Answer:
B. Choose the letter of the correct answer, write the answer on the blank.
1. What are mangroves?
a. Trees and bushes that don't need as much oxygen as most plants.
b. Trees and bushes that live in deserts, where there is very little water.
c. Trees and bushes that live on the coast, where land meets water.
d. Trees and bushes that thrive (grow well) in saline (salty) water, which kills many
plants.
2. Why are mangroves important?
a. Good source of timber, fuel and fodder.
b. Save the marine diversity, which is fast diminishing.
c. Protect the land from erosion.
d. All of the above
3. How are going to protect coral reefs?
a. collecting coral for ornamental purposes,
b. doing illegal dynamite fishing,
c. dumping of garbage into the sea.
d. encouraging people for not doing destructive activities in coral reefs.
4. What coral reefs provide for small fishes?
a. Shelter
b. companion
c. enemy
d. friend
5. Why Rainforests are often called the lungs of the planet?
a. for their role in absorbing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and increasing
local humidity.
b. By absorbing carbon dioxide and releasing the oxygen that we depend on
our survival
c. It contains shrubs and ferns and other plants needing less light.
d. The word "rainforest" implies that these are the some of the world's wetted
ms.
