1. What is a mangrove forest?
forest comprised of low level pine trees
forest comprised of scrubby plants
forest comprised of tall hardwood trees
forest comprised of hardy salt tolerant trees
2. Mangrove trees withstand all of the following conditions except
extreme changes in salinity
dry arid soil
muddy soil
fluctuating oxygen levels
3. Specialized structures that allow mangroves to get oxygen in soil that is usually anaerobic are called
rhizomes
pores
runners
pneumatophores
4. Mangroves excrete salt by
membranes in root cells keep out salt
secreted in special leaf glands
stored in leaves until the leaf dies
all of the above
5. Mangroves from the family Rhizophoraceae reproduce using a specialized process of germinating seeds on the parent tree and then producing a seedling ready to go. What is that seedling called?
root
propogule
baby mangrove
rhizophore
2007-12-12
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