Starter quiz
- Match the term with its definition.
- Biome⇔A large area that is defined by its climate, plants and animals. ✓
- Ecosystem⇔A specific place where an organism or a community of organisms lives. ✓
- Habitat⇔A community of living organisms and their physical environment. ✓
- What are mangroves?
- A type of fish
- A group of trees that grow in coastal areas ✓
- A kind of coral reef
- A type of seaweed
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- The ______ is an imaginary line that circles Earth, dividing it into two halves: the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
- 'Equator' ✓
- Mangrove forests are located in tropical and sub-tropical areas. The tropics are called ...
- the Tropic of Cancer ✓
- the Tropic of Leo
- the Tropic of Capricorn ✓
- the Tropic of Scorpio
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- How do mangrove trees help fish and other marine life?
- By creating a safe space for baby fish to grow ✓
- By producing food for the fish
- By attracting seaweed for fish to eat
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- Which of these is a threat to mangrove forests?
- Deforestation ✓
- Earthquakes
- Snowstorms
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Exit quiz
- Why are mangrove forests sometimes called "forests of the seas"?
- Because they are completely underwater
- Because they grow along coastlines and connect the land to the sea ✓
- Because they only grow in the open ocean
- Because they are made of seaweed and coral
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- What benefits do mangroves provide?
- Provide coastal flood protection ✓
- Act as a safe nursery for marine species ✓
- Provide resources for coastal communities ✓
- Reduce the effect of earthquakes
- Produce greenhouse gasses
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- Mangrove forests are at particular risk from ...
- coastal development ✓
- farming ✓
- avalanches
- sea level rise ✓
- mining
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- Mangroves grow at the coast in some tropical and subtropical regions and need warm waters to survive. Most of the world's mangrove forests are located between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of ______.
- 'Capricorn' ✓
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Key learning points
- Mangroves are shrubs and trees which grow in coastal waters.
- Mangroves help protect the land from flooding, caused by tropical storms and tidal surges.
- The Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh are an example of a mangrove forest.
- Mangroves face a variety of threats including coastal developments, farming and sea level rise.
- The impacts of mangrove loss include: coastal flooding, loss of biodiversity, resources and income.
Common misconception
Removing mangroves on the coast will not affect people inland or out at sea.
Mangroves provide many services, including flood protection for settlements inland and nurseries for young fish (who may be caught for food when they have grown and left the protection of the mangroves).
Keywords
Tide - the regular rise and fall of sea levels caused by gravity from the moon and the sun pulling on Earth’s oceans
Tropical storm - a powerful low-pressure weather system that forms in tropical regions
Tidal surge - an unusual rise in sea level above the normal level of high tide
Urbanisation - the increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities rather than the countryside
Biodiversity - all the living things in an ecosystem or area
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