About tropical rainforests and mangroves

Which type of forests can be found in / around Singapore?

• Tropical Rainforest

• Mangrove forest

• None

• Both tropical rainforest and mangrove forest

Tropical rainforests and mangrove forests survive well in a place that experiences...

• Tropical climate

• High annual rainfall

• High annual mean temperature

• All of the above

Country X has a .......... annual rainfall of 623mm.

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Country X has a .......... mean annual temperature of 15.4 deg celcius. (Please zoom in if needed)

Country X has a large annual temperature range of ............. deg celcius (try calculating!).

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Country X does not experience a tropical climate and does does not have tropical rainforests

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• True

• False

• does not experience tropical climate BUT has tropical rainforests

• experience tropical climate BUT does not have tropical rainforests

Label on the diagram where the 3 layers of the tropical rainforest are in terms of height (you can add as much detail as you wish, and please zoom in if needed)

Answer explanation

Tallest layer - Emergent (more than 30m)

Middle layer - Canopy (20-30m)

Lowest layer - Undergrowth (less than 20m)

What are the resources (ways that it is USEFUL) we can find from tropical rainforests?

What are the resources (ways that it is USEFUL) we can find from mangrove forests?

On this map of Singapore, label the locations of nature reserves - which include tropical rainforest areas and mangrove forest areas

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Answer explanation

The 4 protected areas (nature reserves) are:

- Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (tropical rainforest)

- Central Catchment Nature Reserve (tropical rainforest)

- Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (mangrove forest)

- Labrador Nature Reserve (mangrove forest)