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​MANGROVE QUIZ

By Anto Anto

Multiple Choice

What is the benefit of mangroves to local economies?

• Mangroves reduce soil fertility
• Mangroves support fisheries, protect coastlines, attract tourism, and provide resources.
• Mangroves increase urban development
• Mangroves are harmful to marine life

Multiple Choice

Mangrove forests are highly effective in mitigating climate change primarily because of their ability to:

• increase air pollution
• reduce biodiversity
• promote deforestation
• sequester carbon dioxide

Multiple Choice

What is the unique adaptation of mangrove roots that causes them to grow vertically out of the mud,

• PNEUMATOPHORES

• LENTILES

• PROPOGULES

• STILT ROOTS

Multiple Choice

Largest mangrove forest in the world

• Sundarbans
• pichavaram

• Congo Basin Forest
• Amazon Rainforest

Multiple Choice

What action can individuals take to protect mangroves?

• Plant non-native species in mangrove areas.
• Use mangrove wood for construction without permits.
• Ignore local conservation initiatives.
• Reduce plastic pollution.

Multiple Choice

The tangled root systems of mangrove forests provide protection for coastal communities against which natural hazard?

• tornado

• landslides
• storm surges, tsunamis and flooding

• earthquakes

Multiple Choice

Mudskippers , commonly found in mangroves is a

• amphibian
• mammal
• reptile
• fish

Open Ended

How can you protect mangroves?

Multiple Choice

What is the biggest threat that causes people to cut down large areas of mangrove forests?

• Urbanization of rural areas
• Coastal development
• Deforestation for agriculture
• Natural disasters like hurricanes

Multiple Choice

Primary role of mangroves?

• To provide shade for urban areas.
• To serve as a source of timber for construction.
• To filter pollutants from freshwater rivers.
• The primary role of mangroves is to protect coastal areas and provide habitat for diverse species.