Passage 1
Mangroves
Many tropical and sub-tropical shores are home to a unique group of large shrub like
plants called mangroves. These plants tend to form dense, submerged 'forests along
shorelines, thanks to their adaptive ability to survive in sea water that's too salty for
other land plants to live in. Mangroves achieve this through salt and leaves that excrete
it into the water. Mangroves make up and enhance the ecological diversity. Their
complex root systems serve as nursery habitats for marine life as well as providing the
substrate for algae, sponges and like sea grasses, mangroves are instrumental in building
sediments along shorelines and lagoons. It might be hard to imagine their breadth if
you're reading this in northern Europe, but just imagine the following. The nation of
Belize features the highest overall percentage of forest cover of any of the Central
American countries, its mangrove cover. A 2010 satellite-based study of Belize's
mangroves by the World Wildlife Fund observed that mangrove spread over 184,548
acres, which is the equivalent of 3.4% of Belize's territory.
I. Answer the following questions.
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What are the mangroves and where are they cultivated?
How do mangroves form?
Do mangroves have adaptive ability?
How do mangrove root systems serve as a nursery?
Which Central American country covers the highest area with mangrove?
What was the study of World Wildlife Fund about the mangrove?
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vi.
II. Complete the following sentences by using words from the passage.
Answers
Answer:
Many tropical and sub-tropical shores are home to a unique group of large shrub like
plants called mangroves. These plants tend to form dense, submerged 'forests along
Explanation:
A 2010 satellite-based study of Belize's
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ecological diversity. Their
complex root systems serve as nursery habitats for marine life as well as providing the
substrate for algae, sponges and like sea grasses, mangroves are instrumental in building
sediments along shorelines and lagoons. It might be hard to imagine their breadth if
you're reading this in northern Europe, but just imagine the following
The nation of
Belize features the highest overall percentage of forest cover of any of the Central
American countries, its mangrove cover
. A 2010 satellite-based study of Belize's
mangroves by the World Wildlife Fund observed that mangrove spread over 184,548
acres, which is the equivalent of 3.4% of Belize's territory.
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