Mangrove

What types of mangroves are typically found in the Florida Keys?

• Red, White, and Blue
• Black, White, and Grey
• Red, Yellow, and Blue
• Red, Black, and White
• Orange, Green, and Purple

What is the biggest, baddest, worst threat to mangroves?

• Sea levels
• Rice and palm
• Industrial
• Shrimp farms
• Invasive species

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What is one way that Mangroves adapt to salt water conditions?

• they have leave pores that secrete excess salt
• their branches block anything with salt from entering
• they live further inland
• through photosynthesis, they release salt through respiration
• they do not have any adaptations

which mangrove is found more inland?

• red mangrove
• white mangrove
• black mangrove
• buttonwood

How do some mangrove trees deal with excess salt?

• The salt absorbs into their roots and makes it's way back into the atmosphere.
• The salt turns into condensation and leaves through the tree bark.
• The trees have special pores in their leaves that secrete excess salt.
• The salt dries up on the outside of the tree.
• (I don't have another one)

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Coastal ecosystems store _______

• Water
• Nutrients
• Runoff
• Carbon
• .

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Why do Mangrove trees have roots that are exposed to the air?

• To keep them dry

• To absorb nutrients

• To get oxygen

• To get carbon dioxide

Which ecosystem is better at carbon sequestration?

• Rainforest

• Coniferous forest

• desert

• Seagrass

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Where is most of the carbon in coastal ecosystems stored?

• In the soil

• In plants

• In trees

• In fish

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In what parts of the world are mangroves found?

• Any coastal area in the world

• In the southern hemisphere

• In the tropics

• In freshwater ecosystems