaweed that provides most of the surface area for photosynthesis.
ciliate
blade
foram
stipe
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How is cordgrass able to survive in salt water?
It has a waxy covering that keeps salt out of the plant.
It has a thick stem that stores the salt.
It has "knees" that keep salt from entering the plant.
It has parts that filter salt out of the plant.
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Seagrass or Seaweed?
Seagrass
Seaweed
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The following is
NOT
one of the major groups of seaweed:
Purple Algae
Brown Algae
Green Algae
Red Algae
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Where are you most likely to find seagrass?
In shallow ocean waters
Ice caps
In a forest
A coral reef
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What can hurt the seagrass bed?
Boat anchors and propellers
Swimmers
Divers
Fishing nets
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A seagrass is...
Gymnosperm
An algae
Angiongan
Angiosperm
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Seagrass reproduces by...
spreading pollen by fish movement
spreading pollen on water currents.
Pollen pollinate the same plant the pollen was released from
spread pollen by fish feces.
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A rootlike structure that anchors a seaweed.
thallus
holdfast
ciliate
test
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Why do we need mangroves?
Preservation of Ecosystems
Coastline Stablization
Reduction of Erosion
Wave Absorbtion
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Where do Mangroves grow?
Where salt and fresh water meet
Salt Water
Cold Water
Fresh water
17
Cordgrasses of salt marshes
belong to the same family as sea grasses.
tolerate total submergence in seawater.
cannot tolerate frost.
can excrete excess salt.
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Which characteristics below describe seagrass?
are closely related terrestrial grasses
all of the above are true
are truly marine
help stabilize sediments
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Which is the primary feature of a salt marsh?
Invertebrates
Cord grass
Tidal height
Infauna
